Imagine a hypothetical participant in these studies who, for some reason, never feels any anxiety of any kind. The death-priming won't cause this person any anxiety, but it may divert attention away from the small practical issues, such as "what do I…
Maybe, Daniel Dennett is out of fashion. maybe he was never in fashion, I don't really know. To me his idea about the intentional stance that people seem to adopt when unable to understand a given system which in one way or anther bothers them, seems…
Maybe an alternative solution to the IFT puzzle can emerge if we distinguish between, on the one hand, an eventual death after a fulfilled life and, on the other, an immediate, premature death.
In contrast to the second, the first kind of death is no…
Dear Nicolas,
Thanks for your comment. While re-reading Thierry's reply to Boehm, I realized how many times I read about infanticide or cannibalism (mostly) by males in primate societies without ever thinking how the tolerance showed toward the infan…
Thank you Denis for this very interesting discussion and for pointing out that the result, albeit new, is not that surprising since the same behavior is also observed in others species. This reminds me of Berndard Thierry's own observation of policin…
Fairness?
Nicolas: I do not understand why attacking a woman because of her clothes is fair. It does not look fair to me at all, I must admit, and I don’t see what are the payoffs that would make it fair to anybody. If a woman display any sign of imm…
Thank you for the interesting original post and comments. I've enjoyed reading this discussion. I did a bit of research on this and think there could be a few references to add.
(1) Ingram., D. (1989) First language acquisition: Method, descri…
Since there is a large variety of social reactions to female body display, the explanation of the most excessive reactions described in the question must cover all other versions too. The explanation of the ultra-orthodox or islam extremists’ respons…
Maybe I am being banal, but as some feminist say, the problem here, it seems to me, is the social idea that reproduction is too important to accord reproductive individuals the possession of their bodies. I am talking about biological (i.e., giving b…
I agree with Nicolas that "committed" women are often upholding patriarchical ideologies and this is highly relevant for the phenomenon. And this would support the hypothesis of protecting the "common good" with mutual benefits for participating wome…
Another possible alternative explanation for IFT
What's wrong with "intentional stance"?
Possible alternative explanation for IFT
Crushing a dispute with a smile (ahem, a bared-teeth display)
Impartial intervention, or pragmatic intervention?
Not fairness, not mutual interest ... cognitive dissonance maybe
A couple of references
Emotions as regulators of social behavior
Women are not allowed by social group to own their bodies
"Rigtheous" women and "promiscuous" men