Comments on: Advertisers on “moral mute?” http://cultureby.com/2004/05/advertisers_on_.html This Blog Sits At the Intersection of Anthropology and Economics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kit.blog http://cultureby.com/2004/05/advertisers_on_.html/comment-page-1#comment-8074 Kit.blog Sat, 15 May 2004 13:51:33 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1225#comment-8074 <strong>On moral myopia</strong> Preparing advertising festival is not for the faint of heart these days. There is money, there are egos, there is truth and there are ghosts. But egos and money are capable of rationalizing any lie into snow-white truth. Such a display of faulty ethi... On moral myopia

Preparing advertising festival is not for the faint of heart these days. There is money, there are egos, there is truth and there are ghosts. But egos and money are capable of rationalizing any lie into snow-white truth. Such a display of faulty ethi…

]]> By: steve http://cultureby.com/2004/05/advertisers_on_.html/comment-page-1#comment-8073 steve Mon, 10 May 2004 20:34:55 +0000 http://localhost/wp_culture/?p=1225#comment-8073 I would bet that the researchers are not trained as anthropolgists. They would be more likely to have received their scientific training in either the psychology or sociology fields, or in marketing per se which has, to my knowledge, a lot more psych than antrho in its DNA. So maybe you need to stick up for your home team a bit--anthropologists may have distinct and important things to teach their fellow social scientists. I would bet that the researchers are not trained as anthropolgists. They would be more likely to have received their scientific training in either the psychology or sociology fields, or in marketing per se which has, to my knowledge, a lot more psych than antrho in its DNA. So maybe you need to stick up for your home team a bit–anthropologists may have distinct and important things to teach their fellow social scientists.

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