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Shame is one of a family of self-conscious emotions that includes embarrassment, guilt, disgrace, and humiliation. On Shame examines this emotion psychologically and philosophically, in order to show how it can be a galvanizing force for moral action against the violence and atrocity that characterize the world we live in.

Michael L. Morgan argues that because shame is global in its sense of the self, the moral failures of all groups in which we are a member - including the entire human race - reflect on each person individually.

Drawing on historical and current...

Cyanogenic glycosides are natural plant toxicants. They are widely distributed in the plant kingdom including many that are commonly consumed by humans. Cyanogenic glycosides serve as important chemical weapons in the defence of the plant against herbivores because of the potential to generate toxic hydrogen cyanide. Amygdalin is the most common of the cyanogenic glycosides. It is present in abundance in the seeds and kernels of fruits such as apricot, almond, apple, cherry, plum, peach and nectarine. When cyanogenic plants are ingested by humans, enzymes produced by the intestinal microflora...