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RE: The Price to Pay for Abandoning Moral Commitments
This was a good read! I think the results we see everyday support the study you included, and for good reason. With a few exceptions, "changing" one's mind on moral matter indicates a lack of morals - no principles that permeate to the core of one's being, no values that guide one's life.
The exceptions include discovering new information that justifies the change in perspective (i.e. the moral equivalent of discovering the earth really is round, not flat as previously thought).
Do you have any thoughts on how people would react if a leader truly learned something new and changed their position on a moral issue?
Complex issue. Would they get the new information to also allow them to understand better? Getting their approval depends on what they know. Why something different is better would need to be explained. Maybe even then they reject it overall, stuck in the old/current ways... Thanks for the feedback.
I do think that many would still reject the switch, but I think people who believe in reason would understand if the decision was logical (as far as discovering the truth... not the same as discovering a constituency disagrees and one might not be re-elected).
I'm trying to think of historical leader (business or political) who have done this, but nothing comes to mind. If someone pops up, I'll drop you another reply. I know there are a few business leaders who have done something of this sort, but they're just not making themselves available for me right now!
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