People often engage with moral content in fictional worlds and may feel freer to act on this curiosity in fiction than in real life (see41). To better understand what kind of moral content is engaging for people, we collated data from Netflix’s publicly available, most viewed TV shows and...
Other examples include Mother Petrice fromDragon Age 2, a quietly zealous manipulator who, again, is committed to doing what she sees as right. In a beautiful moral contest, Grand Cleric Elthina—her superior— can be shown chastising her for her radicalism, telling her “Eternity is long en...
Fundamentally, I don't doubt that these unpleasant equilibria exist, but I question how common they are and how applicable any lessons from them are to more moderate examples. I don't think we've seen enough examples to find common causes/features, let alone recommendations. My guesses: Tou...