Stephen Downes

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To me, the important finding described here is that "For most people, about eight of the fifteen dimensions are needed to predict their moral views. Different people are influenced by different combinations of moral principles, so no two profiles look exactly the same. This suggests that people's moral priorities vary widely. What feels morally essential to one person might not matter much to another." I think this is true. I also tried the tool that "lets you explore which moral principles most shape your own judgments." It was an odd experience as the questions focused almost entirely on gender relations and DEI. Surely ethics and morality encompass much more than this. My most influential dimension, the test said, was 'social contract', which they define as "You value societal cooperation, judging actions by commonly agreed-upon rational rules."

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