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Compassion as a catalyst for change

AVMA News

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

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

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.

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Animal Companions

Animal Ethics

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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