How do we Judge the Intentions of Others?
I’ve been reading a blog called Mind Hacks recently, and they’ve been featuring several stories on the emerging field of “experimental philosophy”. Essentially this is a new attempt by researchers to apply the scientific method, or parts of it anyway, to the normally very “soft” science of philosophy. The results so far have been pretty fascinating, and I think one of the most striking, and universally accessible, studies to come out of this early movement is the one featured in the YouTube video above, and described in this Mind Hacks Article. Now the video is great but honestly I almost think the scenario it presents works better when read so I’ve included my paraphrasing of the situation below:
In our first scenario imagine that a vice president goes up to his CEO and tells him, “We’ve got a great plan for a new project. It will create huge profits for the company, but it will harm the environment. What do you want to do?” The CEO responds saying,… Continue reading
