Previous studies suggest that people holding protected values show a bias against harmful acts as opposed to harmful omissions (omission bias). Protected values (PVs) have been seen as grounded in deontological moral rules to avoid causing harm. The present study 1) investigated the relationship between PVs and acts of commission versus omission in risky choices, using a paradigm where act and ...

We read with great interest a recent article entitled “Posterior Mediastinal Sarcoidosis” by Rosseel et al (Chest 1986; 90:462-64). As the authors indicate, posterior mediastmnal lymphadenopathy in sarcoidosis has rarely been recorded. It may be expected that frequent use of CT in these cases may change our current concept about the incidence of such involvement in the disease, and additional w...

CCA is an attractive account of harm. It has many virtues and many advantages over its competitors. But I won’t explore those features here. Ben Bradley gives a nice summary of them, though he ultimately rejects CCA (2012: 396–7, 401). In this paper, I’ll reply to two objections to CCA that haven’t been adequately addressed in the literature. Some critics think that certain omission and preempt...