I intentionally didn’t engage with motives for virtue signaling or the way the signal is reported but focused on their information value. The virtue signal with the character information here is actually “not eating animals”, not talking about it.
The virtue signal with the character information here is actually “not eating animals”, not talking about it.
Umm, I think there’s still a disconnect with your definitions and general usage of the term. The VIRTUE is “caring about animals”, or maybe “not eating animals”. It’s arguable how important that virtue it is, but most people don’t object.
The virtue SIGNALING is talking about it, proselytizing for it, and the implied judgement of lack of virtue in people who aren’t visibly into it.
I intentionally didn’t engage with motives for virtue signaling or the way the signal is reported but focused on their information value. The virtue signal with the character information here is actually “not eating animals”, not talking about it.
Umm, I think there’s still a disconnect with your definitions and general usage of the term. The VIRTUE is “caring about animals”, or maybe “not eating animals”. It’s arguable how important that virtue it is, but most people don’t object.
The virtue SIGNALING is talking about it, proselytizing for it, and the implied judgement of lack of virtue in people who aren’t visibly into it.