A tolerant attitude towards corruption is considered in connection with the norms of family morality, aimed primarily at maintaining well-being loved ones and relatives. Based on obtained em­pirical data, it argued that morality compel closest relatives a corrupt offi­cial not to protest against illegal income condemn their relative for his or her activities. Family this situation opposed publi...

Ever since Aristotle, moral philosophers, including David Hume, Adam Smith, and Edward Westermarck, have argued that there are two distinct layers to human morality: (1) moral emotions or sentiments and (2) the capacity for moral judgment and reasoning. We tend to focus on this first layer when we compare humans with other animals because it is closer to direct behavioural expression, hence eas...

In this commentary, I critically discuss the respective views of Gert and Beauchamp-Childress on the nature of so-called common morality and its promise for enriching ethical reflection within the field of bioethics. Although I endorse Beauchamp and Childress' shift from an emphasis on ethical theory as the source of moral norms to an emphasis on common morality, I question whether rouging up c...

We investigate the potential of logic programming (LP) to computationally model morality aspects studied in philosophy and psychology. We do so by identifying three morality aspects that appear in our view amenable to computational modeling by appropriately exploiting LP features: dual-process model (reactive and deliberative) in moral judgments; justification of moral judgments by contractuali...

Thbee questions of Moral Hygiene, of exceptional interest to the practical psychologist, have during the quarter been brought prominently before the attention of the public. We refer (1) to the probable influence of the Divorce Court upon the morality of the nation ; (2), to the attempt made to introduce some knowledge of godliness among the nether classes of the Metropolis by holding religious...

Abnormal remarks on the web, such as violence, threat, superstition, etc., may disturb the social order and public morality (referred as sensitive content). To provide a quantitative measure of the sensitivity of a webpage, we propose the concept of web content sensitivity which measures how sensitive a page is. We also propose a web content sensitivity mining approach. Our experiment identifie...

'The Anxiety Makers' is a clear exposition of what happens when 'expertise in practical and verifiable matters is confused with expertise in conduct and morality'. The examples chosen are intercourse, masturbation, constipation, venereal disease and birth control. Comfort shows how, in the nineteenth century, many medical experts used their professional standing to propagate anxiety-loaded fant...