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Evaluating Investment in Space Programs: A Case for Theoretical Pluralism

Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A perennial question repeatedly asked since the early Mercury (USA) and Salyut (then Soviet Union) space programs has been variations on the theme of “how can the cost of space exploration be justified?” This question—which in broad terms constitutes the research question considered in this paper—continues to be directed toward space agencies ...
Basil P. Tucker, Hank C. Alewine
wiley   +1 more source

Postmodernism is not a Relativism. Communication Practices and Ethical Attitudes in some Postmodern Thinkers [PDF]

, 2007
The different “postmodern” philosophies that arose from the 1970s to the 1990s have often been considered as a kind of irrationalist-skeptical-relativist “ideology” or assorted amalgam, which in our time would dangerously take over the philosophical ...
Paz, Miguel Angel Quintana
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Finding a moral homeground: appropriately critical religious education and transmission of spiritual values [PDF]

, 2010
Values-inspired issues remain an important part of the British school curriculum. Avoiding moral relativism while fostering enthusiasm for spiritual values and applying them to non-curricular learning such as school ethos or children's home lives are ...
Arthur J., Ashley M., Astley J., Auton J., Blunkett D., Burns S., Carr D., Clark J.H., Davie G., Department for Education and Employment (DfEE), Eaude T., Eaude T., Erricker C., Erricker C., Farrer F., Farrer F., Francis L.J., Gates B., Grimmitt M., Grosch P., Hammond J., Hargreaves A., Hay D., Hay D., Hella E., Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO), HMSO, HMSO, Hookway S., Hull J., Jackson P.W., Jackson R., Jackson R., Jung C.G., Layard R., Lickona T., Loukes H., MacIntyre A., Markham I., Marshall‐Taylor G., Marton F., Marton F., Maslow A., McLaughlin T., Nash R., Nesbitt E., Nesbitt E., Newby M., Nouwen H.J.M., Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (Ofsted), Ofsted, Ota C., Ouseley H., Palmer S., Phra Nicholas Thanissaro, Poole M., Priestley J., Priestley J., Purple D.E., Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA), Slee N., Straughan R., Thatcher A., Vygotsky L.S., Watson B., Wright A., Wright A., Yates P.   +67 more
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UNWARRANTED CONFIDENCE: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE POVERTY OF ANTI‐REALISM

History and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Poverty of Anti‐Realism: Critical Perspectives on Postmodernist Philosophy of History, edited by Tor Egil Førland and Branko Mitrović, celebrates the new dawn of historical realism, which it claims supersedes the erroneous and harmful anti‐realism.
Jouni‐Matti Kuukkanen
wiley   +1 more source

Habemus habermas: o universalismo ético entre o naturalismo e a religião

Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy, 2009
The article revisits Habermas’s recasting of moral universalism, so as to avoid the aporias of naturalism and cultural relativism, according to a pragmatic-formal perspective that does justice to the complex phenomenon of religion in a postsecular ...
Nythamar de Oliveira
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Moral objectivism and a punishing God [PDF]

, 2019
Many moral philosophers have assumed that ordinary folk embrace moral objectivism. But, if so, why do folk embrace objectivism? One possibility is the pervasive connection between religion and morality in ordinary life. Some theorists
Phelan, Mark, Sarkissian, Hagop
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A Translanguaging Approach to Doctoral Supervision: Leveraging Students’ Multilingualism as Intellectual Resources

International Journal of Applied Linguistics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Translanguaging theory and practices have enabled multilingual spaces where students’ full linguistic repertoires are valued, explored, and utilized by educators as resources across educational settings. However, research reporting supervision pedagogies incorporating international doctoral students’ multilingualism as intellectual resources ...
Wei Liu, Jinghe Han, Michael Singh, David Wright   +3 more
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Public Theology as Mediation: Navigating the Dutch Protestant Church's Public Calling in a Hypermediated World☆

International Journal of Systematic Theology, EarlyView.
Abstract The article explores Christianity's role in society through public theology, particularly in relation to the public calling of the Protestant Church in the Netherlands (PCN). It advocates for reflecting on the dichotomy of church/world through the lens of divine mediation, challenging traditional dualisms and emphasizing a ‘soft difference ...
Rachèl Blokhuis‐Koopman
wiley   +1 more source

Can cultural relativism affect the international protection of human rights?

Revista Jurídica Portucalense
This paper examines the influence of cultural relativism on the international protection of human rights, addressing the complex interplay between universal human rights standards and cultural diversity.
João FERREIRA DIAS
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Philosophy of Global Security [PDF]

, 2015
We are living in an imbalanced and insecure world. It is torn by violent conflicts on a global scale: between the West and the East, between rich and poor countries, between Christianity and Islam, between the Great Forces and naughty countries ...
Bouzov, Vihren
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