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   George Lakoff (georgelakoff@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 11:43:55 JST George Lakoff

   We live in an era of moral warfare.

   This moral warfare — a struggle between different systems of morality — will decide whether the United States remains a democracy or becomes an autocracy in the coming years.

   This moral warfare is being waged in multiple ways, but mainly through the flow of information. Moral warfare is conducted through information warfare — the deliberate manipulation of facts, frames and symbols.

   Moral warfare imbues our language, politics, media and social media. It is an intensifying contest between different moral beliefs, ideologies and worldviews.

   Welcome to Moral Warfare 101, a series of essays on the FrameLab Newsletter.

   https://framelab.substack.com/p/moral-warfare-101

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     Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 11:43:54 JST Nitin Pai

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     @georgelakoff It’s actually epistemological warfare. Morality is a consequence of a change in what we consider valid knowledge.

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     Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 16:57:32 JST Nitin Pai

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     • Jeff Barbose 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 ❤️ 🇱🇺

     @godofbiscuits The binary fallacy limits personal epistemology.

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     Jeff Barbose 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 ❤️ 🇱🇺 (godofbiscuits@sfba.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 16:57:33 JST Jeff Barbose 🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦 ❤️ 🇱🇺

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     • Nitin Pai

     @nitin are you picking nits or selling something?

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     Nitin Pai (nitin@thinktanki.social)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:52:08 JST Nitin Pai

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     • Ulrike Hahn

     @UlrikeHahn @georgelakoff I think it’s bidirectional. Facts do influence moral certainties; and moral filters determine what we consider legitimate knowledge. But the latter is a function of time…over time, our empirical understanding of the world shapes our moral progress. And I’m glad that it does!

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     Ulrike Hahn (ulrikehahn@fediscience.org)'s status on Sunday, 17-Dec-2023 18:52:09 JST Ulrike Hahn

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     • Nitin Pai

     @nitin @georgelakoff Nitin, isn’t the fundamental premise of the blog post that it’s the other way around? Moral certainties influence what we accept as facts? (it’s an empirical claim, not a normative statement)