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Tweet this: Rapid-fire media may confuse your moral compass
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 13, 2009 |
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Emotions linked to our moral sense awaken slowly in the mind, according to a new study from a neuroscience group led by corresponding author Antonio Damasio, director of the Brain and Creativity Institute at the University ...
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Trust your gut? Study explores religion, morality and trust in authority
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Sep 14, 2009 |
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In a world filled with dogma, doctrine and discipline, it is accurate to say most of us strive to do what we believe is "right." These convictions and beliefs permeate every aspect of our lives, including education, ethics ...
Cleanliness can compromise moral judgment
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 01, 2008 |
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New research in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science has found that the physical notion of cleanliness significantly reduces the severity of moral judgments, showing that intuition, rather ...
Moral philosopher questions memory manipulation
Apr 29, 2008 |
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Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician?
Sleep deprivation affects moral judgment
Mar 01, 2007 |
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Research has shown that bad sleep can adversely affect a person's physical health and emotional well-being. However, the amount of sleep one gets can also influence his or her decision-making. A study published in the March ...
PR pros are good ethical thinkers, study finds
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 12, 2009 |
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For years journalists and others have questioned the ethics of public relations practitioners and firms. People in PR, however, appear to be getting a bad rap. That's what a new study funded by the Arthur W. Page Center ...
Study: Morals often sacrificed for country
Nov 18, 2005 |
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A Virginia Tech study suggests statesmen often abandon their principles for the good of their country.
Moral judgment fails without feelings
Mar 21, 2007 |
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Consider the following scenario: someone you know has AIDS and plans to infect others, some of whom will die. Your only options are to let it happen or to kill the person. Do you pull the trigger?
Professor: Fear, Shame Keep Homeowners From Defaulting
Nov 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Brent T. White, a University of Arizona associate professor of law, said policymakers must consider ways that emotions drive financial decisions.
Why Saints Sin and Sinners Get Saintly
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Jun 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- To many, New York Gov. Eliott Spitzer's fall from grace seemed to make no sense at all. But a new Northwestern University study offers provocative insights that possibly could relate to why the storm trooper ...
Democrats Seen as the 'Undeserving Rich' Face Rejection by Party Voters
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 11, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In a recent study, researchers from several universities looked at why white working-class voters voted Republican in recent national elections even when they didn't like Republican policies.
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