Hatred Among Us

Operating through hatred.

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.

The Social Psychology of Hatred

Hatred has not typically been a topic of research in the field of social psychology, although several components which embody hatred have been studied extensively in this field. Social psychologists have traditionally considered prejudice, stereotyping, discrimination and intergroup aggression to be highly important and socially relevant topics for research, and thousands of studies by social p...

The Political Economy of Hatred*

This paper develops a model of the interaction between the supply of hatecreating stories from politicians and the willingness of voters to listen to hatred. Hatred is fostered with stories of an out-group’s crimes, but the impact of these stories comes from repetition not truth. Hate-creating stories are supplied by politicians when such actions help to discredit opponents whose policies benef...

Political Philosophy and Racial Injustice: From Normative to Critical Theory

A Giant Among Us

I f we are fortunate, occasionally we encounter a unique individual who has made tremendous contributions to a profession or to society before he or she retires. Unfortunately, sometimes one's contributions are not appreciated until one retires. That's not the case for George Davies, DPT, SCS, ATC, FAPTA, who was recently inducted into the AOSSM Hall of Fame in July 2013. When you read about hi...