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Entries by Mark Matousek from 04/2011

Wired for Elevation: A Survival Tool for Self-Improvement

| Posted 04.01.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Inspiration, Elevation, Good Deeds, Vagus Nerve, Elevation Feelings, Feeling of Awe, Oxytocin, Vagus Nerve Oxytocin, Feelings of Elevation, Feelings of Awe, Healthy Living News

The mere act of witnessing character, virtue, beauty, and truth tickles our vagus nerve, which stimulates oxytocin production and evokes in us the desire to be better people living better lives.

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Why Men and Women Make Different Ethical Choices

| Posted 04.18.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Mars and Venus, Sex, Frans De Waal, E. O. Wilson, Ethics, Morality, Love, Ethical Wisdom, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

While men would be wise to grasp the possibility that there are no absolute moral truths, and that not all people have equal needs, women can be encouraged to separate feeling from thinking long enough to protect themselves from unfair treatment.

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