Being presented with facts doesn’t do much good if you don’t feel like your core values are respected. That’s especially true when it comes to health care decisions.
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The past few months has seen the sudden departure of leadership from the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Ballet, Queensland Theatre, Opera Australia and the Adelaide Festival.
Ahead of the Jewish High Holidays, repentance and forgiveness are on many people’s minds. But self-forgiveness is important for personal growth, too.
Millennial parents are actively seeking out toys, books and movies to educate their children about life and teach them values that align with their own.
Though they’re sometimes characterized as attention-addled homebodies, younger people see a real value in libraries − one that goes beyond books.
The excesses Christmas promotes are still underpinned by the idea that generosity, compassion and empathy are values that matter.
Their desire to pursue marriage abroad not only reveals their longing for a better life but also reveals the pervasive gender, age and class inequalities that continue to plague modern-day China.
By getting us to focus on what matters to our lives, affirmations can act as a counterbalance to spiralling negative thoughts.
Repeated storytelling from elderly relatives doesn’t necessarily always signal age or cognitive decline. It’s about conveying memories and values to a new generation.
Deliberately crafting economic relationships with countries that share similar political and social values with Canada has emerged as a tool to address current geopolitical issues.
Stable coalitions will depend on strong democratic values being embedded among political elites.
As words go, grief feels inadequate for describing public sentiment in the wake of the Queen’s death.
We need to question how gender is understood, constructed and performed by hockey players, teams, coaches and organizations to truly change the culture.
Being gay in Africa can pose culturally specific challenges which the dominant, heterosexual culture may find difficult to accept.
A sociologist found in her research that many Americans who are opposed to abortion may nonetheless be willing to support a friend or family member seeking one.
Our research investigates the connections among mental health, holistic well-being and relational virtues – ideas that many people think of as ethical or religious.
Applications of artificial intelligence have been shown to include discriminatory practices. This creates a need for meaningful rights-based regulations to ensure that AI will not exacerbate inequalities.
Values in adulthood rarely change. But major events, like wars — and pandemics — can shift our priorities.
Different people and groups have differing, and often opposing, goals that they value differently. That makes public discussion, compromise and agreement difficult.
Religion affects how people regard qualities like benevolence, kindness, conformity and fairness even after they stop practicing religion.
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