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Cyberbullying: Deindividuation or Self-Esteem?
(Psychology)
The Internet is a tool that has become entrenched in the daily lives of billions of people. It has afforded us with a means of instant communication with each other across the globe. Such Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) can be e...
Post · September 23, 2021
Cause No Harm: An Essay Concerning the Act-Omission Distinction
(Philosophy)
In New Zealand, there is a legal distinction between active and passive forms of euthanasia. Passive euthanasia (PE) are forms of hastening death by withdrawing treatment or nutrition, or by sedating the patient until their terminal i...
Post · September 23, 2021
Trolling: Narcissism or Sadism?
(Psychology)
Online trolling of social media is a phenomenon with potentially extreme consequences for its victims. Extant research suggests a relationship between trolling and the dark traits of Narcissism and Sadism, but it is not certain which ...
Post · September 23, 2021
John Locke's Account of Personal Identity
(Philosophy)
1 Introduction
Personal Identity (PI) has been the source of ongoing debate among philosophers for centuries and the matter is by no means settled. The 17th Century philosopher John Locke sought to provide an early account o...
Post · September 23, 2021
Is there an evolutionary explanation for humans’ fascination with stories about non-existent people and events?
(Psychology/Philosophy)
Darwin’s theory of evolution comes with such strong explanatory power that it can be applied across a range of contexts that involve natural phenomena. Thus, evolutionary psychologists consider universal aspects of human co...
Post · September 23, 2021
How can social networking sites be used to influence the voting intentions of the public?
(Psychology)
Until recently, studies on the influence of news media on voter intention have relied on conventional platforms such as television, newspapers, and news websites. The concept of ‘selective exposure’ was coined to refer to the delibera...
Post · September 23, 2021
Descartes’ Cogito: A Discussion
(Philosophy)
In his Meditations on First Philosophy, Descartes presents a possible foundation for a framework of knowledge. Rooted in subjective experience, the cogito is the first self-evident truth upon which all other truths can follow. In §1 o...
Post · September 23, 2021
Personal Identity as Fiction in Hume’s Treatise
(Philosophy)
Hume’s initial conception of diachronic identity in the Treatise concludes with the claim that personal identity is a construct of the imagination and is thus a fiction. However, a reading of the subsequent worries he expresses in the...
Post · September 23, 2021
Majority Rules: The Role of Institutional Decisions on Intergroup Relations Around Moral Issues
(Psychology)
In 2016, the United Kingdom held a binding national referendum to determine whether or not it should leave the European Union, with the option to leave winning majority support by a small margin (Wheeler, Seddon, & Morris, 2019). In t...
Post · September 23, 2021
Viral Conformity: Applying a Social Identity Perspective to Moral Outrage on Social Media
(Psychology)
Why does moral outrage go viral on social media? Expressions of moral outrage have become a common feature of modern life. Much of this can be attributed to the advent of Social Networking Sites (SNS) which have added new dimensions t...
Post · September 23, 2021
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