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A Little Bit of Everything<p>When <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morality</span></a> Becomes <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/Monopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Monopoly</span></a>: <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/ChristianAuthority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianAuthority</span></a> and the Self-ID Double Standard</p><p>Every time a self-proclaimed Christian’s faith goes unquestioned while a <a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a> person’s identity is policed, we glimpse a deeper truth: moral authority has become a tool of dominance rather than a compass for compassion. This isn’t just about labels, it’s about who gets to decide what counts as “real,” who holds the power to validate, and who ends up marginalized.</p><p>Read more on my blog here: </p><p><a href="https://succotashnsmiles.com/moralitymonopoly/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">succotashnsmiles.com/moralitym</span><span class="invisible">onopoly/</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p>"<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> suffering man-made mass <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a>, says <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WHO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WHO</span></a> chief"</p><p>What <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> is doing to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genocide</span></a></p><p>Plain and simple</p><p>Israel must stop</p><p>Food must flow into Gaza. Starving people must be able to acquire it peacefully</p><p>Anything else is an obscenity in the face of all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>humanity</span></a></p><p>If Israel does not ensure people are fed, very clearly:</p><p>The world will not forget</p><p>There will be grave consequences in all international relations for this cruel sadism</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jul/23/israel-gaza-starvation-humanitarian-groups-letter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/jul</span><span class="invisible">/23/israel-gaza-starvation-humanitarian-groups-letter</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Why <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a> Does Not Exist </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO1HYq6nzco" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=QO1HYq6nzc</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/freethought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freethought</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/god" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>god</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myths</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/scripture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scripture</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bible</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/claims" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>claims</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/belief" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>belief</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/42785/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Hannah Arendt</b></a></p><blockquote>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The total moral collapse of respectable society during the Hitler regime may teach us that under such circumstances those who cherish values and hold fast to moral norms and standards are not reliable: we now know that moral norms and standards can be changed overnight, and that all that then will be left is the mere habit of holding fast to something.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Much more reliable will be the doubters and skeptics, not because skepticism is good or doubting wholesome, but because they are used to examine things and to make up their own minds.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Best of all will be those who know only one thing for certain: that whatever else happens, as long as we live we shall have to live together with ourselves.</blockquote><p><b>Hannah Arendt</b> (1906-1975) German-American philosopher, political theorist<br>Essay (1964-08), “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship,” <i>The Listener</i> Magazine</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/arendt-hannah/42785/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/arendt-hannah/42785/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=arendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arendt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hannaharendt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hannaharendt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=conscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conscience</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=doubt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doubt</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=integrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>integrity</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=judgment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judgment</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=mores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mores</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=norms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>norms</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=obedience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>obedience</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=skeptic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>skeptic</span></a></p>
gr8commandment<p>Free Guide - When God Commands Violence: The One Thing that Changes Everything by Dr. Christopher Cloos <a href="https://buff.ly/bs8AXnZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/bs8AXnZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldTestament" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OldTestament</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/God" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>God</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bible</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>violence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justification</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apologetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>apologetics</span></a></p>
Michael Fenichel<p>Sir <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TrumpVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpVirus</span></a> said it himself..... He could shoot someone on 5th Avenue and his ( <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cult</span></a> ) supporters wouldn't blink.</p><p>Sadly, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> is empowering the killing, of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/civility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civility</span></a> - <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a></p><p>Rah rah <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GQP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GQP</span></a> - <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Traitors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Traitors</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sycophants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sycophants</span></a> all</p>
Wisdom in Space<p>The Roots of Violence: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice, Politics without principles.<br> -- Mahatma Gandhi</p><p>⬆ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Wisdom</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Quotes</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/MahatmaGandhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MahatmaGandhi</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morality</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Violence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Violence</span></a></p><p>⬇ <a href="https://c.im/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Panorama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Panorama</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/TheMaze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheMaze</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Canyonlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canyonlands</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/77740/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>Thoreau</b></a></p><blockquote>Such do not know that like the seed is the fruit, and that, in the moral world, when good seed is planted, good fruit is inevitable, and does not depend on our watering and cultivating; that when you plant, or bury, a hero in his field, a crop of heroes is sure to spring up. This is a seed of such force and vitality, that it does not ask our leave to germinate.</blockquote><p><br><b>Henry David Thoreau</b> (1817-1862) American philosopher and writer<br>Speech (1859-10-30), “A Plea for Captain John Brown,” Concord, Massachusetts</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/77740/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/thoreau-henry-david/…</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=thoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thoreau</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=henrydavidthoreau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>henrydavidthoreau</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=hero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hero</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=heroism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>heroism</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ideals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ideals</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a></p>
WIST Quotations<p><a href="https://wist.info/barrie-james/1209/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">A quotation from <b>J. M. Barrie</b></a></p><blockquote>Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?</blockquote><p><b>J. M. Barrie</b> (1860-1937) Scottish novelist and dramatist [James Matthew Barrie]<br><i>The Little White Bird</i>, ch. 4 “A Night-Piece,” <i>Scribner’s Magazine</i>, Vol. 32 (1902-08)</p> <p>Sourcing, notes: <a href="https://wist.info/barrie-james/1209/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">wist.info/barrie-james/1209/</a></p><p><a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quote</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=quotation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>quotation</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=qotd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>qotd</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=jmbarrie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>jmbarrie</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=kindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kindness</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=rule" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rule</span></a> <a href="https://my-place.social/search?tag=wisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wisdom</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MattDillahunty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MattDillahunty</span></a> DEMOLISHES <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christian</span></a> on Nonsense <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Logic</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Ertgs4-iOSQ?si=49PlUo2B9J96Bq2w&amp;t=31" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/Ertgs4-iOSQ?si=49PlUo</span><span class="invisible">2B9J96Bq2w&amp;t=31</span></a></p><p>In this video, we explore Matt’s compelling challenge to the idea that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> requires <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bloodsacrifice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bloodsacrifice</span></a>. He dives into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> roots of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sacrificialsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sacrificialsystems</span></a>—showing that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rituals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rituals</span></a> involving blood were common across many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BronzeAge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BronzeAge</span></a> cultures, long before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judaism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judaism</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christianity</span></a>. But is that really what morality is built on? Modern research in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evolutionarybiology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolutionarybiology</span></a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/neuroscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neuroscience</span></a> suggests otherwise</p>
Mrinappropriate<p>I refuse to pay <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Sky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sky</span></a> or any other <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Murdoch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Murdoch</span></a> org a penny, but quite happy to go to a pub to watch <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/britishandirishlions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>britishandirishlions</span></a> on Sky TV, knowing full well that they pay the utter shit thousands of £ to show it. <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/doublestandards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doublestandards</span></a> I know. Don’t tell anyone. No <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a>. No <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a></p>
James<p><a href="https://nonzerosum.games/reconcilingethics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">nonzerosum.games/reconcilinge...</a> Are you a consequentialist? A virtue ethicist? Or a deontologist? Or perhaps even all three? (I am). This win-win-win combines different ethical measures, so we don't need to throw the baby out with the bathwater. <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Philosophy" target="_blank">#Philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Ethics" target="_blank">#Ethics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Morality" target="_blank">#Morality</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Morals" target="_blank">#Morals</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Utilitarianism" target="_blank">#Utilitarianism</a><br><br><a href="https://nonzerosum.games/reconcilingethics.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">AN ETHICAL WIN-WIN-WIN</a></p>
Waywords Studio<p>𝑳𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒓𝒚 𝑵𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒅𝒔 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈: "𝑹𝒆𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒐𝒏" 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑫𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒗𝒔𝒌𝒚'𝒔 '𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝑲𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒂𝒛𝒐𝒗' - </p><p>Still another famous writer has posed the Le Guin question, and he did it in one of Russia's most famous novels, 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘰𝘷. Here it is. </p><p><a href="https://waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/waywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">waywordsstudio.com/podcasts/wa</span><span class="invisible">ywords_podcast/reading-rebellion-from-dostoevskys-the-brothers-karamazov/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bookworm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bookworm</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/book" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>book</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/read" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>read</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/readreadread" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>readreadread</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dostoevky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dostoevky</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ursulakleguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ursulakleguin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TheBrothersKaramazov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheBrothersKaramazov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suffering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>suffering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a></p>
Preston MacDougall<p>Old school <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> are starting to realize that they got bamboozled into being associated with <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/BananaRepublicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BananaRepublicans</span></a>. And they want their <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LawAndOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LawAndOrder</span></a> back. </p><p>Starting with the <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/EpsteinFiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EpsteinFiles</span></a>. <a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-epstein-video_n_6870a780e4b09b00d72bb518" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">huffpost.com/entry/trump-epste</span><span class="invisible">in-video_n_6870a780e4b09b00d72bb518</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/8647now" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>8647now</span></a></p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ICYMI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICYMI</span></a> </p><p> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Debunking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Debunking</span></a> the Dangerous “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ChristianAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianAmerica</span></a>” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Myth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Myth</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAh6ykxtkXU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=YAh6ykxtkX</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p>Many <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> believe the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoundingFathers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoundingFathers</span></a> were devout <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Christians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Christians</span></a> who built the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/biblical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>biblical</span></a> principles — but the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/historicalrecord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>historicalrecord</span></a> tells a very different story. In this episode, I examine what the Founders actually believed about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a>, and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> using their own words. </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/july4th" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>july4th</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/4thofJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>4thofJuly</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a></p>
Mojo ♻️<p>Fascinating but not surprising: smarter people tend to question moral foundations more, especially those based on tradition, conformity or group loyalty. Maybe it’s not a lack of morality, but a refusal to accept inherited dogma.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/criticalthinking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criticalthinking</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/cognitivescience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cognitivescience</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.psypost.org/people-with-higher-cognitive-ability-have-weaker-moral-foundations-new-study-finds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psypost.org/people-with-higher</span><span class="invisible">-cognitive-ability-have-weaker-moral-foundations-new-study-finds/</span></a></p>
Liberal Currents<p>"Liberals should recognize what types of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a>, which conceptions of the good life, and which civic <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>values</span></a> support liberalism." <a href="https://www.liberalcurrents.com/liberalism-needs-liberals/#/portal/signup" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">liberalcurrents.com/liberalism</span><span class="invisible">-needs-liberals/#/portal/signup</span></a></p>
Todd Lyons 🪶<p>People with higher cognitive ability tend to endorse moral values less strongly across the board, according to new research published in the journal Intelligence. The pattern held across two independent studies and did not differ by gender. These findings challenge popular assumptions that smarter people hold stronger or more “enlightened” moral values.</p><p><a href="https://www.psypost.org/people-with-higher-cognitive-ability-have-weaker-moral-foundations-new-study-finds/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">psypost.org/people-with-higher</span><span class="invisible">-cognitive-ability-have-weaker-moral-foundations-new-study-finds/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behaviour</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/behavior" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>behavior</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a></p>
Wm.son<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/TFG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TFG</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Morality</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Opinions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Opinions</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Values" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Values</span></a></p><p>I'm so sad and let down by my friends and family who are silently and vocally still supporting this move to fascism.</p><p>They have had dozens of chances to step and say "This is wrong. I don't support this man anymore."</p><p>And they fucking will not take the chance to do so, even now. </p><p>They know I'd welcome them back in my life though it'd never be the same..</p>
Steve Dustcircle 🌹<p>Do You Believe This? <br>(Trick Question)<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AronRa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AronRa</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShJ9U4sV8LU" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=ShJ9U4sV8L</span><span class="invisible">U</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sundayschool" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sundayschool</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/religion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>religion</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/morality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>morality</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/myths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>myths</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>atheist</span></a></p>