One process to which ‘purpose’ can refer is that genes are self-replicating. Another process to which ‘purpose’ can apply is that genes set some of the goals for actions. These goals are fundamental to understanding emotion. Another process to which ‘purpose’ can apply is that syntactic multistep reasoning provides a route for goals to be set that are to the advantage of the individual, the phe...

A RECENT EDITORIAL in the New York Times makes disturbing reading. It says, in part:. .. the number of Americans without insurance. .. stood at 39 million even at the end of the booming 1990s. .. more than 2 million Americans lost their insurance last year. The soaring costs are driven, in part, by the biomedical revolution of the past decade, which has produced an array of expensive new treatm...

In the paper, authors offer preliminary insights about leadership and reasons why looking at Odysseus myth might not be a good idea. The focus of paper is on distinction between heroic behaviors how misalignment two undermines organizational mission (Nostoi). Quality still today judged by focusing leader’s behavior rather than success effect their followers. This leads to various possibly wrong...