Do you love humanity?


	Do you love humanity?

einbar

6-26-2009 9:53 AM

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6-28-2009 9:25 PM

masbury

Another thought-provoking clip! Thanks!

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</H3></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/img/712443DD-9B2E-4CA0-9268-BF8BE11188C3" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html"><BLOCKQUOTE>"I love humanity but I hate people"</BLOCKQUOTE><DIV> Edna St. Vincent Millay (American poet and playwright).</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html">Psychology hasn't paid enough attention to the regard people have towards humanity - their "humanity-esteem"</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html">That's according to <A href="http://www.psychology.soton.ac.uk/people/ShowProfile.php?username=maluke">Michelle Luke</A> and <A href="http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/psych/contactsandpeople/lecturing/maio-greg-overview_new.html">Gregory Maio</A> whose new research suggests a person's view of humanity can have important social implications, for example affecting their proclivity for racism</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html"> If we think highly of humankind, it follows that we're less likely to have a negative attitude to other ethnic groups - after all, they're human too</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html"> the researchers showed that people's humanity-esteem can be influenced by presenting them with images casting humankind in a positive light</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html">or in a negative light</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2009/06/do-you-love-humanity.html">"Because the media often emphasises the negative side of human nature, it may have a negative influence on humanity-esteem and increase problems of discrimination. Awareness of this potential effect should enter discussions of the ways in which events are covered."</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0E27B783-0B90-4AD4-8B39-833E63B0A631/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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