Ethics, Secular and Religious

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Teehan
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Moral Psychology ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
Code Of Conduct ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Religious Ethics ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
History Of ◽  
Religious Morality ◽  
The Relationship

Morality from an evolutionary perspective is a code of conduct that regulates behavior within a group in order to promote social cohesion and stability. Both religion and secularism are grounded in the same moral psychology. How should the distinction between secular and religious ethics be assessed? Religious morality is a late-comer to the natural history of morality, reinforcing much of morality with a worldview about unnatural powers that humans’ brains are prone to projecting onto reality. However, the natural history of morality reveals that religious moral traditions do not originate moral rules but instead reinforce ancient moral intuitions. Secularism as a worldview works within an immanent frame, compared to the transcendent frame of religious worldviews. This distinction is helpful in understanding the relationship between religious violence and secular-ideological driven violence.

scholarly journals The Relationship Between Coronary Calcification and the Natural History of Coronary Artery Disease

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Han-Young Jin ◽  
Jonathan R. Weir-McCall ◽  
Jonathon A. Leipsic ◽  
Jang-Won Son ◽  
Stephanie L. Sellers ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Coronary Artery ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Coronary Calcification ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artery Disease ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Memahami Sensionalisme dalam Berita Televisi: Perspektif Evolusi Biologi

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gentur Agustinus Naru
Keyword(s):  
Human Brain ◽  
Evolutionary Biology ◽  
Evolutionary Process ◽  
Time Difference ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Although there have been many studies regarding sensationalism on television, there have not been enough studies to explain why sensational news always attracts viewers' attention regardless of space or time difference. Encouraged by this background, this research tries to answer the question, "What makes sensational news interesting to television viewers?" Inspired by a biological evolutionary perspective, this article formulates a hypothesis that reads, "Sensationalism can draw the attention of the audience because sensational news arouses the most basic instincts of humans, namely the mode of survival (Gurven, 2017)". In this view, the model has become inherent in humans as a result of the evolutionary process. In other words, this hypothesis also believes that audience interest in sensational news is universal rather than contextual.   This article explores a variety of literature in biology, psychology, and communication to try to answer that hypothesis. In order to that, this article is divided into three main sections. We will first explore the history of sensational journalism on television to show the historicity of sensational topics and techniques on television. Second, we will demonstrate the philosophical roots of an evolutionary biology view that explains the relationship between information stimuli and the workings of the human brain and the basic instincts we have carried since evolution thousands of years ago. Finally, we will show studies that prove empirically how news patterns (both sensational topics and production formats) impact viewing interest.

scholarly journals Human Papillomavirus and Genital Disease in Men: What We Have Learned from the HIM Study

2019 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Sichero ◽  
Anna R. Giuliano ◽  
Luisa Lina Villa
Keyword(s):  
Human Papillomavirus ◽  
Natural History ◽  
The United States ◽  
Hpv Infection ◽  
Clinical Consequences ◽  
History Of ◽  
Crucial Information ◽  
Associated Risk Factors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Genital Disease

It is currently recognized that in addition to the major impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) infection in females, HPV causes considerable disease in men at the genitals, anal canal, and oropharynx. Specifically, genital HPV infections may progress to genital warts and penile carcinoma. Although studies concerning the natural history of HPV infections and associated neoplasias have mainly focused on women, during the last 2 decades considerable attention has been given in further understanding these infections in men. The HIM (HPV infection in men) Study, the only prospective multicenter study of male HPV natural history, consisted of a large prospective international cohort study in which men from Brazil, the United States, and Mexico were enrolled. The design and protocols of this study allowed unraveling crucial information regarding the relationship between HPV infection and clinical consequences in men, and associated risk factors at each of the anatomic sites where HPV is known to cause cancer in men.

scholarly journals The natural history of the WRKY–GCM1 zinc fingers and the relationship between transcription factors and transposons

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (22) ◽  
pp. 6505-6520 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Madan Babu ◽  
Lakshminarayan M. Iyer ◽  
S. Balaji ◽  
L. Aravind
Keyword(s):  
Transcription Factors ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Zinc Fingers ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

scholarly journals Conversion by corynephages and its role in the natural history of diphtheria

1984 ◽  
Vol 93 (3) ◽  
pp. 405-417 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. B. Groman
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Corynebacterium Diphtheriae ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryThe conversion of non-toxinogenicCorynebacterium diphtheriaeto toxinogeny has been reviewed. The biology of converting phage and the relationship of converting phages to nonconverting phages are summarized. The significance of these findings to the natural history and evolution of diphtheria is assessed.

scholarly journals Ulisse Aldrovandi’s Color Sensibility: Natural History, Language and the Lay Color Practices of Renaissance Virtuosi

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4-6) ◽  
pp. 358-396 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Pugliano
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Correct Identification ◽  
Unpublished Manuscript ◽  
Standard Nomenclature ◽  
Natural Knowledge ◽  
History Of ◽  
Artistic Patronage ◽  
First Time ◽  
The Relationship

Famed for his collection of drawings of naturalia and his thoughts on the relationship between painting and natural knowledge, it now appears that the Bolognese naturalist Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522–1605) also pondered specifically color and pigments, compiling not only lists and diagrams of color terms but also a full-length unpublished manuscript entitled De coloribus or Trattato dei colori. Introducing these writings for the first time, this article portrays a scholar not so much interested in the materiality of pigment production, as in the cultural history of hues. It argues that these writings constituted an effort to build a language of color, in the sense both of a standard nomenclature of hues and of a lexicon, a dictionary of their denotations and connotations as documented in the literature of ancients and moderns. This language would serve the naturalist in his artistic patronage and his natural historical studies, where color was considered one of the most reliable signs for the correct identification of specimens, and a guarantee of accuracy in their illustration. Far from being an exception, Aldrovandi’s ‘color sensibility’ spoke of that of his university-educated nature-loving peers.


Introduction

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Alan L. Mittleman
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Religious Violence ◽  
Philosophical Theology ◽  
Philosophical Inquiry ◽  
Original Theory ◽  
History Of ◽  
Jewish Philosophy

This book is a philosophical inquiry into the relationships among holiness, ethics, and violence. Drawing on the resources of Jewish philosophy, it examines what holiness is, how it is connected to morality, and how it is implicated in that breakdown of morality otherwise known as violence. The discussion aims to facilitate an analysis of religious violence in Judaism and present a concept of holiness in Judaism that is true to its biblical roots—that is not simply reducible to moral categories but that is nonetheless linked to morality. Working in the idioms of philosophical theology and ethics, this book also considers God's character and conduct. The question about holiness and violence, it asserts, is a question about how we ought to conceive of God. Finally, the book looks at the entanglement of holiness with goodness and advances an original theory of holiness, what it calls a “natural history of holiness”.

History: from the Bank of Scotland’s origins to HBOS and crisis

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Hearn
Keyword(s):  
Social Change ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Crisis ◽  
The State ◽  
Evolutionary Perspective ◽  
Light Touch ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter recounts the history of the Bank of Scotland from its creation, through the formation of HBOS, up to the present, in the context of the development of the British banking sector. It also secondarily traces the history of the Halifax. It aims to provide a wide historical frame within which to interpret the recent events in the banking sectors, including the demise of HBOS and the banking crisis. It advocates a ‘light touch’ social evolutionary perspective, in which social change is viewed as the outcome of developing competition between organisations, and an evolving ecology among banking and financial organisations. It emphasises that the wider context of these developments, and for the formation of banks in the first place, is the relationship between the state and economic actors.

MO136RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN UPCR AND EGFR IN C3 GLOMERULOPATHY

2021 ◽  
Vol 36 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Nester ◽  
Patrick Breheny ◽  
Monica Hall ◽  
Alan Charney ◽  
Martin Lefkowitz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Natural History ◽  
Small Sample Size ◽  
Continuous Variable ◽  
Small Sample ◽  
C3 Glomerulopathy ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
History Of ◽  
Stage Renal Disease ◽  
End Stage ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract Background and Aims Considerable knowledge gaps exist in our understanding of the natural history of C3 glomerulopathy (C3G). Disease rarity, multiple nomenclature changes, and the inclusion of dissimilar cases in historical cohorts have precluded retrospective studies to define the natural course of C3G and identify risks for progression to kidney failure (end stage renal disease/ESRD). In the present analysis, we focus on C3G patients with native kidneys and examine the relationship between reductions in UPCR and disease progression as indicated by changes in eGFR. Method Patients included in this study were consented and enrolled in the University of Iowa C3G ReCom Registry, which was created in 2013. Beginning in 2017, complement activity and renal function data were collected prospectively at approximately 6-month intervals to define the natural history of C3G. Analyses were performed across 1-year periods of time (“spans”). To be included in a span, a patient had to meet the following criteria at the start of the 1-year period: native C3G, eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2, UPCR ≥1 g/g and ≥12 years of age. An individual patient could be included in more than one span. Results Analyses were performed using 34 one-year spans for 24 patients who met inclusion criteria at the beginning of the 1-year span. Baseline characteristics for the 34 spans were: male, 59%; mean age, 22.7 years; mean eGFR, 83.1 ml/min/1.73m2; mean UPCR, 2.86 g/g; mean plasma C3, 75.1 mg/dL. Similar analyses using only the first 1-year span for each of the 24 patients produced results that were consistent with those generated using all 1-year spans. Limitations of this study include its small sample size and data variability due to its observational nature. Conclusion The findings of this observational study support the premise that reductions in proteinuria are associated with a more stable eGFR in native kidney C3G. Regression analyses using UPCR as a continuous variable demonstrate the relationship between reduction in UPCR and preservation of eGFR. This association was also observed using both change in eGFR by UPCR reduction subgroup and UPCR-eGFR categorical analyses.

Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance activity in relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis patients: a short term natural history study

2000 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-49 ◽  
Author(s):  
F Bagnato ◽  
A Tancredi ◽  
N Richert ◽  
C Gasperini ◽  
S Bastianello ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Multiple Sclerosis ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Natural History ◽  
Initial Examination ◽  
Short Baseline ◽  
Relapsing Remitting ◽  
History Of ◽  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Mri ◽  
Multiple Sclerosis Patients ◽  
The Relationship

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been used to study the history of multiple sclerosis (MS). We analyze the relationship between MRI activity in the first scan compared to the subsequent five scans, and we evaluate whether a shorter observation period of 3 months may predict the subsequent 3 months. Monthly enhanced MRI was performed in 103 relapsing remitting (RR) MS patients for 6 months. Thirty-five per cent of patients had an inactive scan on the initial examination. More than 80% of them developed MRI activity during the following 5 months. Eighteen per cent of patients had three consecutive inactive scans; 65% of them had at least one active scan on the subsequent 3 monthly MRI's. The relationship between the first scan and all subsequent scans demonstrates a clear weakening over time. Eighty-two per cent of patients had at least one active scan during the initial 3 consecutive months, the chance of becoming inactive decreased from 23% to 0% over the subsequent 3 months, according with the mean number of enhancing lesions during the first 3 months. These results suggest that neither a single scan nor a short baseline of 3 months may adequately describe the natural history of disease in an individual RRMS patient.

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