Sorry I caught this so late!
I'm pretty sure you've been inundated with welcomes in the comment section, but welcome back! Well, I guess you never left, so let's change it to so nice to see a new post from you!
I thought of the monkey-unequal pay example as soon as I read the post's title. It seems that the sense of justice is our earliest moral emotion, so it's not too far-fetched to hypothesize that maybe all our other moral values stem from, or are somehow built upon, the sense of fairness.
I think it would make sense if this was the first 'moral instinct' because it would be based on a kind of like-for-like almost visual sort of moral perception. 'If this block of wood looks like this other block of wood then shouldn't both be able to feed the fire?' 'If this action looks like that action shouldn't both be rewarded/punished the same?'
Alexander 😊 ❤!
How wonderful to see your comment here. Thank you for your warm welcome. And, you are right ... I never really left. Still, it is nice to be back writing again :)
As for the experiment ... ow ... 😂 she is outraged! Which, in turn, reminds me of a study conducted on 'air rage'. This study revealed that physical inequality (planes featuring first-class cabins) is associated with a higher frequency of air rage in the economy class. With, for example, economy passengers being 4 times more likely to choke the person in front of them 😓 !! The research also revealed that planes with first-class cabins can have even an equivalent or bigger effect on economy passengers than that of a 9,5 hour flight delay!
Based on my readings of Haidt's works I am inclined to think our moral values stem from the psychological foundations that give rise to care/harm (related to our evolution as mammals with attachment and emphatic systems) which is at the basis of virtues of nurturance, gentleness and kindness.
It is always wonderful to have your insightful comments :)
I wish you a wonderful summer!
:)
Abigail
Lol!! I didn't know there was enough of that going on to make a statistic out of it!!
I know!! 😓 😆