Douchebags and Desert

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Opening Quote

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Show Notes

Dave and Tamler talk about the influence of character judgments on attributions of blame. What is the function of the blame--to assign responsibility or to judge a person's character? Is it fair that we blame douchebags more than good people who commit exactly the same act, or is it yet another cognitive bias that should be avoided? Plus we delve into the Richie Incognito hazing story (maybe a little early since the story has developed) and Tamler tries to figure out how to teach the Gospels to students who know roughly 100 times as much about them than he does. 

• The Miami Dolphins and Everything that Will Never Make Sense.
  
• Interview with Richie Incognito
  
• Gospel of Matthew
  
• Synoptic Gospels
  
• Bringing character back: How the motivation to evaluate character influences judgments of moral blame.
  
• Superhero Comics as Moral Pornography.
  
• Moral signals, public outrage, and immaterial harms.
  
• Support Very Bad Wizards