DOPE-HARDCORE-0 Posted:

The cog psych perspective

http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/pal/14708914/2007/00000006/00000001/art0000

Thanks for the articles. I only skimmed through the above one though. Basically my view of that paper is:

1. there are a few well-supported empirical studies in cog psych about basic human behaviour

2. the paper takes those results and makes an argument for how hierarchy leads to, or supports corruption

I think (1) is well-substantiated, but (2) is more exploratory. The reason I asked is because I study quite abit of cog psych and my impression is that these people are more empirical. Saying hierarchy inevitably = corruption is quite a big claim.

Of course, there are other major points of discussion against religion…