We know that dogs aren’t as smart as humans, but are humans only smarter because their brains are bigger? Mario Lalich/Stone/Getty Images Many animals can use their brains to do some of the things that humans can do, such as finding creative ways to solve problems, exhibiting self-aw...
Are humans flourishing? Human flourishing is defined asan effort to achieve self-actualization and fulfillment within the context of a larger community of individuals, each with the right to pursue his or her own such efforts. ... The nurse helps the individual to reclaim or develop new pathways...
To give an example of humans' sense of an icy gully () in southern polar regions. It was no animals going to suffer by interfering. It wasn't morality toward animals.filmed for the BBC wildlife series Dynasties. The dangerous. You weren't touching the animals and it33. What's David's...
In humans, a greatly expanded prefrontal cortex boosts self-control, just as it boosts problem-solving skills in the social as well as the physical world. These aptitudes are augmented by our capacity for language, which allows social practices and institutions to develop in exceedingly...
While astronauts in space get to do many exciting things, they miss out on ordinary things that we all take for granted—being able to walk on firm ground, hanging out with family and digging into a slice of hot steaming pizza. Though not much can be done about the first two things, ...
The reason is that in order for the 0.1% among us who had/have the brains/skill/chance to propel the rest of us forward, they need to be valued for what they do, and that valuation is often tied to our sense of morality. While one could argue that technology is amoral– you can ...
Dysregulated substance use continues to be perceived as a self-inflicted condition characterized by a lack of willpower, thus falling outside the scope of medicine and into that of morality [3]. Chronic and relapsing, developmentally-limited, or spontaneously remitting? Much of the critique ...
Guilt and shame may be used interchangeably, but they conveyseparate meanings for similar feelings. While both are emotions based on self-consciousness and self-reflection, there is a distinction between the two. Guilt typically is related to a perceived breach of personal morality or...
Therefore, it is important to understand that philosophy is not just about understanding the norms of morality. But also aboutthe development of logic,the ability to think and have an opinion, andnot follow the majoritybecause the majority is not always true. ...
“ways of knowing” is a bit disturbing, for MM that’s more than just empirical, trial-and-error based knowledge that can be taken as part of science. MM includes, as I keep saying, religion, ethics, morality, tradition, and superstition. It is not a “way of knowing” but a “...