This is a commentary on Gilbert and colleagues' (1) paper on morality and markets in the National Health Service (NHS). Morality and values are not ephemeral qualities and universal healthcare is not simply an aspiration; it has to be enshrined in law. The creation of the UK NHS in 1948 was underpinned by core legal duties which required a system of public funding and delivery to follow. The mo...

A distinction is made between two forms of morality on the basis of approach-avoidance differences in self-regulation. Prescriptive morality is sensitive to positive outcomes, activation-based, and focused on what we should do. Proscriptive morality is sensitive to negative outcomes, inhibition-based, and focused on what we should not do. Seven studies profile these two faces of morality, suppo...

There is a widespread perception of poor performance and reduced trust in relation to health care systems. The roots of this problem are interpreted in terms of the democratic deficit and communication hyper-inflation. The democratic deficit is characterized as a persistent but chronically unsatisfied demand for complete public authority over all significant societal institutions--including the...

This research examines how (a) person information (morality vs. competence and positive vs. negative information) and (b) perceiver differences (prosocials vs. proselfs) influence active (Study 1) and more passive (Study 2) forms of information selection in impression formation. Consistent with the moralityimportance hypothesis, the majority of participants first searched for morality informati...

Second, I have tried to exhibit the peculiarly illogical character of basing an objection to a secular policy on religious revelation. The objectors should concede that nothing they ha ve to say in criticism of the policy ought to persuade a disinterested person. That being so, we had best pass over their objection in silence, for there is nothing that could be said in criticism of it that the ...