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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"moral evaluations"”.
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Assessing the Moral Evaluations of Pharmacological Enhancements
… But how we choose to accomplish a goal matters, morally speaking. The focus of my dissertation is on the ways in which the use of pharmacological enhancements should affect our moral evaluations. I’m concerned with this central question: how should our decision to enhance or not affect our …
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A Multinational Study of the Etiology and Clinical Teleology of Moral Evaluations of Patient Behaviors
… explore a hypothesized construct of ‘moral evaluation of patient behaviors’ (MEPB) as a driver of health professionals’ readiness to interact humanistically with their patients. In these studies, ‘humanistic interactions’ refer to the non-technical, intangible skills and factors of …
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Moral evaluations of children's truths and lies in prosocial contexts: The role of reputation
Moral evaluations of truths and lies have been found to vary based on the intention of the speaker (to help or to harm). One factor that may influence the perceived intention of the speaker is their reputation. Given that honesty is a key factor for building and maintaining relationships, it is …
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The Good, The Bad, and The Taxed: How Taxes Shape Morals in Markets
… from a factorial survey to show how taxing a morally debated commodity influences people’s moral evaluations of consumption. I also experimentally manipulate the race and the class of the imagined soda consumer to test how social status matters for evaluations of morally contested consumption. …
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Needles in a Haystack: Perceptions of Deservingness on the Implementation of Harm Reduction Programs in the American Midwest
… Kentucky, and Indiana revealed that negative moral evaluations of individual behavior contribute to a reticence to implement harm reduction programs, often due to the influence of in-group isolation and the social phenomenon known as “not-in-my-backyard.” Indiana is found to be an outlier even …
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Why Do People Spread Disinformation on Social Media? The Role of Social Identity and Perceived Morality
… whether misinformation and disinformation are morally evaluated in the context of social identity, and whether any identity-related adjustments can help explain intentions to spread the content further. Study 1 used a correlational design to explore whether degree of belief consistency …
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Henry James and the moral will
… I think, more precise insights into James’s moral discriminations than they have received, for it concentrates on an aspect of his characters which has often been misunderstood or not accorded the central, extensive treatment I give it here.</p> <p>My concern in this dissertation is with the …