Motivational reluctance, not cognitive limits, blocks cross-cultural perspective taking

Evidence

This reciprocal perspective taking, which is a precondition of adopting the moral point of view on a conflict, does indeed have a purely cognitive function; however, the real obstacle is the willingness to engage in this strenuous operation across wide cultural distances in the first place. The need to cross this motivational threshold explains the stubbornness of the conflicts you address – but also, more generally, the fact that empirical and theoretical issues are often easier to resolve consensually than practical conflicts. — Jürgen Habermas, A New Structural Transformation of the…, 79

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the relation between Rawls’s political-virtue respect and the stronger demand of reciprocal perspective taking — a useful definitional contrast between mere justification and genuine empathy in discourse.
• XREF: connects to: Foucault-derived critique risks undermining the possibility of cross-cultural understanding entirely — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 574; Living abroad improves flexible, multi-perspective problem-solving — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2264; Future prejudice research should integrate cognitive limits with motivational self-interest. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1191 (+1 more)

Related

• Future prejudice research should integrate cognitive limits with motivational self-interest. (similarity 0.83)
• Foucault-derived critique risks undermining the possibility of cross-cultural understanding entirely (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Future prejudice research should integrate cognitive limits with motivational self-interest. #contradicts (0.85) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 1191
• Foucault-derived critique risks undermining the possibility of cross-cultural understanding entirely #complicates (0.80) — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism, 574
• Shared goals with outgroup members motivate accurate, counterstereotypic perception #corroborates (0.80) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 332
• Living abroad improves flexible, multi-perspective problem-solving #exemplifies (0.72) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 2264