The show presented itself as a crusade to protect children. But its appeal may have had as much to do with the pleasures of being able to play judge, jury and executioner from your living room couch.
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Free food may fill your stomach, but it doesn’t always satisfy the desire to feel fully human.
Many doctors become reluctant to ask questions or seek help when uncertain. This is exactly the opposite of what most patients want in a doctor making crucial decisions about their care.
How you deal with an embarrassing mistake is far more important than the blooper itself.
Democrats are taking a new tone aimed at a particular weakness of Donald Trump: He hates being laughed at.
Believed to be mere entertainment, talk shows can become human dignity-crushing machines. The consequences of the degrading techniques used can be devastating for the victims.
The country urgently needs more people who are committed to living decently to undo the systemic humiliation caused by political and economic institutions.
History is replete with examples of what happens when the idea of a nation being humiliated is allowed to fester.
Humiliation can lead to conflict both within and between countries. President Trump’s use of humiliation should be of concern to both America and the world.
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Emeritus Professor of Political Psychology, Bournemouth University
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