Compassion as a catalyst for change
AVMA News
JANUARY 7, 2024
Keynote speaker Richard Boyatzis, PhD, spoke at the AVMA Veterinary Leadership Conference on January 5 in Chicago. Boyatzis is an expert on emotional and social intelligence.
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California's Ag Industry Worried that State Committee will Focus on "Emotion"
Critter News
JANUARY 19, 2009
The panel is now known as the Food and Agriculture Committee, and the new chairman is Dean Florez, Steinberg revealed at a news conference Jan. Several environmental groups were represented at the news conference, during which Steinberg said the changes would usher in a new era in California agriculture policy. “My
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On Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems
Animal Person
DECEMBER 8, 2009
Next year's Mind and Life Conference is called "Altruism and Compassion in Economic Systems: A Dialogue Between Economics, Neuroscience and Contemplative Sciences." What have the sciences to contribute - if anything at all?" As for altruism and compassion in economic systems, I'd rather see a basis in social justice.
Animal Companions
Animal Ethics
JANUARY 20, 2007
Here are three paragraphs from a recent essay by Roger Scruton : As I suggested, science provides authority for this weird morality only when clothed in moral doctrine. They put less weight on our “moral emotions,” such as embarrassment, remorse, guilt, and penitence. They’re comparatively undemanding.
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