tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590358285673767171.post3016062235052836751..comments2023-05-28T17:47:26.943-07:00Comments on A Nice Place To Live: Seeming to CareAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08064363064872625529noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6590358285673767171.post-14748362417463305902014-01-27T21:14:43.382-08:002014-01-27T21:14:43.382-08:00One hypothesis for these "uncompromising"...One hypothesis for these "uncompromising" stances that people take is that they help achieve the upper hand when bargaining. By being "unreasonable," you can sometimes force the other person to give in, just like throwing out your steering wheel in a game of chicken. So, for instance, claiming that meat is murder is like saying "I'm not going to let you only eat less meat; you must do everything I want."<br /><br />Of course, like in chicken, there can be disastrous consequences if the other side refuses to swerve. In practice it seems that being uncompromising leads other people to flip the bird and ignore you entirely. So the emotions are probably misfiring here.<br /><br />These emotions may also sometimes reflect norms that are rational from a long-term perspective. For instance, refusing to allow torture "for the greater good" can help guard against Big Brother gradually doing more and more torture for supposedly good purposes. <a href="http://lesswrong.com/lw/uv/ends_dont_justify_means_among_humans/" rel="nofollow">The ends don't justify the means among humans</a>.Brian Tomasikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10510289096715716609noreply@blogger.com