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You are invited to the ACHEEV seminar: CAUSAL AND MORAL THINKING IN THE PANDEMIC Dr Micah Goldwater, School of Psychology, University of Sydney. When: 11am Sydney time, Tuesday 17 May Where: Online – please register here https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/causal-and-moral-thinking-in-the-pandemic-tickets-336930677727 ABSTRACT: The pandemic offered a novel opportunity to evaluate cognitive psychological theories about how people reason about cause and effect (for example, how viruses spread), and how they update their mental models with new information. The pandemic further revealed competing moral and normative frameworks for how society should respond to a public health threat. However, public debate about the pandemic response seemed to be conflating causal claims (e.g., how to stop the spread of the virus) with normative claims (e.g., should we stop the spread of the virus). In this talk, Dr Goldwater will present research about 1. the “purely cognitive,” i.e., how people conceive of viral spread (and why that matters), 2. moral and normative thinking about pandemic responses, and 3. some ways to distinguish the two. This talk is presented by the Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values (ACHEEV), School of Health and Society, University of Wollongong. https://www.uow.edu.au/the-arts-social-sciences-humanities/research/acheev Best Yves -- *Dr. Yves Saint James C. Aquino, MD, PhD* He/him/his Postdoctoral Research Fellow Australian Centre for Health Engagement, Evidence and Values University of Wollongong, New South Wales, *Australia* Website: https://yvesaquino.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/yvessj_aquino UOW Scholars Page <https://scholars.uow.edu.au/display/yves_aquino> Recent publication: Aquino, Y.S.J., Rogers, W.A., Scully, J.L. et al. Ethical Guidance for Hard Decisions: A Critical Review of Early International COVID-19 ICU Triage Guidelines. Health Care Anal (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-021-00442-0 <https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-021-00442-0>
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