A philosophical outlook on potential conflicts between planetary protection, astrobiology and commercial use of space [PDF]
, 2019 The aim of this chapter is to use philosophy and, in particular ethical theory, to identify and explore some potential ...
Persson, Erik
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Thinking the World: Gregory of Nyssa on the Definitive Calling of Humanity
International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In this response essay to John Behr’s Gregory of Nyssa: On the Human Image of God, Rowan Williams highlights Gregory’s exposition of the complex account of nous and its meaning in relation to sensory embodiment. Nous, in Gregory’s treatise, is the presence of unified divine activity in the diversity of creation.
Rowan Williams
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Compassionate Digital Innovation: A Pluralistic Perspective and Research Agenda
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital innovation offers significant societal, economic and environmental benefits but is also a source of profound harms. Prior information systems (IS) research has often overlooked the ethical tensions involved, framing harms as ‘unintended consequences’ rather than symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Raffaele F. Ciriello +5 more
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The Papal Encyclical \u3cem\u3eLaudato Si’\u3c/em\u3e: A Focus on Sustainability Attentive to the Poor [PDF]
, 2017 This article seeks to reflect upon Laudato Si’, the papal encyclical on ecology and sustainable development, and uncover its apparent philosophical and practical approach to the environment.
Kennedy, Ann-Marie +1 more
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Conversational AI Agents: The Effect of Process and Outcome Variation on Anthropomorphism and Trust
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Organisations increasingly deploy conversational AI agents (CAs) in agentic roles where behavioural variations are inevitable. Prior work often conflates two distinct forms of variation: outcome variation (where success fluctuates) and process variation (where the path to completion varies).
Kambiz Saffarizadeh, Mark Keil
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Constitutional law and animals: a break with legal anthropocentrism?
Revista Catalana de Dret PúblicWithin a context of broadening the principles of constitutionalism, we have seen the introduction of provisions recognising the inherent interests of animals in a growing number of constitutional texts. This relatively recent trend marks a limitation of
Olivier Le Bot
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"We Are All Noah: Tom Regan's Olive Branch to Religious Animal Ethics" [PDF]
, 2018 For the past thirty years, the late Tom Regan bucked the trend among secular animal rights philosophers and spoke patiently and persistently to the best angels of religious ethics in a stream of publications that enjoins religious scholars, clergy, and ...
Halteman, Matthew C.
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Explicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgets
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What could philosophical or justice perspectives contribute to climate (and other applied philosophy) policy discussions? This question is important for philosophers on government policy committees. This article identifies two novel concerns about such contexts (which I call ‘contingent selection’ and ‘committee deference’) and systematizes ...
Kian Mintz‐Woo
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A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO SUSTAINABILITY BASED ON PLURALISTIC STEWARDSHIP [PDF]
Environmental Economics and Policy,
Barrett, Christopher B. +1 more
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Representations of Nature in Middle-earth (2016), edited by Martin Simonson [PDF]
, 2017 Book review of Representations of Nature in Middle-earth (2016), edited by Martin ...
Dawson, Deidre A.
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