Law of Tensions

Multiple Moralities: Tensions and Tradeoffs in Moral Psychology and the Law

“Moral principle is the foundation of law.” Ronald Dworkin Should gay marriage be legalized? Should abortion be outlawed? Regardless of their answers, people are usually quite confident in them. People have strong intuitions about what behaviors are morally right and wrong, from controversial political and legal issues to everyday interactions with friends, colleagues, and strangers. When the l...

On Reducing Tensions and Bridging Gaps Between Psychiatry and the Law

Surface tensions

With so many fish stocks under pressure, increasing catch levels for one population by 30 per cent might appear catastrophic. But European fishing ministers believe such a move might help tackle two problems. Fishermen in the North Sea will be able to catch more cod this year, but cod fisheries elsewhere around Europe will be further restricted. EU ministers agreed late last month the fish quot...

Marital Tensions

Henry Dicks holds a special position with regard to psychonanalysis. He Accepts the psychoanalytical formulations of psychopathology but he does n?t limit himself to them. He has felt free to incorporate Fairbairn's theoretical elaborations, and also uses ideas from field theorists, notably Kurt Lewin. He has also followed the work ?f pioneers in group research and j?roup therapy in his develop...

Inherent Tensions of Chemistry

If you expect a nobel prize winner being a crank who can think of nothing but his subject, then read Roald Hoffmann's The Same and Not the Same and test your hypothesis. This book is about chemistry, to be sure – but in the broadest scope including sociology, psychology , ethics and philosophy of chemistry. 51 nice little chapters grouped in ten parts reflect on chemistry from different aspects...