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1、TED英语演讲：偏见是有道德的我们时常将偏见和偏好视为无知的产物。但是，心理学家保罗?布鲁姆试图告诉大家，偏见时常是天生的、理性的......甚至是有道德的。布鲁姆认为，最重要的是去理解我们的偏见是如何运作的——这样我们就能在它出错时，提出更好的应对方式。下面是小编为大家收集关于TED英语演讲：偏见是有道德的，欢迎借鉴参考。偏见是有道德的演讲者：PaulBloomWhenwethinkaboutprejudiceandbias,wetendtothinkaboutstupidandevilpeopledoingstupidandev
2、ilthings.AndthisideaisnicelysummarizedbytheBritishcriticWilliamHazlitt,whowrote,"Prejudiceisthechildofignorance."Iwanttotrytoconvinceyouherethatthisismistaken.Iwanttotrytoconvinceyouthatprejudiceandbiasarenatural,they'reoftenrational,andthey'reoftenevenmoral,andIthinkt
3、hatonceweunderstandthis,we'reinabetterpositiontomakesenseofthemwhentheygowrong,whentheyhavehorribleconsequences,andwe'reinabetterpositiontoknowwhattodowhenthishappens.当我们想到偏见和偏爱，我们总会联想到愚蠢又邪恶的人做着愚蠢且邪恶的事。英国评论家威廉?哈兹里特非常好地总结了这个想法，他写道，"偏见是无知的幼子"我想要试图游说你这是错误的。我想要向你证明偏见和偏爱是自然
4、而然的，它们时常是理性的，时常甚至是道德的，我想当我们理解这，当它出现问题的时候当它可能造成严重后果的时候，我们会有更好的应对方式，当这一切发生的时候，我们会知道要如何处理。So,startwithstereotypes.Youlookatme,youknowmyname,youknowcertainfactsaboutme,andyoucouldmakecertainjudgments.Youcouldmakeguessesaboutmyethnicity,mypoliticalaffiliation,myreligiousbel
5、iefs.Andthethingis,thesejudgmentstendtobeaccurate.We'reverygoodatthissortofthing.Andwe'reverygoodatthissortofthingbecauseourabilitytostereotypepeopleisnotsomesortofarbitraryquirkofthemind,butratherit'saspecificinstanceofamoregeneralprocess,whichisthatwehaveexperiencewi
6、ththingsandpeopleintheworldthatfallintocategories,andwecanuseourexperiencetomakegeneralizationsaboutnovelinstancesofthesecategories.Soeverybodyherehasalotofexperiencewithchairsandapplesanddogs,andbasedonthis,youcouldseeunfamiliarexamplesandyoucouldguess,youcouldsitonth
7、echair,youcouldeattheapple,thedogwillbark.Nowwemightbewrong.Thechaircouldcollapseifyousitonit,theapplemightbepoison,thedogmightnotbark,andinfact,thisismydogTessie,whodoesn'tbark.Butforthemostpart,we'regoodatthis.Forthemostpart,wemakegoodguessesbothinthesocialdomainandt
8、henon-socialdomain,andifweweren'tabletodoso,ifweweren'tabletomakeguessesaboutnewinstancesthatweencounter,wewouldn'tsu
