A5002431339- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Chinese history and philosophy
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Free Will and Agency
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Psychology of Social Influence
- China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Ethics in Business and Education
- Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
- Renal and related cancers
- Minimally Invasive Surgical Techniques
- Urological Disorders and Treatments
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Stalking, Cyberstalking, and Harassment
- Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
- Urinary Tract Infections Management
- Hospital Admissions and Outcomes
- Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
City University of New York
2022-2025
Baruch College
2011-2022
The Graduate Center, CUNY
2017-2022
Columbia University
2018
Metropolitan Museum of Art
2018
College of Charleston
2016
Medical University of South Carolina
2016
University of Vermont
2011-2013
Boston Children's Hospital
2013
Duke University
2006
Recent experimental research has revealed surprising patterns in people's intuitions about free will and moral responsibility. One limitation of this research, however, is that it been conducted exclusively on people from Western cultures. The present paper extends previous by presenting a cross-cultural study examining responsibility subjects the United States, Hong Kong, India Colombia. results striking degree convergence. In all four cultural groups, majority participants said (a) our...
It has often been suggested that people's ordinary understanding of morality involves a belief in objective moral truths and rejection relativism. The results six studies call this claim into question. Participants did offer apparently objectivist intuitions when considering individuals from their own culture, but they offered increasingly relativist different cultures or ways life. authors hypothesize people do not have fixed commitment to objectivism instead tend adopt views depending on...
Abstract People sometimes explain behavior by appealing to an essentialist concept of the self, often referred as true self. Existing studies suggest that people tend believe self is morally virtuous; deep inside, every person motivated behave in good ways. Is this belief particular individuals with optimistic beliefs or from Western cultures, does it reflect a widely held cognitive bias how understand self? To address question, we tested theory against two potential boundary conditions are...
The muscularis mucosae, a type of smooth muscle located between the urothelium and urinary bladder detrusor, has been described, although its properties role in function have not characterized. Here, using mucosal tissue strips isolated from guinea pig bladders, we identified spontaneous phasic contractions (SPCs) that appear to originate mucosae. This layer exhibited Ca(2+) waves flashes, but localized events (Ca(2+) sparks, purinergic receptor-mediated transients) were detected. often...
Abstract A hallmark of Confucian morality is its emphasis on duties to family and kin as weighty features moral life. The virtue ‘filiality’ or ‘filial piety’ ( xiao ), for example, one the most important in canon. This aspect Confucianism has been renewed interest recently. On hand, some have claimed that, precisely because it acknowledges importance duties, should be seen an ethics rooted human nature that remains a viable system today. other argued extreme filial philosophy ought...
Abstract: Recently, the experimental philosopher Joshua Knobe has shown that folk are more inclined to describe side effects as intentional actions when they bring about bad results. Edouard Machery offered an intriguing new explanation of Knobe’s work—the ‘trade‐off hypothesis’—which denies moral considerations explain applications concept action. We critique Machery’s hypothesis and offer empirical evidence against it. also evaluate current state debate concerning intentionality, argue...
This commentary evaluates Ara Norenzayan's central thesis in Big Gods: How Religion Transformed Cooperation and Conflict, focusing on how it bears the rise of early Chinese civilization. Discussion centers three themes: supernatural monitoring, social self-monitoring.