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	<title>Perusing Psychology&#187; morality</title>
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		<title>UK Scientists Create Hybrid Embryos</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hybrid embryos were created in the UK. Scientists used bovine eggs that had the DNA removed and injected human DNA (from skin) into the eggs. The eggs grew for as long as 3 days. The researchers plan on working towards a 14 day lifespan, at which time the embryos would be destroyed. No, they aren&#8217;t [...]
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		<title>Moral Development and the Brain</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 00:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moral reasoning is the ability a person has to reason in and through social, ethical, and emotional situations. One component of moral reasoning is moral behavior, which is the intentional and voluntary acting in a prosocial manner (Walker, 2004). Moral behavior and reasoning are the foundation for “many human social and cultural institutions such as [...]
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		<title>Moral Development</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lawrence Kohlberg developed a theory of moral development in humans that has been quite influential in emotion and moral reasoning developmental psychology. He believed that most adults reason at the 3rd or 4th stage level. A few reach the 5th and very few reach the 6th. However, people can reason at different levels at different [...]
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		<title>The charitable accumbens</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:39:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[CNN posted an interesting article about how when people choose to be charitable (i.e., give money away) that the nucleus accumbens, which is termed the &#8220;pleasure center&#8221; of the brain, and the caudate nucleus showed heightened activity. It&#8217;s turning out that the nucleus accumbens is involved in far more activities than we&#8217;ve ever realized. It&#8217;s [...]
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		<title>Ventromedial prefrontal cortex damage results in impaired moral judgments</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2007 02:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jared Tanner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click on the following link to read the news article from New Scientist: Moral judgment The researchers found that people with ventromedial prefrontal cortex (which is involved in emotional regulation) damage have impaired judgment regarding moral dilemmas in which they are personally involved. Their judgment is not impaired compared to people without ventromedial prefrontal cortex [...]
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