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Social/Political Morality - Coggle Diagram
Social/Political Morality
Peer Pressure
Prevalent in schools and offices where in-person interactions dominate
pressure to conform causes many to bend their own morality; partake in certain social behaviors even if they conflict with our moral values
high school students often pressured to do risky behaviors
does not have to be direct (for example, a student trying to convince another student to drink alcohol) but can indirect as well (a student going to a party with alcohol and feeling implicitly pressured to drink too)
adults susceptible too
if enough people participate in a shady business practice at work, that behavior becomes normalized and justified because "everyone else is doing it"
peer pressure blurs the lines between what is right and wrong and what is someone's "innate" morality and what someone has adopted due to peer pressure
Partisanship
people adopt the promoted morals of a political group they identify with
polarized morality due to promoting us vs. them narrative
vilifying the other side
increased intolerance, decreased empathy
prioritization of achieving party goals over making moral decisions
fosters division and conflict in society
simplification of complex issues; incorrect assumptions
Social Media
algorithms profit off of our social media use
the more time we spend the more money they make
push content that is "easy"; morally homogenous, things the person watching agrees with based off of what they have already seen
positive feedback loop; people who agree with one idea are probably going to agree with a slightly more extreme idea that builds off of it
inflammatory statements on social media are rewarded with attention (which can be considered a currency)
incentivises people to make more extreme statements
encourages division, extremism, violence, us vs. them narrative
us vs. them narrative particularly dangerous; removes nuance from the conversation and establishes consumer as a hero who is completely justified in doing whatever the can to beat whoever "them" is
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hearing from a diverse range of experiences (something that unfortunately often has to be looked for due to the nature of social media algorithms) helps break this loop
called an echo chamber