
Election Aftermath: The Value of Compassion and Reason
The results of Tuesday's vote suggest that people no longer care about these virtues, but we must remember that they are essential American values
Morten L. Kringelbach is director of Hedonia: TrygFonden Research Group at the University of Oxford and Aarhus University in Denmark. He serves on Scientific American's board of advisers.
The results of Tuesday's vote suggest that people no longer care about these virtues, but we must remember that they are essential American values
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