Robb Willer: How to have better political conversations
Rob Viler (Robb Willer): Kako voditi bolje političke razgovore
Robb Willer's political research has investigated various topics, including economic inequality, racial prejudice, masculine overcompensation and Americans' views of climate change. Full bio
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as most people do,
kao i većina ljudi,
u našoj zemlji,
is getting worse in our country,
between the left and the right
in really any of our lifetimes.
if research backs up your intuition.
podržava vašu intuiciju.
the answer is sadly yes.
i konzervativci znatno međusobno udaljili.
have grown further apart.
u skučene ideološke prostore,
in these ideological silos,
talking only to like-minded others
razgovarajući samo sa istomišljenicima,
to live in different parts of the country.
u različitim delovima zemlje.
most alarming of all of it
najviše uznemirava kada se vidi
animosity on both sides.
don't like one another.
Ne žele da se zabavljaju jedni sa drugima.
They don't want to date one another.
they find each other less attractive,
vide jedno drugo kao manje privlačne
their children to marry someone
stupe u brak sa nekim
the students that I work with,
sa studentima sa kojima radim,
some sort of social pattern --
društvenog obrasca -
pa se često pitam:
with this pattern?
with political polarization?
sa političkom polarizacijom?
we're in a zombie apocalypse movie.
da smo u filmu apokalipse zombija.
and destroy society.
svoju bolest i unište društvo.
in the zombie apocalypse movie,
u filmu o apokalipsi zombija,
it's being propagated by the other people,
propagiraju drugi ljudi,
ono do čega nam je stalo.
to what we hold dear,
in the army of the undead.
they think they're in?
that they're the good guys
da misle da su Bred Pit,
that they think that they're Brad Pitt
that we're all a part of this.
is that we can be a part of the solution.
je da možemo biti deo rešenja.
polarizaciju u svakodnevnom životu?
at polarization in everyday life?
and communicate with
da bismo se povezali i komunicirali
that I and my colleague, Matt Feinberg,
kojima smo ja i moj kolega, Met Fajnberg,
doing research on this topic.
istraživanje na ovu temu.
that we discovered
for understanding polarization
za razumevanje polarizacije,
u našoj zemlji
is undergirded by a deeper moral divide.
in the history of political psychology
u istoriji političke psihologije
by Jon Haidt and Jesse Graham,
Džon Hajt i Džesi Grejem, psiholozi,
obično podržavaju različite vrednosti
tend to endorse different values
tend to endorse values like equality
obično podržavaju vrednosti
i zaštite od nepravdi
and protection from harm
values like loyalty, patriotism,
vrednosti poput lojalnosti, patriotizma,
i moralne čistote
that maybe this moral divide
da bi možda ta moralna podela
for understanding how it is
međusobno razgovaraju
talk to one another
seem to talk past one another
mimoilaze u razgovoru.
to write a persuasive essay
u prilog istopolnog braka.
in support of same-sex marriage.
tended to make arguments
bili skloni da iznose argumente
of equality and fairness.
jednakosti i pravednosti.
to love whoever they choose,"
da vole koga izaberu“,
as other Americans."
kao i drugi Amerikanci.“
that 69 percent of liberals
da se 69 procenata liberala
moral values in constructing their essay,
od liberalnijih moralnih vrednosti,
one of the more conservative moral values,
na jednu od konzervativnijih vrednosti,
to be trying to persuade conservatives.
da ubede konzervativce.
and had them make persuasive arguments
i zadali im da iznesu ubedljive argumente
the official language of the US,
kao zvaničnog jezika SAD-a,
political position,
much better at this.
je iznelo argumente
conservative moral values,
moralnih vrednosti,
invoked a liberal moral value,
na liberalnu moralnu vrednost,
to be targeting liberals for persuasion.
na to da budu ubedljivi za liberale.
why we're in trouble here. Right?
zašto smo u nevolji, zar ne?
they're their most deeply held beliefs.
su njihova najdublja uverenja.
to fight and die for their values.
i da umru za svoje vrednosti.
just to agree with you
samo da bi se složili sa vama
da se slože sa vama?
want to agree with you on anyway?
koje podnosite svom ujaku republikancu
you're making to your Republican uncle
da promeni svoje gledište,
just have to change his view,
svoje osnovne vrednosti,
his underlying values, too,
that we call moral reframing,
koju nazivamo moralno preokviravanje
in a series of experiments.
and conservatives to a study
i konzervativce u istraživanju
attitudes surveyed.
u pogledu stavova prema životnoj sredini.
pro-environmental essay
za zaštitu životne sredine
of care and protection from harm.
brige i zaštite od nepravde.
"In many important ways
„Na mnogo bitnih načina,
to the places we live in,"
mestima u kojima živimo“
that we take steps now
da sada preduzmemo korake
from being done to our Earth."
dalje uništavanje naše Zemlje.“
a really different essay
veoma drugačiji esej
the conservative value of moral purity.
u konzervativnu vrednost moralne čistote.
u prilog zaštite sredine
and skies pure is of vital importance."
i neba čistim je od presudnog značaja.“
treba da smatramo odvratnim“,
to be disgusting."
nam može pomoći da očuvamo
can help us preserve
about the places we live."
u mestima u kojima živimo.“
samo esej nevezan za politiku.
to read just a nonpolitical essay.
da bismo dobili osnovni nivo.
so we could get a baseline.
prema životnoj sredini nakon toga,
attitudes afterwards,
it didn't matter what essay they read.
koji esej su pročitali.
pro-environmental attitudes regardless.
izrazite stavove za zaštitu sredine.
for environmental protection.
zaštitu životne sredine.
of progressive environmental policies
progresivnu ekološku politiku
one of the other two essays.
jedan od druga dva eseja.
koji su pročitali esej o moralnoj čistoti
who read the moral purity essay
that they believed in global warming
da veruju u globalno zagrevanje
globalno zagrevanje.
didn't even mention global warming.
this moral reframing effect was.
moralnog preokviravanja.
različitih političkih pitanja.
of different political issues.
da pokrenete konzervativce
ili nacionalnog zdravstvenog osiguranja,
or national health insurance,
political issues to conservative values
vežete za konzervativne vrednosti
u vezi sa konzervativnim političkim temama
to the right on conservative policy issues
the official language of the US,
engleskog jezika za zvanični jezik SAD-a,
vežete za liberalne moralne vrednosti
policy issues to liberal moral values
have the same clear message:
imaju istu jasnu poruku -
someone on some policy,
u vezi sa određenom politikom,
to their underlying moral values.
sa njegovim osnovnim moralnim vrednostima.
it's something we really struggle to do.
oko čega se zaista mučimo.
to persuade somebody on a political issue,
nekog u vezi sa političkim pitanjem,
as we rehearse our own reasons
koliko recitujemo sopstvene razloge
some sort of political position.
these reframed moral arguments,
ove preokvirene moralne argumente:
empathy and respect."
empatija i poštovanje.“
somebody in this country.
nekoga u ovoj zemlji.
sa pandurima ortacima.
i policajca koji je crnac,
there's a white cop and a black cop,
i organizovanog policajca.
ne slažu se zbog te razlike,
to come together and they cooperate,
da se udruže i sarađuju,
that they had to cross. Right?
koji su morali da prevaziđu, zar ne?
than ever before.
nego ikada pre.
na kome se nalazimo u ovoj zemlji,
where we are in this country,
filma sa pandurima ortacima -
of a buddy cop movie --
to come back together.
će se ponovo udružiti.
is going to start with us.
kongresnim izmenama granica okruga
all the things that divide us.
koje nas razdvajaju.
because this hate and contempt
the very fabric of our society.
to let them hate us either.
that we owe our fellow citizens.
što dugujemo našim sugrađanima.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Robb Willer - Social psychologistRobb Willer's political research has investigated various topics, including economic inequality, racial prejudice, masculine overcompensation and Americans' views of climate change.
Why you should listen
Robb Willer is a professor of sociology, psychology and organizational behavior at Stanford University. He studies the role of morality in politics. His research shows how moral values, typically a source of ideological division, can also be used to bring people together. His political research has investigated various topics, including economic inequality, racial prejudice, masculine overcompensation and Americans' views of climate change.
Willer has won numerous awards for his teaching and research, including the Golden Apple Teaching Award, the only award given by UC-Berkeley’s student body. Willer's class, "Self and Society," was the highest enrollment class at UC-Berkeley. His consulting clients have included the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, the Last Resort Exoneration Project and the Department of Justice.
Willer's writing has appeared in the New York Times and the Washington Post, including his op-eds "The Secret to Political Persuasion" and "Is the Environment a Moral Cause?"
Willer received a Ph.D from Cornell University and a BA from the University of Iowa. Before becoming a professor, he worked as a dishwasher, construction worker, mover, line cook and union organizer.
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