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3/30/2013 9:16:43 PM
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Does Scientific Literacy Give People a Better Grasp of Ethics?

[quote]Want to be a better person? Spend more time thinking about science. That’s the implication of newly published research, which finds people who study science — or who are even momentarily exposed to the idea of scientific research — are more likely to condemn unethical behavior and more inclined to help others. “Thinking about science leads individuals to endorse more stringent moral norms,” report psychologists Christine Ma-Kellams of Harvard University and Jim Blascovich of the University of California, Santa Barbara. Their research is published in the online journal PLOS One.[/quote]

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  • I would think it would make you more aware and have a better understanding of the consequences of some actions (which may in turn cause you to think more about the consequences of other actions), but whether you take it a step further and [i]care[/i] about those consequences is probably another thing entirely.

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