Growing outrage

The Fourth Outrage of Man

This paper addresses psychologists – psychoanalysts in particular – and engineers, as well as others with an interest in technology and a proclivity for critical thinking. We hope to grasp the attention of persons who are skeptical or even uneasy with regard to modern electronic machines. It is important to realize that the mathematician and information theoretician Alan Turing was the first to...

Euthanasia tactics: patterns of injustice and outrage

Struggles over euthanasia can be examined in terms of tactics used by players on each side of the issue to reduce outrage from actions potentially perceived as unjust. From one perspective, the key injustice is euthanasia itself, especially when the person or relatives oppose death. From a different perspective, the key injustice is denial of euthanasia, seen as a person's right to die. Five ty...

Moral Outrage and Opposition to Harm Reduction

Three public opinion studies examined public attitudes toward prevalence reduction (PR; reducing the number of people engaging in an activity) and harm reduction (HR; reducing the harm associated with an activity) across a wide variety of domains. Studies 1 and 2 were telephone surveys of California adults’ views on PR and HR strategies for a wide range of risk domains (heroin, alcoholism, toba...

Haig expresses outrage over Polish situation

Editor's Note: M ike Kendall, 34, a Notre D am e graduate, discussed bis cand idacy fo r the D em ocratic n o m in a tio n to the U nited States Senate w ith S a in t M ary's E xecutive E ditor M ary Agnes Carey yesterday. The Jasper, Ind., D em ocrat, a fo r m e r O bserver fea tu re s writer, w ill fa ce in cu m b en t Sena tor R ichard Lugar i f K endall secures the M ay p r im a ry no m in ...

Outrage at planned changes to Quebec IVF.