tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post3051795825842405572..comments2023-11-05T03:05:16.380-08:00Comments on No Useless Leniency: Objective SpiritBenjaminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-778782022355045722011-02-21T06:37:08.335-08:002011-02-21T06:37:08.335-08:00thanks for these refs, I'll follow up. Adorno&...thanks for these refs, I'll follow up. Adorno's argument is also similar to Zizek's later arguments about the 'objectivity' of ideology; one thing I know from academia is when people say 'students' want X' it is usually they who want X, which probably also applies to me... but I try to be a little more honest about why I might want X and why that might make our working betterBenjaminhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237178500472453910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7038706923946698710.post-36448512287931889192011-02-17T12:38:29.167-08:002011-02-17T12:38:29.167-08:00Interesting. This seems somewhat similar to what&#...Interesting. This seems somewhat similar to what's called "pluralistic ignorance" in social psychology: our mistaken assumptions about others' values or beliefs push us to act contrary to our own values and beliefs. It's clearly not identical, but it reminds me of Philip Pettit's writings on norms perpetuated by mutual ignorance of the populace's true feelings ("value-mistaken" norms) and our natural bias to misidentify structural causes as personal or internal causes ("virtue-mistaken" norms). These mistakes or biases are almost certainly in play in these formalized, norm bounded and structured "committee" situations as well.Shannon Bainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14879944964986565731noreply@blogger.com