Amorality, Immorality and Individualism in Hanif Kureishi’s Intimacy

Intimacy 1 Running head: CULTURAL DIFFERENCES IN INTIMACY Cultural Differences in Intimacy: The Influence of Gender-Role Ideology and Individualism- Collectivism

Two studies examined emotional intimacy in European Canadian and Chinese Canadian dating relationships. Cultural differences in gender-role ideology and individualism-collectivism were hypothesized to differentially contribute to self-disclosure and responsiveness, and in turn, intimacy. Study 1 revealed that Chinese Canadians‟ lower intimacy relative to European Canadians was mediated by their...

The Immorality of Textualism

Lifestyle and Individualism of Women in Shiraz, Iran

Background and Aim: Individualism is a mental and behavioral tendency that leads to individual autonomy in such a way that the individual's goals and desires are more important to him than the goals and desires of others; such a person considers himself responsible for his successes and failures. The main purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between lifestyle and individualis...

The Immorality of Having Children

This paper defends the Famine Relief Argument against Having Children, which goes as follows: conceiving and raising a child costs hundreds of thousands of dollars; that money would be far better spent on famine relief; therefore, conceiving and raising children is immoral. It is named after Peter Singer’s Famine Relief Argument because it might be a special case of Singer’s argument and becaus...

Harm Mediates Disgust-Immorality Link 1 RUNNING HEAD: Harm Mediates Disgust-Immorality Link Harm Mediates the Disgust-Immorality Link

Many acts are disgusting, but only some of these acts are immoral. Dyadic morality predicts that disgusting acts should be judged as immoral to the extent that they seem harmful. Consistent with this prediction, three studies reveal that perceived harm mediates the link between feelings of disgust and moral condemnation—even for ostensibly harmless “purity” violations. In many cases, accounting...