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A professor of ethics wrote an article on the Hardball Times website, to which there are many many many comments, which have also spilled over to Keith Law’s blog.
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On the BBTF thread on this article, a professor of philosophy who specializes in moral philosophy has a few nice quick posts showing why Marshall’s arguments are completely question begging.
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Amateur psychology alert! I can see where he would use Festinger’s work on cognitive dissonance, although he over-simplifies it to a point of not being accurate any more. There’s a comment on BallHype (and a response from Marshall) that discusses some of the technical details. But even then, I just don’t think cog disonance fully applies to the question of why teams didn’t actually sign Bonds. I would encourage folks to look over Maslow’s hierarchy of needs instead.