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Au coeur des services spéciaux

Jean Guisnel, Alain Chouet

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"The righteous mind" by Jonathan Haidt. I loved it so much that I gave it to three different peoples. It's about psychological studies of morality, and what tends to influence one sense of morality. It had a huge impact on me because I feel that it helped me grow as a person, and being able to understand other culture/other principle, even if I don't necessarily agree with that. Lots of stuff that seems plain evil from a western point of view (ergo, centered about the morals of individuality) would look more sensible once understood from a moral coming from a sense of community, and the necessarily conservative need to foster a stable societal structure. It doesn't mean that I agree with things like opposing the rights of woman to drive/open bank account, but it help understanding the motivation better. Another interesting point he brings is the differentiation between a moral judgement (X is good or bad), and the moral reasoning (X is bad because of Y and Z). Notably, the moral judgement come before the moral reasoning, the latter being used not as a way to reach a conclusion, but as a way to defend a moral judgement with our peers.…