Your Morals Depend on Language

RBRobert Bascom · Dec 22, 2014, 6:15 PM · Last modified: Sep 28, 2026, 11:37 AM

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Part of series Negotiating Meaning-part 2: Language and Society

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RBRobert BascomDec 31, 2014, 4:38 AM

This argument is not linguistic (of any stripe), but neuroscientific. It has to do with the fact that we think at a slower pace in a second language. That gives us time to bring critical thinking on board and not think so much (and quickly) with our emotions, as we do in our first language. https://map.bloomfire.com/groups/28732/posts/902844-thinking-fast-and-slow

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