tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933156095892875501.post7201274689879021045..comments2023-09-26T13:29:32.491-07:00Comments on Department of Deviance: Department of Lost Things: Moral MotivationAmy Olberdinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02627616407161902981noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933156095892875501.post-21887823764743931072016-09-21T17:10:58.097-07:002016-09-21T17:10:58.097-07:00Yes! Maybe a better way to have put it would be t...Yes! Maybe a better way to have put it would be that if it started in poverty, the internalist, motivation stuff would be several clicks down the list of things to talk about... not the first and sometimes only thing. But there too, I think there's something quaintly entitled about the cotton socks version of the question. Which may be my new way to describe this. Amy Olberdinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02627616407161902981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8933156095892875501.post-41079885273409782102016-09-21T03:22:44.431-07:002016-09-21T03:22:44.431-07:00Basically I agree, but I'm not sure I buy '...Basically I agree, but I'm not sure I buy 'morality might well seem like a bogus construct that hasn’t done me any favors'. <br /><br />There's plenty of morality in any society that the rich don't see or don't understand. 'Stop snitchin' is a moral injunction. Sure, those outside the charmed circle are more likely to be sceptical of the morality of the rich, but that scepticism is moral. That leaves it possible for the poor to face a 'why be moral?' question with internalist, motivation-type, answers too.<br /><br />I think that the right response to either form of 'why be moral?' is something like: 'You think it's all up to you? Awww, bless your little cotton socks'. The idea that everything is about your own choices is definitely a disease of the rich because, for them, it is, until illness comes along. So, I think I'm probably quibbling about minutiae here.<br /><br />I love this blog BTW, and I love the idea of swerves not taken too.In outlinehttps://roughlyandinoutline.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com