Conflicts of trust

One is not born trustworthy but becomes trustworthy through practice. When we engage in trusting relationships of all kinds, we develop a better grasp of what those relationships are, what particular norms they entail, and how they should be applied.

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Yasha SapirComment
If beliefs can wrong, when do they do so?

People do not exist as isolated, displaced figures, and we do not think of them as such. When we mentally represent people, we represent them in relation to other people and the world they live in. Therefore, we must take care not only in forming beliefs about particular people, but also in forming beliefs about those they are related to and the world in which they exist.

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Yasha SapirComment
Outgroup-directed dogwhistles

Dogwhistles are phrases which mean something seemingly unproblematic at face value, but can communicate a second, hidden meaning to certain audiences. Can people use dogwhistles to target those who don’t yet share their views?

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Megha DevrajComment
Provocations and complicity

In a paper I've been working on recently, I explore the connection between complicity and speech. This topic is kinda conflict-ish; so, since I've been given an opportunity to write a post on the CFCP blog, I figured I'd talk about it.

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Yasha SapirComment