Sacred versus Pseudo-Sacred Values: How People Cope with Taboo Trade-Offs
研究发现，人们通常尊重社区视为神圣的价值，但高压力下不得不进行权衡，导致政治指责游戏；理性上应接受，但道德绝对主义对社会凝聚力很重要。
Psychologists have documented widespread public deference to “sacred values” that communities, formally or informally, exempt from tradeoffs with secular limits, like money. This work has, however, been largely confined to low-stakes settings. As the stakes rise, deference must decline because people can't write blank checks for every “sacred” cause. Shadow pricing is inevitable which sets the stage for political blame-games of varying sophistication. In a rational world, citizens would accept the necessity of such tradeoffs, but the attraction to moral absolutes is strong--perhaps even essential for social cohesion.