» The Moral Sense Test
Go here to participate in the Moral Sense Test, a project spearheaded by Marc D. Hauser, author of Moral Minds, who is almost single-handedly opening up the field of moral philosophy. To say any more would probably interfere with your honest responses to the questions on the test, so I'll just assure you that Moral Minds is a fascinating read, the test will definitely get you thinking, and that your results will be used for the direct purpose of expanding the field.
Come on, it's more productive than circulating another myspace music meme.
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Thanks Phil! Those quizzes are extremely thought-provoking.
By Tanya Jones on Thursday, February 22, 2007 @ 13:00
In all honesty, if your "behavior" in those kinds of hypothetical situations are interesting to you, read Moral Minds. I'm about 200 pages into it now (it's around 500) and Hauser uses many similar experiments...ALL of which are fascinating, and he even does a damn good job explaining to us why we reason the way we do.
I encourage everyone to click the link above because the 15 minutes or so of your time that it'll take will serve to enrich a very interesting new field...but for those of you specifically interested in what's happening in your brain when you answer those questions, pick up the book.
By Philip J Reed, VSc on Thursday, February 22, 2007 @ 21:01
Just got the link for a followup test. Whee!
By Philip J Reed, VSc on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 15:34
Me too, but the link doesn't work for me.
By Jake Monkeyson on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 15:49
Argh, you're right! And here I was, sandwich in hand, all ready to moralize my senses...
I replied to the email to inform them of the broken link...there's no guarantee that they actually CHECK that account, but, at the very least, it didn't bounce back...so there's a chance...
By Philip J Reed, VSc on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 17:48
It worked for me!
By Tanya Jones on Sunday, June 17, 2007 @ 20:48
Don't post the link, Tanya, but did your invitation happen to have "page_3" in the URL? I'm just wondering if they're sending out different tests this time around...either at random, or perhaps based on your answers the first time through...
By Philip J Reed, VSc on Monday, June 18, 2007 @ 00:11
Got the corrected link now.
Also, anyone interested in the rapidly developing field of music-and-mind, please take this one here:
I can't wait to see what they do with the results for this one...
By Philip J Reed, VSc on Thursday, June 21, 2007 @ 01:51
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