SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT TRIAL
Eric Oliver is a nationally known jury and communications consultant at his company Metasystems in Detroit. He publishes News from the Mental Edge which I enjoy reading for the many ideas it offers. Here are some miscellaneous thoughts from the last issue. Eric suggests that “harm, fairness, community (or group loyalty), authority and purity are the “primary colors” of our moral sense. He suggests forming our position around them. For example, the rule: “it’s wrong to needlessly injure people” involves the…