Through Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential ontology and social psychology’s Fundamental Attribution E... more Through Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential ontology and social psychology’s Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) it is possible to claim that prejudice is predicated on our incorrect ordering of character dispositions (or personality) with action. In other words, we make the mistake of thinking that people’s character is the cause of action and behaviour. I argue, with the help of Sartre and proponents of the FAE, that this is ontologically incorrect and is the primary cause of prejudice.
Through Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential ontology and social psychology’s Fundamental Attribution E... more Through Jean-Paul Sartre’s existential ontology and social psychology’s Fundamental Attribution Error (FAE) it is possible to claim that prejudice is predicated on our incorrect ordering of character dispositions (or personality) with action. In other words, we make the mistake of thinking that people’s character is the cause of action and behaviour. I argue, with the help of Sartre and proponents of the FAE, that this is ontologically incorrect and is the primary cause of prejudice.
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(or personality) with action. In other words, we make the mistake of thinking that people’s character is the cause of action and behaviour. I argue, with the help of Sartre and proponents of the FAE, that this is ontologically incorrect and is the primary cause of prejudice.
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(or personality) with action. In other words, we make the mistake of thinking that people’s character is the cause of action and behaviour. I argue, with the help of Sartre and proponents of the FAE, that this is ontologically incorrect and is the primary cause of prejudice.