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Aaron C.T. Smith

is a Professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia

Aaron is a Professor at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) University, Melbourne, Australia. His research focuses on beliefs and the management of psychological, organizational and policy change in business, sport, health, religion and society. Aaron’s most recent books include ‘Cognitive Mechanisms of Belief Change', 'Thinking about Religion: Extending the Cognitive Science of Religion', and 'Rethinking Drugs in Sport: Why the War on Drugs in Sport will Never be Won.'

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Aaron C.T. Smith

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Aaron C.T. Smith

April 8, 2016

Doping to Win? Cheating and the Sporting Mind

Like politicians’ views of the truth, athletes believe that the morality of drug use is a matter of perspective, where ethics bends to pragmatism.

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May 31, 2017

TVOL1000 Profile: Kathryn Coe

While humans are indeed the creators of literature and art, we are also life forms that have co-evolved with and are often dependent upon other forms of life.

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