Post No.: 0280 Furrywisepuppy says: When talking about racism, to generalise too far from specific individual cases is to be racist, whether you, for instance, want to kill ‘any’ black person just because ‘a’ black person raped someone … Read More
Post No.: 0271 Fluffystealthkitten says: Affective empathy (as in mirroring the emotions of another person) drives compassion because we’ll adopt another person’s perspective and interests. For example, if we see someone suffering, we’ll vicariously mirror that suffering too, … Read More
Post No.: 0266 Furrywisepuppy says: All cultures incorporate politeness but their norms – such as when, where and to what extent they are applied – can be very different. The context matters too – for instance, people are … Read More
Post No.: 0260 Furrywisepuppy says: Altruism is a motive to increase another’s welfare without conscious regard for one’s self-interests. Some believe that altruism is only a thinly-veiled self-interested behaviour where people will only help other people after doing … Read More
Post No.: 0228 Furrywisepuppy says: Bullies cannot raise themselves up (or at least they don’t think they can) so their primary strategy is to attempt to put others down. And those who are already down or seem ‘weaker’ … Read More
Post No.: 0215 Furrywisepuppy says: We often go to war because the will, influence and decisions of a few (i.e. politicians or generals) will sway or override the will of the many, where such political decisions or initial … Read More
Post No.: 0207 Furrywisepuppy says: A ‘self-fulfilling prophecy’ places a label upon another person, or upon oneself, and in turn leads them, or one, directly or indirectly, consciously or subconsciously, to act in a way that supports and … Read More
Post No.: 0191 Fluffystealthkitten says: Countries that are economically open and tied with each other reduce the likelihood of those countries going to war with each other. Countries that are open-bordered, are trading freely and internationally, with foreign … Read More
Post No.: 0178 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Dehumanisation’ is when someone/a group of people is/are intentionally (via propaganda, such as by using debasing labels for people from outgroups) or unintentionally (via unconscious implicit biases) presented as less than human (e.g. … Read More
Post No.: 0165 Fluffystealthkitten says: In ‘the West’, many of us have a highly skewed perception of where the vast majority of terrorist incidents occur in the world (it isn’t in North America or Europe – check out … Read More
Post No.: 0150 Furrywisepuppy says: ‘Deindividuation’ is when individuals, within group situations, do not feel that they stand out as individuals and do not see or pay attention to themselves as individuals. This loss of self-awareness can lead … Read More
Post No.: 0140 Fluffystealthkitten says: Psychopathy is on one end of a continuous spectrum of personality traits, which means that these traits are not ‘all or nothing’ and almost all of us exhibit some of these traits but … Read More
Post No.: 0131 Furrywisepuppy says: Do you think you’re only ever angry with other people because they’ve directly annoyed you, yet other people are often only angry with you because they’re taking something else out on you? … Read More
Post No.: 0125 Furrywisepuppy says: As of posting, and consistently for many years now according to annual surveys – some of the happiest countries in the world are Nordic countries. Many factors influence the average happiness levels of … Read More
Post No.: 0111 Furrywisepuppy says: Hostile aggression springs from anger or hostility – so being in a ‘hot’ state and acting in the heat of the moment. When angry, we usually lose perspective and may say or do … Read More
Post No.: 0087 Furrywisepuppy says: Violence can be physical, sexual or psychological, and between individuals, groups or self-directed. This post will mainly be concerned with physical violence between individuals, although the above categories often overlap (e.g. physical and … Read More
Post No.: 0059 Furrywisepuppy says: Empathy could be the key to peace and harmony. A lack of empathy is associated with prejudice, aggression, bullying, rape and abusive parenting, to name just a few things that are generally undesirable … Read More
Post No.: 0035 Furrywisepuppy says: In the field of game theory and iterated (repeated) games (which more closely resemble real life than one-off played games because in real life you often have to deal with those you’ve righted … Read More
Post No.: 0029 Furrywisepuppy says: Genuinely strong, confident and courageous people are calm, gentle and welcoming – they are not easily provoked, don’t provoke aggression or feel the need to overtly posture against other people in order to … Read More
Post No.: 0024 Fluffystealthkitten says: Most of us fear or worry about the unknown or the uncertain. Some of our greatest fears tend to be ones that exist solely or mainly in our own anticipations, assumptions or imaginations … Read More
