Emotions
+ Reason = Morality?
In
a detailed study, scientists have found evidence that emotions
play a critical role in moral decisions.
The
study revealed that in the event of an inevitable event (a train
crash whereby 2 choices were offered, one with the death of
5 on track 1 and the other with the death of 1 on track 2),
no emotions were involved in the decision that the death of
1 on track 2 was preferable.
However,
in the the event of an inevitable event (a train crash whereby
2 choices were offered, one with the death of 5 on track 1 and
the other with the death of 1 pushed onto the track in order
to save the lives of the 5), emotions were critically involved
and most responded that the sacrifice of the 1 was immoral,
choosing instead the death of the 5.
In
both cases, sacrifice of 1 to save 5 was the choice, but the
emotional area of the brain inhibited active participation
in the sacrifice of 1 for 5.
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Wind-Powered
Buildings
In
the future, buildings with integrated wind turbines could produce
from 20 to 100 percent of a building's energy needs.
Wind
power is considered to be more cost effective and more space
efficient than solar power. Renewable power is under intensive
study in the United Kingdom as a goal of 10 percent of energy
via renewal resources has been set by the UK for the year 2010.
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Naming
of 19 Claimed to be Hijackers
Many
of the 19 named hijackers had pilot training. The FBI suspects
50 or so people were involved in the attack. Flight recorders
have been recovered from the planes that crashed into Pennsylvania
and the Pentagon.
A
material witness has been arrested. In Brussels, Belgium, two
terrorist suspects have been arrested. The suspects had ties
to an Islamic terrorist movement.
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