Waiting

I am quietly nervous and waiting for my results to be available. I have everything crossed!!

I Passed!

I just have to do the happy dance :dance: as I am so excited because I passed my State Finals exam and am now a midwife!

Blinkies

I am going to try my hand at making Blinkies just because I can. Blinkie Obsession has screeds if you prefer snagging (with permission of course).

Middle Earth Web Cam 2002

Middle Earth Web Cam 2002 is one step better than the photo I posted last year. Link courtesy of Webfroot

Genealogy software

In my online travels I download and try out plenty of software and the ones I really like I pay for when I can afford it. A free family tree program can be found at Legacy Family Tree Genealogy Software and this is really full featured.

I went to the bank yesterday to apply

I went to the bank yesterday to apply for finance to start up as an independent midwife to purchase equipment. Sounds promising

Spent about an hour with Drin

Spent about an hour with Drin sorting out our dungeon (garage) and we will be spending some time on it every day. This was really successful because we figured out a basic storage plan and started in a small area and just got that sorted. It didn’t have to be perfect! And keeping Drin on task instead of having hime tackle lots of different areas was a mission…

Googlism fun on my name and nicknames

Googlism fun on my name and nicknames.

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What Sign of Affection Are You?

What Sign of Affection Are You? brought to you by Quizilla

I’ve added the link to the medical

I’ve added the link to the medical buttons from BrainButtons - Irreverent buttons and badges for the connoisseur of bad taste! I must be feeling twisted because I think the “Babies Suck Tits” one is hilarious Or maybe I am demented because of a griping stomach with nausea to boot :sick:

What If Hollywood Made The Lord of the Rings

What If Hollywood Made The Lord of the Rings is really funny from my Kiwi perspective.

My quote today from

My quote today from AllAboutQuotes was:

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One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. John Kenneth Galbraith

and this one from DailyWisdom:

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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a

fool.

Shakespeare (1564-1616)

How scarily true! Not just in relation to economics either. After all today I am sitting my State Finals exam and I can’t help repeating:

I’m off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz………. :wizard:

Free Collection of Journal Topics

Free Collection of Journal Topics

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Journal Topics

Journal Topics

One Hundred Topics for Personal Essays

Provided by Jean Davis on NCTE-Talk

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The Veech Journal. Essays on Writing for Self Development and Education

The Veech Journal. Essays on Writing for Self Development and Education is a New Zealand site as well.

I think I need to track down a wee New Zealand flag icon.

New Zealand has our own reunion sites

New Zealand has our own reunion sites. My favourite is Old Friends, but I have also listed my details at Find a Kiwi.

Writing Prompts/Journal Topics

Writing Prompts/Journal Topics

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Small world

I got a comment from a “local” about a previous entry and thought how amazingly small our world is. As I got her message I was at the FlyLady site and checking out the new lapel pin.

I have finally put together a real Control Journal instead of pretending by putting it on my Psion or using my original SHE cards. And it does make a difference. In about a month I will be a Payroll SHE, so I want good habits established so the whole family can FLY.

o r g a n i c a

o r g a n i c a

BlogStreet: BlogStreet Neighbourhood Analysis

BlogStreet: BlogStreet Neighbourhood Analysis

Blogosphere Ecosystem

Blogosphere Ecosystem

blogging ecosystem

blogging ecosystem

BlogStreet

BlogStreet

blo.gs

blo.gs

Emode.com - Emode’s Original Inkblot Test

Emode.com - Emode’s Original Inkblot Test from maddy

Vanessa, your unconscious mind is driven most by Peace

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Once upon a time I thought I wanted to have the biggest webring for MT

Once upon a time I thought I wanted to have the biggest webring for MT. Now I aim for working. I was ambitious, and it sure takes a bit of time that I hadn’t really planned on. MT users mostly make being a ringmistress an easy job. The only headache comes when bloggers move their site, or decide to take a break, and don’t remove their site from the ring or ask to be put back in the queue.

With everything I do online now I try to be a bit more selective. I don’t have time to belong to every single online community, tutorial group that catches my attention. My site sure needs the attention too… So I currently give my attention to (in no particular order) Net Sisters Org., Ladies of the Heart, Scratchy College, Dazzle Us Tubes, Aromatherapy for Everyone, Fly By Night Graphics, the Open Directory Project, and the New Zealand Midwives list, and the webrings I run. And while I have been studying some of my interests have been missing out on attention. Plenty to keep a girl seriously busy as well as continuing to develop my site and my skills.

[the girlie matters]

[the girlie matters] site has a post on how to use MT to make your very own Guestbook. What a wonderful idea!

Testing smilies

Testing smilies method from [thegirliematters]

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I’m bored and tired

I’m bored and tired :yawn: and could do with some good sleep to get refocused on studying. As you can see I have been playing with my blog, and have to figure out how to get the “show comments” text to only apear if there are comments on a post.

I love my new smilies.

Here is a sampling:

:baby: :buttersmiley: and :tongue:

And here is a special one dedicated to the upcoming silly season :sillyseason:

What box do you get put in?

What box do you get put in? brought to you by Quizilla

Numerology Name Report

Numerology Name Report

And Drin’s is quite accurate:

Your Heart Number is 8

Gives you powerful emotions and a strong desire for money, power and influence in life. You like to be in control of all areas of your life, and achieving success will be very important to you.

Your Personality Number is 3

Which should lend you a rather charming and enjoyable character. Interesting and engaging, you’re liable to excel in social situations and people will really enjoy your company.

Your Image Number is 2

Which makes you a real expert when it comes to dealing with other people. You know how to handle others in a way that makes them feel good about themselves but that also gets them to do what you want them to do.

Link courtesy of maddy.

Your sun sign: Pisces

Your sun sign: Pisces

Chinese sign profile: Dog

Chinese sign profile: Dog

Another quiz courtesy of

Another quiz courtesy of Contessa.

Brooding Moon

You�re attracted to sensitive, intense men who are influenced by the emotional, ever-changing Moon. Actors such as Johnny Depp and Ethan Hawke would make perfect leading men for you because they care deeply about their craft. Your leading man needs to be in touch with his feelings, for it makes his performance that much more genuine (and there’s something incredibly sexy about a man who isn�t afraid to share his vulnerable side). His heartfelt musings are bound to make you weak at the knees. A Moon Man can be moody and temperamental, though, so make sure you give him a little room to brood when he’s feeling misunderstood by the cold, cruel world.

Who’s your leading man?

Maddy went on a quiz rampage and I was looking

Maddy went on a quiz rampage and I was looking for a diversion and blindly followed

You are an angel.

What legend are you?. Take the Legendary Being Quiz by Paradox

I’m exceptionally artistic!

I’m exceptionally artistic!

Find your soul type at kelly.moranweb.com.

Your Free Sample Astrology Report …

Your Free Sample Astrology Report …

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Your love sign: Pisces

Your love sign: Pisces

maddy’s rambles: Ripe or Rotten is a concise summary of…

maddy’s rambles: Ripe or Rotten is a concise summary of discussion about a woman in New Zealand who is planning to videotape her birth for a porn movie.

I have considered this carefully and from a midwifery perspective the woman is still entitled to the services of a midwife, if she is able to find one willing to provide her care.

If she really wanted to be in control of her birth experience she would have chosen a home birth, but I have heard that there are medical reasons for the birth to take place in a hospital. I don’t think she really comprehends what the birth will be like and all plans could well go out the window when she is faced with nature’s unpredictability.

From the baby’s perspective I would not like to have my birth filmed and included in a porn movie. What a lifelong stigma to carry around. However, this does not necessarily make “Nicky” an unfit mother. Babies are not given choices and we rely on the parents to make sensible choices for their offspring. Is circumcision a sensible choice?

As you can see I am procrastinating. I can’t focus on anything, but need to get back to my assignment.

My blogger code

My blogger code is B7 d++ t+ k++ s- u- f- i- o+ x- e l c+. Now how do we decode these things?

The Atomic Temple Online has some really fun tests. I…

The Atomic Temple Online has some really fun tests. I thought the “What sex toy am I?” one was hilarious, but thought I had not better link with the picture of the Hi-Tech Masterpiece.

What is my spectrum?

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What is my spectrum?

I am red: My main color is red. This means I am goal oriented. Success is important to me. Achievment is the marker of a great life. .

What is my spectrum?

Auto FX Software - Designer Survival Gear

Auto FX Software - Designer Survival Gear - Royalty Free Textures have over 3000 royalty free textures. I’ll definitely be visiting here again!

Arcanine passed this Test

Arcanine passed this Test for Color Blindness.

Accessibility

dive into mark provides tips for making your weblog more accessible.

It is wonderful to have your

It is wonderful to have your hobby pay for itself. Then Drin will be a bit more tolerant of the time spent on it.

One of my hobbies is my internet work, and I am a hosting reseller and also offer design services in collaboration with two friends from the US. So if you know of anyone who wants some help or space, then send them my way. We are low key and all have the same relaxed friendly attitude.

My involvement at Net Sisters means I send little charms overseas each month to the lucky winner. And with Ladies of the Heart I send out membership cards to the New Zealand members. I know that with the St Pat’s Day gift exchange at Divine Diva’s how much fun it is to receive a gift in the mail from an online friend. It makes you feel cherished and special and makes the connection to the person more real. And phone calls blow me away! I have spoken to both Jo and Contessa and it is wonderful to hear their Southern drawl and hear them remark that I sound British…lol

FIVE STEP PHOTOLOG

FIVE STEP PHOTOLOG is quite a handy link. I was toying with using MT because I couldn’t get Gallery to work. But I fixed Gallery in the end.

MT Survey

I’m helping spread the news about the Movable Type survey Ben and Mena are asking us MT users to complete.

BLOGinality: weblogger personality types

BLOGinality: weblogger personality types

My Bloginality is INFJ!!!

The last test I did said I was ISFJ, so they have a similar result.

I’ve been adding photos

I’ve been adding photos to my Gallery now that I have got the code working. There are currently 441 photos and more to be put up.

Conference

Back to remembering what independent midwifery is about while out with B*. This business doesn't have to be complicated. We choose to make it complicated.
One set of terminology I have taken on from conference is the labelling of high-risk pregnancy as complex instead.

The issue of trust is important in the midwifery partnership. B* is currently with a woman who B* believes has marijuana smoking in the house and the woman is wary of strangers. How many things does a midwife have to not see? Where do I stand?

This makes me think of the situation of the Northland porn actress who wants her birth filmed for inclusion in a prn movie. Her midwife has withdrawn her services and she has the support of the New Zealand College of Midwives. There is obvious concern as a midwife about the videotaping of a birth if something was to go wrong. And the midwife will have her own set of morals and ethics about the situation. What I would like to understand is what the position of the New Zealand College of Midwives. Is every woman in New Zealand entitled to the care of a midwife during her pregnancy and birth?

encyclopaedia/kardia

encyclopaedia/kardia - I would say blog to suit yourself, and if it a sanity saver then do it as you need to. I have commented recently to my husband that it is likely that the internet saves our marriage and he hasn’t been able to disagree.

PSP-Imaginarium

PSP-Imaginarium looks like a great place to get free lessons for beginners and intermediate users of Paint Shop Pro.

I have a handful of letters and membership cards

I have a handful of letters and membership cards to send out to the New Zealand Ladies of the Heart members. It would be great to see this online/local community flourish in our little country.

The kids have come up with

The kids have come up with their own nicknames for me to use on my blog. I got them to choose a Pokemon character. I think the names they have chosen are very cute.

Conference Photos

Photos from the NZCOM 2002 Conference. Not many, but you can see where it was held and a few photos around Dunedin.

Testing trackback for the template

Testing trackback for the template

I thought I’d try out the Trackback thing

I thought I’d try out the TrackBack thing. Thank you to Indigo for your blogchalk link.

Google! DayPop! This is my blogchalk: English, New Zealand, Wellington, not telling, KiwiNessie, Female, 31-35!

Trackback won’t work without titles

Trackback won’t work without titles. So I may as well revisit my entries and check categories at the same time.

Works in Progress has an MT tip

Works in Progress has an MT tip for adding an editing link to your blog. I had to find it again as it it very useful. I feel the need to revisit my categories and add an MT one.

Life would be easier

Life would be easier if everyone pinged Weblogs.com now that I am using blogtracker.

I keep looking at my regular reads

I keep looking at my regular reads to see if there is anyone I can play TrackBack with, but you all need to upgrade your MT so we can play. And some of you don’t even use MT…

I’ve done a fresh install

I’ve done a fresh install of Movable Type and you can see I’m back to the template. Maybe this is something I can work on in Sandy’s web design course

movabletype.org : External Resources

movabletype.org : External Resources has the MT Blog web ring listed. Thank you Ben and Mena. The webring is thriving!

You can tell I am a blogging maniac

You can tell I am a blogging maniac again now that I don’t get errors all the time. Now to get this page looking readable again and tinker with the templates.

Midwifery Outside Normal

I have moments of assurance and moments when I have crises of confidence. It is all about knowing what I am doing and what direction I should choose for next year. I feel that I am equipped for normal births which I will get plenty of next semester, but I am unsure about the realm of abnormal. Admittedly what I am seeing that is abnormal does not always fall under the care of the independent midwife, but there are many instances where care is not transferred and the independent midwife has to manage the abnormal process in consultation. I feel that I would benefit from the relationships I would build and the experience I would get by going through the postgraduate programme. My feelings about this fluctuate depending on my experiences during the day.

Yesterday I went with one of the hospital midwives to take a full-term stillborm baby to morphology for post-mortem. The baby looked very peaceful. I felt sad at the circumstances for the family and that this peaceful baby never experienced life. I was shocked at the way the doctor handled the baby. She let the head flop. I guess this broke the illusion of a peaceful sleep. It wasn't that she didn't treat the baby with respect, but that the illusion was broken and the baby didn't need to be handled in the same way as a live baby. I don't think I could handle a dead baby like that.

Bugs to iron out

I still haven’t ironed out the bugs from shifting MT from my old host to my new one. It all has to do with the templates. I won’t have time to fix it up until about the 9th of July…

Delivery Suite

It was really wonderful to be called in as second midwife for a birth with N*. I checked the suction and oxygen and really felt that if I had to, I would be confident to use them. One thing I didn't check which I am kicking myself for is syntocinon. I even got a little time to quickly check F*'s blood group and booking sheet.

I was not extremely organised or quick, but I got everything done that I needed to do. I hope I got everything in the right order in the notes.

Diagnosis of Stridor in Children

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Antenatal Ward

I have investigated a few areas and put them into my online journal. This is invaluable and I should continue to do this.

I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent on the antenatal ward. The variety was confusing, but posed a good challenge. I achieved some consistency in working with the same women. Of particular note was my learning curve in applying the CTG to a woman pregnant with twins at 25-26 weeks gestation. I was also able to follow the mother through with her ultrasound and her caesarean section. The caesarean section was for IUGR of one twin who had absent end diastolic flow on doppler which was then changed to reversed end diastolic flow.

The experience that day was invaluable. To see a woman through an antenatal complication who then delivered, and knowing that in about two weeks the babies will still be in the neonatal unit, I will have the opportunity for real continuity of care in some respects.

Areas I need to investigate further are pre-eclampsia, blood results, infections, haemorrhage, and embolisms.

I managed to accomplish care according to my objectives in blood glucose monitoring, CTG monitoring, blood results, infections, pre-eclampsia, and ultrasound.

One thing that is glaringly obvious to me from working in a high-risk area is how much I don't know. I've never doubted whether midwifery is the right thing for me to be doing, but sometimes I wonder if I really know enough to be competent. I guess I am really relating that to a hospital setting. However, knowing the type of person I am, I like to be competent in all areas of a field I am working in to the best of my ability.

One thing I dislike is the conflict between the hospital and the independent midwives. Working through the post-graduate programme at the hospital would certainly prepare me better in those relationships as long as I don't lose track of normal.

Testing :smile emoticon.

Testing :smile emoticon.

Smilies

So Very Posh has automatic smilies for me to play with. I’ve always wanted to do that.

Write a better weblog

A List Apart: How to Write a Better Weblog provides advice on how to write a better weblog. The purpose of my weblog is for my benefit, and a readership is a bonus but not my objective. This should be apparent in the frequency and content.

Primary Facility

L*'s birth yesterday was great for wetting my feet again and getting used to the Birthing Unit.
L* was in labour with her second baby. On visiting her at home she was found by B* to be 3 cm dilated with a very soft cervix and contractions were regular and lasting for more than 60 seconds. I hadn't met L* previously, but she was happy for me to be there.

We drove into the hospital and set things up for when L* arrived. I have quite a learning curve ahead in getting oriented to the processes of a different unit to where I am used to working.

On a subsequent examination baby was still high, and B* did an artificial rupture of membranes. When she said the head was still high I offered to apply fundal pressure. A small amount of clear fluid leaked.

The intensity of contractions slightly increased and L* was wanting to try entonox. This provided some relief. L* was upright and walking throughout first stage.

B* determined second stage commencing from L*'s uncontrollable urge to push. Her pushing was not as effective as it could have been. L* was standing, leaning into the raised bed. So a change of location to the toilet was suggested. Pushing in this position was very effective and after about 4 contractions the baby's head started to stretch the perineum.

It was certainly awkward having the birth in the confined space of the toilet, but cleaning up afterwards was much easier.

Itching

ITCHING

Pruritus - the symptom of itching

Anderson, K.N. & Anderson, L.E. (1998). Mosby's pocket dictionary of medicine, nursing, and allied health. Missouri, USA: Mosby.

Pruritis gravidarum - unique to pregnancy as the result of elevated oestrogen and progesterone levels. Onset in the third trimester. No lesions on the skin.

Candida - fungal skin infection in skin folds, under the arms and breeasts.Round, blotchy areas of redness

Toxemic rash of pregnancy - Red, elevated itching hives on the skin of the abdomen, but unrelated to pre-eclampsia.

Papular dermatitis of pregnancy - eruption of highly itchy hives over the entire skin surface. Lesions 3 - 5mm in diameter and do not occur in clusters.

Pruritic urticarial papules - Late in the first pregnancy, itchy pimply skin eruption presenting with oedema and redness on the abdomen and in stretch marks. Not harmful and will disappear postpartum.

Herpes gestationis - Onset signalled by fever, hot and cold sensations, malaise, nausea, headache and itching. Lesions start as a red rash on the abdomen and usually disappear by 6 months after birth.

Pruigo gestationis - Benign lesions which appear as raw, itchy, non-blistering papules on the arms and legs during the second half of pregnancy.

Frye, A. (1998). Holistic Midwifery: Care during pregnancy. Oregon: Labrys Press.

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Biblioscape - Reference Management Software

Biblioscape - Reference Management Software, and the Express version is free and fits on a floppy.

I think I need a

I think I need a new header. I have to work on the ViP Creations layout, so I might redo this header as well.

NessieBoard is back up. I

NessieBoard is back up. I ended up reinstalling it because of the permission reset by Aletia.

A Goddess is You Vivaciously

A Goddess is You

Vivaciously Alluring Notable who Encourages Seriously Serene Admiration sounds just about right

I just had to do

I just had to do this one too….lol

Which Angelina Are You?

Pepys Project

I added my blog to the pepys project and there were no other New Zealand listings.

I’m currently circumnavigating the MT

I’m currently circumnavigating the MT Blog ring and couldn’t help doing this test (link from Ethereal Reflections)

Which Buff Girl Are You? Find out @ She’s Crafty

Just for fun I added

Just for fun I added myself to Find a Kiwi | Old School Friends Search. Saw a few names I recognised, but not anyone I’m hankering to get in contact with.

New Zealand News - NZ

New Zealand News - NZ - Actor Kevin Smith dies after fall in China is another sad news story in the lives of extraordinary New Zealanders.

TheCalendar developed by Kiwi’s looks

TheCalendar developed by Kiwi’s looks like a nice group calendar amd message board system. If I find a use for it I will be coming back. It might be the perfect thing for Drin’s CounterStrike Clan stuff…

Google Search: movable type blog

Google Search: movable type blog has me on the first page. This is so exciting

I was going to do

I was going to do a photo log with MT, but kept being drawn back to Gallery. I have got it almost working… and then i will need to customise it if I can ever figure out how.

Skinning a website

Skinning a website / creating website themes would be a good idea. I could create according to my whims and let any readers view with their favourites. Another thing for my To Do list…

My message board is working

My message board is working again. Pretty helpful really considering I have it listed as my contact point on all my web pages.

I have finally changed the

I have finally changed the style sheet and template. I’m not happy with the header so am off to redesign. Don’t have any idea why the top menu is a bit screwy… But at least it’s not the default template any more!!

Vanessa Your first name of

Vanessa

Your first name of Vanessa has given you inspirational, idealistic, and dramatic qualities. You have a clever, deep mind and the talent to excel in highly inspirational lines of endeavour as a dramatist, musician, writer, or artist. You can be lifted by beauty in all forms and are at the most creative when inspired. Your expressive, affectionate nature responds quickly through your feelings, but you must guard against being possessive and jealous. Your delight in mystery and your sensitivity to things you do not understand could draw you into occult studies or religions. Unfortunately, it is difficult for you to retain emotional stability, for you can easily swing into moods of depression and self-pity. Your quick temper can flare up suddenly and be over as suddenly, leaving you very sorry for any suffering you have caused. Inner turbulence can deplete your vitality and cause heart, lung, or bronchial trouble, as well as nervous disabilities.

I will be 32

I will be 32 on the 25th of Feb. How exciting…

Did you notice that I have now got a domain for my Blog? Very pretentious, but I am addicted to domains and now have 5. The main reason why I have this one is because I get one free with my webhost and I wanted to pick one before I forgot. I must recode my blog…soon! Using the template looks lazy.

So my my blog link would be blogNessie.com . Does anyone other than my sis see the play on words? It’s no biggie, but another reason why I like Nessie as a nickname is because of the mystery connection to the Loch Ness monster. So…I created blogNessie… I like it

Morality Play Analysis Your Moral

Morality Play

Analysis

Your Moral Parsimony Score is 78%

What does this mean?

Moral frameworks can be more or less parsimonious. That is to say, they can employ a wide range of principles, which vary in their application according to circumstances (less parsimonious) or they can employ a small range of principles which apply across a wide range of circumstances without modification (more parsimonious). An example might make this clear. Let’s assume that we are committed to the principle that it is a good to reduce suffering. The test of moral parsimony is to see whether this principle is applied simply and without modification or qualification in a number of different circumstances. Supposing, for example, we find that in otherwise identical circumstances, the principle is applied differently if the suffering person is from a different country to our own. This suggests a lack of moral parsimony because a factor which could be taken to be morally irrelevant in an alternative moral framework is here taken to be morally relevant.

How to interpret your score

The higher your percentage score the more parsimonious your moral framework. In other words, a high score is suggestive of a moral framework that comprises a minimal number of moral principles that apply across a range of circumstances and acts. What is a high score? As a rule of thumb, any score above 75% should be considered indicative of a parsimonious moral framework. However, perhaps a better way to think about this is to see how your score compares to other people’s scores.

In fact, your score of 78% is slightly higher than the average score of 65%. This suggests that you have utilised a somewhat smaller range of moral principles than average in order to make judgements about the scenarios presented in this test, and that you have, at least on occasion, judged aspects of the acts and circumstances depicted here to be morally irrelevant that other people consider to be morally relevant.

Moral Parsimony - good or bad?

We make no judgement about whether moral parsimony is a good or bad thing. Some people will think that on balance it is a good thing and that we should strive to minimise the number of moral principles that form our moral frameworks. Others will suspect that moral parsimony is likely to render moral frameworks simplistic and that an overly parsimonious moral framework will leave us unable to deal with the complexity of real circumstances and acts. We’ll leave it up to you to decide who is right.

How was your score calculated?

Your score was calculated by combining and averaging your scores in the four categories that appear below.

Geographical Distance

This category has to do with the impact of geographical distance on the application of moral principles. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied equally when dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in their geographical location in relation to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 100% is significantly higher than the average score of 71% in this category.

The suggestion then is that geographical distance plays little, if any, role in your moral thinking.

Family Relatedness

In this category, we look at the impact of family loyalty and ties on the way in which moral principles are applied. The idea here is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you’re dealing with sets of circumstances and acts that differ only in whether the participants are related through family ties to the person making the judgement.

Your score of 67% is a bit higher than the average score of 56% in this category.

But nevertheless, it is low enough to suggest that issues of family relatedness are still significant in your moral thinking. Probably, you think that you have a slightly greater moral obligation towards people who are related to you than towards those who are not. If you do think that, then it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

Acts and Omissions

This category has to do with whether there is a difference between the moral status of acting and omitting to act where the consequences are the same in both instances. Consider the following example. Let’s assume that on the whole it is a bad thing if a person is poisoned whilst drinking a cola drink. One might then ask whether there is a moral difference between poisoning the coke, on the one hand (an act), and failing to prevent a person from drinking a coke someone else has poisoned, when in a position to do so, on the other (an omission). In this category then, the idea is to determine if moral principles are applied equally when you’re dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in whether the participants have acted or omitted to act.

Your score of 67% is a little higher than the average score of 57% in this category.

However, it is not high enough to rule out the possibility that the distinction between acting and omitting to act is a relevant factor in your moral thinking. More than likely you tend to believe that those who act have a slightly greater moral culpability than those who simply omit to act. If this is what you do believe, it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

Scale

This category has to do with whether scale is a factor in making moral judgements. A simple example will make this clear. Consider a situation where it is possible to save ten lives by sacrificing one life. Is there a moral difference between this choice and one where the numbers of lives involved are different but proportional - for example, saving 100 lives by sacrificing ten? In this category then, the idea is to determine whether moral principles are applied without modification or qualification when you’re dealing with sets of circumstances that differ only in their scale, as in the sense described above.

Your score of 76% is identical to the average score in this category.

Nevertheless, you have scored highly in this category, which suggests that scale, as it is described above, is not a particularly important consideration in your moral worldview. To the extent that it is important, it decreases the parsimoniousness of your moral framework.

India and Australia

In Question 13 you were asked the following: You see an advertisement from a charity in a newspaper about a person in severe need in Australia. You can help this person at little cost to yourself. Are you morally obliged to do so?

However, fifty percent of people undertaking this activity are asked a slightly different question, where the country India is substituted for the country Australia. The idea is to determine what kind of impact “culural distance” has on the moral judgements that people make. The important point here is that the vast majority of people who visit this web site are from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Consequently, in a comparison of the lives and lifestyles of TPM Online visitors, residents of India and residents of Australia, there will be bigger cultural differences between TPM Online visitors and residents of India than between TPM Online visitors and residents of Australia. Of course, whether a perception of cultural differences will enter into moral judgements, and if so, what its impact will be is entirely a matter of conjecture at this point. Indeed, whatever results we find here, they will only ever be suggestive of further avenues of enquiry. This aspect of the activity is simply not rigorous enough that it will be possible to draw definitive conclusions. It will nevertheless be interesting!

The Results

19% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were stongly obliged to help compared to 15% who responded this way when asked about a person in severe need in India.

42% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were weakly obliged to help. This is exactly the same as the percentage who responded this way when asked about a person living in India.

39% of respondents who were asked about a person in severe need in Australia responded that they were not obliged to help compared to 43% who responded this way when asked about a person in severe need in India.

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