News tagged with moral sensitivity
Researcher considers the role of morality in modern economic theory
The worldwide financial crisis in 2008, which led to what many in the United States now call the "Great Recession," has caused researchers to rethink traditional economic theories of financial markets and ...
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 27, 2010 |
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Easily grossed out? You're more likely a conservative
(PhysOrg.com) -- Are you someone who squirms when confronted with slime, shudders at stickiness or gets grossed out by gore? Do crawly insects make you cringe or dead bodies make you blanch?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 03, 2009 |
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The art of telling it like it isn't
There are certain things in life we'd rather not conjure up too vividly, and for this we have at our disposal a range of linguistic deodorisers, smokescreens and fig leaves. These are euphemisms. They are ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 28, 2012 |
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Study posits a theory of moral behavior
(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some people behave morally while others do not? Sociologists at the University of California, Riverside and California State University, Northridge have developed a theory of the moral ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2012 |
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Heat-detecting molecules steer vampires to blood
Scientists have known for years that when vampire bats tear through an animal's skin with their razor-sharp teeth, their noses guide them to the best spots – where a precise bite will strike a vein and ...
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Miracle material: Graphene
(PhysOrg.com) -- In the 19th century novel, Flatland, by Edward A. Abbott, residents of that fictional country exist in only two dimensions. Women are born as line segments, while men come in a range of geometric ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
May 19, 2011 |
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Massachusetts physician groups improving patient experience, study finds
Most Massachusetts physician groups are using results from a statewide patient survey to help improve patient experiences, but a significant number are not making use of the information or are making relatively limited efforts, ...
Dec 20, 2010 |
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Bolivian says climate talks may commit 'ecocide'
(AP) -- Bolivia's President Evo Morales, addressing a U.N. climate conference with modest goals, said Thursday that governments will be committing "ecocide" if they fail to act decisively to halt global warming.
Dec 09, 2010 |
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Researchers find mathematical patterns to forecast earthquakes
Researchers from the Universidad Pablo de Olavide (UPO) and the Universidad de Sevilla (US) have found patterns of behaviour that occur before an earthquake on the Iberian peninsula. The team used clustering ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 02, 2010 |
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Young children sensitive to others' behaviors and intentions
Young children's helpfulness is tempered when they see that the person they intend to help has harmed another person. But it also diminishes when they see that the object of their attention meant to harm another, even if ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Surrogate decision makers wish to retain authority in difficult decision
The decision to stop life-support for incapacitated and critically ill patients is, for surrogate decision makers, often fraught with moral and ethical uncertainty, and long-term emotional consequences. But as difficult as ...
Oct 29, 2010 |
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Israeli military confronts new foe: the Internet
(AP) -- The security obsessed Israeli military is confronting a new adversary - trying to control what its own soldiers post to the Internet.
Aug 18, 2010 |
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