This short video is the fifth in a series of videos about how Americans react to obvious, provable deception, lies, and gaslighting by politicians. The quotation attributed to the late Daniel Patrick Moynihan was “You are entitled to your opinion. But you are not entitled to your own facts.” This belief might have been false in 1973, but until recently, I believed most Americans held that facts could be proven true or false, or flagged for more scrutiny.
This video introduces the topic of moral trade-offs. This condition holds that not all moral values are equal. Not only are moral values unequal, but some people elevate one value over others. For example, some people value human life more than others. Some people will not join the military because they resist the idea of killing others, while others believe that killing in war is allowable. Likewise, with honesty. Some people believe that honesty is among the highest values, while others believe “truth” is a sham or mirage. These people believe that there is no need to verify facts; instead, “truth” is validated when enough people believe the fact to be “true.”
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