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Cognitive dissonance
...tivates individuals to seek resolution by either changing their beliefs or justifying their actions. ...attitudes to align with their behavior. This can involve rationalizing or justifying one's actions in order to reduce the discomfort caused by the inconsistency

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Craniometry
Craniometry has been criticized for its use in justifying racial and ethnic stereotypes. It has been used to support the notion of ra

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Eugenics
Eugenics has been criticized for being a pseudoscience, for its use in justifying racist and classist policies, and for its role in the genocide of millions

2 KB (262 words) - 01:44, 23 February 2024
Reason
...ity of consciously making sense of things, applying logic, and adapting or justifying practices, institutions, and beliefs based on new or existing information.

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Situational ethics
...he distinction between right and wrong becomes too subjective, potentially justifying unethical actions. Others contend that without universal moral standards, s

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Bucillamine
...(ROS) are involved in acute lung injury during nCov-19 infection, possibly justifying the investigation of bucillamine as an intervention for COVID-19.

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American exceptionalism
...ism, and an intolerance of other cultures. It has also been criticized for justifying unilateralism in foreign policy and overlooking the United States' flaws, s

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Fideism
...es to religious belief, which emphasize the role of evidence and reason in justifying faith. It remains a contentious issue in theology, philosophy of religion,

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Historicism
...standards as universally valid. Others have criticized it for potentially justifying the status quo by placing too much emphasis on the determinism of historica

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Organized religion
...d as a means of explaining natural phenomena, supporting social order, and justifying political power. Over time, major world religions such as [[Christianity]],

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Lee Resolution
...own as the [[Committee of Five]] was appointed to draft a formal statement justifying the break with Great Britain, which would become the Declaration of Indepen

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James Sims (physician)
...ims operated on Anarcha, in particular, multiple times without anesthesia, justifying his actions by subscribing to the now-discredited belief that Black people

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Badaga language
...that Badaga has distinct phonological, syntactical, and lexical features, justifying its classification as a separate language.

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Lemon socialism
...entire sector could have catastrophic effects on the economy and society, justifying government intervention.

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United States Public Health Service Syphilis Studies

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Pathognomy
...r, unlike physiognomy, which has been criticized for its historical use in justifying [[racism]] and [[social discrimination]], pathognomy is concerned with tran

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Thomas Robert Malthus
...ds. Others have criticized his theory for being overly pessimistic and for justifying inaction in the face of poverty.

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Meat paradox
...s to distance themselves from the ethical implications of their actions by justifying or rationalizing their behavior. For example, individuals may argue that an

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Mongoloid
...cations has been criticized for its role in fostering social divisions and justifying inequalities. The term "Mongoloid" itself has fallen out of favor in scient

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Faculty of Arts
* Justifying the value of a humanities education in a job market increasingly focused on

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