tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post3435636390724631702..comments2024-03-28T00:01:43.037-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Political Correctness as the End of Moral RelativismGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-26840594108988487232016-04-04T07:54:50.255-04:002016-04-04T07:54:50.255-04:00In anthropology, shame cultures are those that dep...In anthropology, shame cultures are those that depend on shame and the threat of ostracism to control people. This doesn't depend on stable moral criteria, just on a social group capable of enforcing the threat of ostracism.<br /><br />Shame cultures are contrasted with guilt cultures, which control people by reinforcing a sense of guilt for condemned behaviors. Guilt cultures, among which the US was counted 60 years ago, do depend on a stable moral code.<br /><br />Neither term is absolute. Shame cultures also use guilt, and guilt cultures also use shame, so the terms are generalizations.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-50649568126351683592016-04-03T13:36:49.325-04:002016-04-03T13:36:49.325-04:00The moral code before the 1950's was centered ...The moral code before the 1950's was centered on gender roles, family values, etc? We went to war with Hitler over gender roles? Who knew? We put people in jail for lack of respect for institutions? I missed that part.<br /><br />The author at the Atlantic does not understand what the earlier cultures were. He knows some random things, filtered through the prism of the 60's and 70's. When he tries to see similarities and contrasts with today's culture, then, he has no idea what he is talking about. <br /><br />There is a certain skill involved in writing an essay on a final exam when you haven't read the material for the course. I'm guessing Jonathan Merritt was pretty good at it.Assistant Village Idiothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978011985085795099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-62201197066678256392016-04-03T09:41:02.301-04:002016-04-03T09:41:02.301-04:00James has it: "pc" is evolving relativi...James has it: "pc" is evolving relativism, ergo still relativism.<br /><br />Instead of permanent things, we now have a merry-go-round which is not even merry.Dad29https://www.blogger.com/profile/08554276286736923821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-46684661207570707622016-04-02T17:28:08.921-04:002016-04-02T17:28:08.921-04:00Purity in the PC universe is a moving target. Wha...Purity in the PC universe is a moving target. What got you accolades a couple of years ago will get you savaged this year. That's not so much a moral code as a moral fashion. No heroes last longer than a season; in a few years they'll be tearing down your statues because you no longer match the current fashion.<br /><br />You can't make this stuff up: <a href="http://www.inquisitr.com/2764944/martin-luther-king-jr-i-have-a-dream-quote-not-diverse-enough-for-university-of-oregon/" rel="nofollow">too early for April Fool's</a>.jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792036361407527304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-81130614925570180002016-04-02T16:20:02.293-04:002016-04-02T16:20:02.293-04:00America’s new moral code....
Bull. This is just ...<i>America’s new moral code....</i><br /><br />Bull. This is just another attempt to shut down dissent by arrogantly announcing that the matter is settled.<br /><br />The PCers and the moral relativists just demonstrate both their intellectual and their moral bankruptcy with this sort of thing.<br /><br />Eric HinesE Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com