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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"moral judgement"”.
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Measuring moral judgement of a select group of occupational health nurses in nursing dilemmas
… survey was conducted to determine the moral judgments of occupational health nurses in nursing dilemmas. The Nursing Dilemma Test (NDT) was mailed to 510 occupational health nurses in one southwestern state who were members of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses …
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An analysis of principled moral judgement among college students with different ego identity statuses
… relationships between two constructs: principled moral judgment and ego identity status. At issue was whether individuals measured to have different ego identity statuses differed systematically in terms of principled moral judgment as had been previously found in the literature. The hypotheses …
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How Ought We to Justify our Moral Judgements?
What counts as a good defence of a moral judgement? In answer to this question, I begin with an account of the structure of the simplest moral judgements. I point out that for moral responsibility – praise or blame to be appropriately ascribed to the person making it, such a judgement must be …
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Moral competence and the psychopath.
Various theories of moral judgment have been proposed in light of recent empirical research in cognitive neuroscience and moral psychology. Some of the evidence is thought to indicate that emotional and intuitive processes are primarily responsible for moral judgement. There is also evidence to …
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The Moralisation of Eating
Morality, food and eating have been associated for centuries. However, little is known about the extent and impact of this association on how people relate to food and eating today. This thesis explores three questions in seven studies. The first question is: ‘Do people compensate morally for …
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The differential effects of situational and motivational cues and moral reasoning on prosocial behavior in kindergarten and fifth grade children
… plight, the suggestion of future reciprocity, moral reasoning and social comprehension on the donating behavior of children of differential age groups. Forty-six children of kindergarten age and 32 fifth grade children were divided into four control groups (controllability, …
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How moral knowledge motivates: a practical reason account
When we make moral judgements and act morally we recognise and respond to reasons that are there whether we recognise them or not. This is the claim defended in this thesis. It has two aspects. The first is that acts of moral judgement aspire, sometimes successfully, to moral knowledge. This is …
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Student nurse moral development:a case study of second year students undertaking enrolled nurse training in KwaZulu-Natal
… primary aim of the study was to investigate the moral development of second year pupil nurses undergoing training in institutions in KwaZulu Natal. Secondary to a generic exploration, the study's secondary focus was on determining the extent to which moral development among these students was …
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The theory of rational decision and the foundations of ethics
… and contractarianism, is the more adequate moral theory. I begin by outlining what I call orthodox decision theory and note from this theory together with a minimal characterization of what it is to make a moral judgement we can deduce utilitarianism. The apparent conflict between …
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Exploring relationships between moral reasoning, distorted cognitions and problem solving in male offenders with intellectual disabilities
… The study explored the relationship between moral reasoning, distorted cognitions and problem solving in male offenders and non-offenders with intellectual disabilities (IDs). The psychometric properties for an adapted measure of distorted cognitions for people with IDs were explored. The …
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Giving alone: towards an understanding of the practices and motivations of American Evangelical Millennial philanthropy
… that contribute to the development of a moral reasoning framework leading to a moral imagination critical for sustained charitable financial giving. However, the majority of the Millennial research subjects displayed proclivity toward privatization, resulting in a physical and emotional …
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Distinguishing moral disgust and anger using pupillometry and responses to economic behaviours
A growing body of research suggests that our moral judgements are emotional and intuitive rather than carefully reasoned. Anger and disgust are two emotions that are thought to play key roles in driving these moral judgements. However, as both emotions are negative, reported in response to similar …
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Diferenças de gênero no julgamento moral
… homens e mulheres com relação ao julgamento moral. Estas diferenças são abordadas também quanto ao gênero dos indivíduos. Gênero é o conjunto de atribuições psicológicas dado ao sujeito a partir do seu sexo biológico. Os indivíduos de ambos os sexos podem ser categorizados de acordo com seu …
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Elite women's household management: Yorkshire, 1680-1810
… roles which established a woman's position as a moral and virtuous domestic being. As one of the elite women being studied, particular attention is given to Isabella Dowager Countess of Carlisle's authorship of a work of conduct literature intended for a female readership. Hence, the permanence …
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Adam Smith and the Consequences of Inequality
… inequality between states, the impact of rank on moral judgement, and education as a remedy to inequality. By examining these, this thesis contributes not only to the scholarship on Smith’s thought on inequality, but also to the flourishing interest in his political thought. The thesis makes three …
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The role of spirituality in ethical decision-making and behaviour and the benefits to organisations: a critical realist analysis
… with a growing distaste among many for the morally questionable actions of numerous organisations. The consequence of this movement is a plethora of literature extolling the benefits of individuals exercising their spirituality at work. Indeed, research has found that spirituality enhances …
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Investigating the role of age and affect on social cognition following traumatic brain injury
Moral reasoning and emotion have consistently been linked in the literature; interactions between the two concepts are well-researched. Offenders have been studied in relation to moral reasoning as a population who have committed morally- or socially-deviant acts. The current review sought to …
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Prescriptions and universalizability: a defence of Harean ethical theory
… expressivism can provide a coherent account of moral judgement and discourse. The argument for expressivism draws on Hare’s thought that the main error of moral realism is to think of moral objectivity as requiring objects, moral properties which are really there in the world. It is shown, using …
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Emil Brunner's theological anthropology a Neo-Thomistic critique
… God’s gracious act, he cannot be truly good or moral apart from the self-understanding and ‘goodness’ conferred upon him through special revelation. 2. The critique of Brunner’s doctrine of man follows the same topical format. In the first section, we have argued that Brunner’s strict division …
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A grounded theory study to elicit the reasons why women who initiate breastfeeding do not access peer support provision. Situating self in a dichotomised discourse of infant feeding.
… a divided landscape. A background of pressure, moral judgement and a dearth of breastfeeding knowledge form the core category, and the five main themes are situated within this milieu. The first main theme, ‘place and space of support’, explains how during the early postnatal period the group …
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