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A simple definition of soil

Soil Security
This paper presents a simpler definition of soil that reflects three aspects: ontology (what), epistemology (how), and axiology (value), which are related to the construction of the definition.
Destika Cahyana, Budi Mulyanto
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Population Ethics under Risk [PDF]

Population axiology concerns how to evaluate populations in terms of their moral goodness, that is, how to order populations by the relations “is better than” and “is as good as”.
Arrhenius, Gustaf, Stefánsson, H. Orri
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Axiological entanglement of economics [PDF]

, 2017
In mainstream economics, the principle of freedom from value judgment (Wertfreiheit) is enforced. This principle has different interpretations. The aim of this paper is to present the author’s interpretations of the principle of Wertfreiheit.
Klimczak, Bożena
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Resilience and Sorites in the Normative Domain and Beyond

Theoria, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The sorites paradox is central to theories on vagueness, which aim to explain apparent contradictions. Some theories, however, imply sharp cut‐offs where we would, intuitively, not expect them. This paper invokes the notion of normative resilience to address this issue.
Henrik Andersson, Jakob Werkmäster
wiley   +1 more source

Nauka i wartościowania – uwagi o kondycji filozoficznej refleksji nad nauką [PDF]

Argument, 2014
This text is an attempt at a more general look at twentieth‑century philosophical reflection on science conceived as persistent trials to eliminate the non‑eliminateable, i.e. valuations. In this article, I recall the most important concepts of knowledge
Grzegorz TRELA
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Teacher agency in curriculum and pedagogical development: Reflections from a design research project about self‐regulated learning in secondary schools

The Curriculum Journal, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 422-442, June 2026.
Abstract Transnational guidelines on skills and competencies for lifelong learning, along with curriculum reforms to promote curriculum flexibility and autonomy in schools, are pressing teachers to be engaged in curriculum and pedagogical innovation focused on student‐centred approaches favourable to developing learner autonomy.
Thiago Freires, Artur Oliveira, Daniela Pinto, Ana Cristina Torres   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Rational a priori or Emotional a priori? Husserl and Scheler’s Criticisms of Kant Regarding the Foundation of Ethics [PDF]

, 2011
Based on the dispute between Protagoras and Socrates on the origin of ethics, one can ask the question of whether the principle of ethics is reason orfeeling/emotion, or whether ethics is grounded on reason or feeling/emotion.
Zhang, Wei
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A Good Exit: What to Do about the End of Our Species? [PDF]

, 2018
We know that Homo sapiens will not exist forever. Given this, how should our species end? What are the reasons, if any, to delay our extinction? In this paper, I show that the pre-eminent reasons which favour prolonging the existence of the species are ...
Handfield, Toby
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Consequentialism and the ideal theory debate in political philosophy

Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.
Andreas T. Schmidt
wiley   +1 more source

Infinite ethics and the limits of impartiality

Noûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 433-453, June 2026.
Abstract Beneficence—the part of morality concerned with promoting people's well‐being—is widely thought to be both agent‐neutral and impartial: it prescribes a common aim to all, and does not favor some individuals over others. This paper explores a problem for agent‐neutral, impartial beneficence from the perspective of “individualistic ethics” in ...
Jacob M. Nebel
wiley   +1 more source