189 Daniel Troy, chief counsel to the US Food and Drug Administration, is under fire for inviting drug companies to inform him of lawsuits against them so the FDA could help in their defence. “We can’t afford to get involved in every case—we have to pick our shots,” he said, advising them therefore to “make it sound like a Hollywood pitch.” Congressman Maurice Hinchey of New York charges Mr Tro...

Following the 1994 Rwandan genocide, many defendants on trial at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) testified on their own behalf. This article analyzes transcripts of their testimonies to learn (1) how defendants discuss the grave crimes of which they are accused, and (2) how their explanatory styles allow them to rationalize their actions and negotiate their tarnished ident...

Religious extremism—especially when unhindered by the state—can result in unimaginable harm to individuals. That is not suggest that only extremism religious extremism. That would be patently incorrect and a profound misrepresentation of history; secular - Communism, Fascism, Nazism, Pol Pot, Mao name but most obvious has exacted an price on hundreds millions people over ages. While our exam...

Abstract Extremism occurs when a certain need, for instance, significance quest, overrides other human motivations. Based on the Significance Quest Theory, we argue that ambition—a specific aspect of quest—can lead to extremism, particularly through obsessive passion. In an Italian sample (Study 1, N = 249) predicted and found ambition was positively related both harmonious passion; however, on...

This is a formal commentary, responding to Matthew Curran Benigni, Kenneth Joseph, and Kathleen Carley's contribution, "Online extremism and the communities that sustain it: Detecting the ISIS supporting community on Twitter". This brief review reflects on the ethics of big data research methodologies, and how novel methods complicate long-standing principles of research ethics. Specifically, t...

superpowers write the international dramatics, stage manager and carry out it but they ignore whenever these principles and normatives do not provide their interests. the main core of neo-realists reasoning is that nuclear superpowers are much dangerous and more threatening than small powers. this article tries to indicates that us. and israel in spite of the fact are nuclear states and ignore ...