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ethics

Entries tagged with ethics - exploring this theme across cognitive biases, logical fallacies, mental models, and more.

7 concepts

Systems Thinking

Anthropocentrism 

The assumption that human needs, perspectives, and values are the central or most important frame for understanding the world.

Psychological Defence

Compartmentalisation 

Keeping contradictory beliefs, values, or behaviours in separate mental boxes so they never have to confront each other.

Manipulation Tactic

Dark Patterns 

Deliberately deceptive design choices that trick people into doing things they didn't intend to do.

Psychological Phenomenon

Diffusion of Responsibility 

The tendency to feel less personally responsible for taking action when others are present.

Psychological Defence

Moral Hypocrisy 

Judging others by a stricter moral standard than the one you apply to yourself.

Psychological Phenomenon

Obedience to Authority 

The tendency for people to comply with instructions from a perceived authority figure, even when those instructions conflict with their own conscience.

Cognitive Bias

Omission Bias 

The tendency to judge harmful actions as worse than equally harmful inactions, even when doing nothing causes more damage.