Start by listening to the podcast “Moral Combat” linked here:
https://hiddenbrain.org/podcast/moral-combat/ (Links to an external site.)
In this episode of the podcast Hidden Brain, host Shankar Vedantam interviews psychologist Linda Skitka
about “how moral certainty can produce moral blinders — and perhaps endanger democracy.”
After listening to the episode, consider and reply to the following reading reflection question:
“What does Dr. Skitka mean by “moral conviction”? How does maintaining a “moral conviction” (as defined by
the psychological study discussed in the podcast) differ from engagement in ethical reasoning as you
understand it?”
Write a brief response (approx. 500 words, 1-2 pages, double spaced). Save your response as
“firstname.lastname.moral combat podcast”