Essays about: "Motivated beliefs"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 32 essays containing the words Motivated beliefs.

1. 6. Faith for the Planet : Perceptions amongst religious and spiritual leaders of sustainability communication - the case of Faith for Ecocide Law

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Alina Frank; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainability communication; environment; climate change; rights of nature; Ecocide; Ecocide Law; Faith for Ecocide Law; religion; religious and spiritual leaders; perceptions; attitude; behavior;

   Abstract : The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges humanity has ever faced, posing severe threats to people around the world. Increased awareness about this crisis as well as a growing call for a more sustainable world can be noted not only by scientists and activists but also in the political and economic sector as well as within religious communities. READ MORE

3. 7. Belief in Karma and Political Attitudes

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Albin Östervall; [2022]
   Keywords : karma; karmic belief; political attitudes; ideology; India; Indian politics; conservative dispositions; caste; caste system; varnas; political psychology; political sociology; conservatism; laissez faire; authoritarianism; status quo conservatism; equality; BJP; motivated social cognition; Weber; death penalty; capital punishment; ableism; ableist attitudes; personal responsibility; samsara; ahimsa; retributivism; theodicy; just world belief; karmic causation; justice reasoning; legitimizing myth; legitimizing ideology; Hinduism; Hindutva; politics; religion; karma index;

   Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the sociopolitical consequences of belief in karma but few have investigated such relationships quantitatively. This study aims to establish empirical patterns concerning the connection between karmic beliefs and attitudes related to (i) political ideology, (ii) ableism, and (iii) views on the death penalty. READ MORE

4. 8. Expanding Our Concept of 'Free Will' : A case for the Development of Eliminativist Revisionism

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

   Author : Diana Svensk; [2021]
   Keywords : free will; free will revisionism; revsionism; eliminativist revisionism; Shaun Nichols; Manuel Vargas;

   Abstract : This paper puts forth the thesis that free will skeptics should be motivated to develop revisionisteliminativist accounts of free will. As a starting point for this argument, it discusses and expands upon Shaun Nichols (2007) modeling of our reactive attitudes in narrow and widepsychological profiles. READ MORE

5. 9. Sustainable Consumption Intention and Behavior of Chinese Consumers on Children’s Apparel: A Behavioral Reasoning Theory Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Yuan Gao; [2021]
   Keywords : Sustainable consumption; Children s apparel; Intention-behavior gap; Behavioral reasoning theory; Pro-environmental beliefs and values; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis aimed to explore what factors influenced Chinese consumers’ sustainable consumption intention and behavior with regard to children’s apparel. Regarding sustainable consumption, numerous previous studies found consumers were becoming more environmentally conscious and showing positive attitudes towards sustainable consumption. READ MORE

6. 10. Analysing Evil : A Comparison of Christian and Islamist Terrorist Acts

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felix Franzino; [2021]
   Keywords : terrorism; religious terrorism; Christian and Islamist acts of terrorism; Anders Behring Breivik Norway 2011; Paris attacks November 2015; IS;

   Abstract : Although terrorism is an area that has been the subject of much research, systematic searches in databases reveal that a focus on actors and movements that find their motivation in Christian beliefs, is, by and large, lacking. Ever since the 9/11 terrorist attack, Islamist terrorism has been the major focus. READ MORE