Animal ethicists have been debating the morality of speciesism for over forty years. Despite rather persuasive arguments against this form discrimination, many philosophers continue to assign humans a higher moral status than nonhuman animals. The primary source evidence position is our intuition that humans’ interests matter more similar other And it must be acknowledged both powerful and wide...

In our virtual environment studio at Michigan Tech, a performing artist makes analog and digital penwald drawings, lying down on a huge canvas, dancers create music and visuals by dancing, and children and a puppy make interactive arts together. In each case, there are different embarrassing moments (e.g., how, what, and who) to audience and even an artist. However, those embarrassing moments a...

People exhibit an ‘‘illusion of courage’’ when predicting their own behavior in embarrassing situations. In three experiments, participants overestimated their own willingness to engage in embarrassing public performances in exchange for money when those performances were psychologically distant: Hypothetical or in the relatively distant future. This illusion of courage occurs partly because of...

Case of Twins, accompanied with embarrassing Circumstances. By M. Leveque, M. D. Madam R. 19 years of age, of small stature, and extremely delicate organization, became pregnant shortly after marriage. During the first three months she was much harrassed with giddiness and continual vomiting, which reduced her to such a state of emaciation and debility, that she was forced to use ass's milk for...