Food insecurity is often talked about as an issue of individual responsibility. But our research suggests most people struggling to put food on the table are not the agents of their own misfortune.
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The concept of the carbon footprint can do more than just make us feel guilty about the climate cost of our everyday lives.
COVID-19 messaging frames staying home as a personal responsibility, but for many it’s a luxury they can’t afford. Like the language used for drug addiction, it stigmatizes low-income people.
What if you passed COVID-19 to someone else? For those living with that guilt, the thought could be devastating.
With new US COVID-19 cases topping 200,000 a day, contact tracers are overwhelmed. Here’s how infected people can start tracing and notifying contacts themselves.
Governments often blame citizens for social outcomes which are the result of their own policies.
Worried about being accused of virtue signalling or getting funny looks for wearing a mask? Here’s how to test your ethics and come to the right decision.
New research shows changing your lifestyle for environmental reasons can lead you into political action.
How do jurors use different kinds of information about mental illness when making sentencing decisions? An experiment finds that neurobiological evidence could harm or help defendants.
Obesity is not a rational choice. But there is scope for governments to get involved and improve our options.
Where does responsibility lie if a person acts under the influence of their brain implant? As neurotechnologies advance, a neuroethicist and a legal expert write that now’s the time to hash it out.
Are your new diet, exercise, meditation and self-care resolutions for 2020 really a personal choice? Or are you a model western “biocitizen,” living a life of unfreedom?
Bombarded with unhealthy offerings by the food industry, we blame and shame ourselves for gaining weight. But is it really our fault, or are we being “entrapped?”
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Professor of Public Health, Griffith University
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Professor of Psychology, Iowa State University
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Associate Professor, College of Medicine, University of Florida
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Professor of Energy and Environmental Engineering, University of Bath
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Professor of Health Promotion; Scientific Director of the Healthy Populations Institute, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Political Sociology, Keele University
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Senior Lecturer in Politics, Keele University
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Assistant Professor, Canada Research Chair in Early Childhood: Diversity and Transitions, Mount Saint Vincent University
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Professor of Sociology, Concordia University
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Assistant Professor of Neuroethics, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor of Law, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Philosophy, and Neuroscience, Georgia State University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Neuroscience, Georgia State University
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Post-doctoral Researcher, Department of Political Science, Stockholm University
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Associate Professor of English (Expressive Arts), Massey University
