Colleges and universities have an obligation to teach the basis of animal husbandry and welfare and must prepare students so that they can respond effectively to challenges by proponents of the animal welfare and animal rights movements. Veterinary curricula must now contain formal instruction in professional ethics and humane stewardship of animals for accreditation by the American Veterinary ...

Previous literature on religion and sexual behavior has focused on narrow definitions of religiosity, including religious affiliation, religious participation, or forms of religiousness (e.g., intrinsic religiosity). Trends toward more permissive premarital sexual activity in the North American Christian-Judeo religion support the secularization hypothesis of religion, which posits an increasin...

Myrdal (1944) described the "American dilemma" as the conflict between abstract national values ("liberty and justice for all") and more concrete, everyday prejudices. We leveraged construal-level theory to empirically test Myrdal's proposition that construal level (abstract vs. concrete) can influence prejudice. We measured individual differences in construal level (Study 1) and manipulated co...

Animals have been used in research and teaching for a long time. However, clear ethical guidelines and pertinent legislation were instated only in the past few decades, even in developed countries with Judeo-Christian ethical roots. We compactly cover the basics of animal research ethics, ethical reviewing and compliance guidelines for animal experimentation across the developed world, "our" fu...

Our behaviour and policies with regard to nature and the environment should be guided by a code of ethics, which is to be derived from basic principles and from a pragmatic consideration of the issues at stake. The man-nature relationship has always been ambiguous, nature being seen as both a provider and an enemy. In the Judeo-Christian tradition, man is set apart from nature and called to dom...

How might John Milton’s depiction of Eve unintentionally reveal the uniquely feminine struggle for equality in a patriarchal power structure? In epic poem Paradise Lost (1667), Milton “justifies ways God to men” by emphasizing importance obedience. However, disregards Adam’s suggestion that they work together Eden, and this separation results her falling into temptation. chooses independently b...

The question of how human beings are to understand their role in creation is particular interest our current time extreme exploitation the earth and severe environmental degradation. Historically, critiques have been raised against Judeo-Christian interpretation biblical command subdue rule over animals. In all sincerity, then needs be asked what Christian theology has offer response these crit...

This paper investigates the translation of Judeo-Spanish Djoha anecdotes where family members as well food names are mentioned. The name is equivalent Hodja Nasrettin in Turkish. represent women clever mothers, wives, and daughters, address men fathers, husbands, sons. A folkloristic cognitive peace teaching method developed for analyzing these characters’ moral messages. Furthermore, this stud...

A wide range of right-wing movements are bound together by their adherence to a nostalgic vision the United States as “Christian nation,” yet there meaningful differences in specific narratives promoted these groups that not fully understood. This article identifies two ideal-typical versions this narrative: white Christian nation and colorblind Judeo-Christian nation. The share common declensi...