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Collective Care and Rural Transitions: The Role of Empathy in Addressing Land Degradation

open access: yesSociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Land degradation in rural areas is often addressed through technical and economic measures, while the relational and emotional dimensions of governance remain underexplored. This study examines how empathy operates within participatory land governance, drawing on a participatory scenario planning (PSP) workshop conducted in the Târnava Mare ...
Ruxandra Malina Petrescu‐Mag   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On Quantified Modal Theorem Proving for Modeling Ethics [PDF]

open access: yesElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, 2019
In the last decade, formal logics have been used to model a wide range of ethical theories and principles with the goal of using these models within autonomous systems.
Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Norm Circles and Critical Realism

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT An increasing number of scholars have employed the critical realist concept of norm circles in empirical research. Norm circles are social structures, composed of human agents, that tend to encourage people to conform with norms. As such, they provide a (partly) structural explanation for social normativity, which in turn plays an important ...
Dave Elder‐Vass, Manuel Heckel
wiley   +1 more source

Risto Hilpinen (ed.), Deontic Logic: Introductory and Systematic Readings

open access: yesCrítica, 2018
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Álvaro Rodríguez Tirado
doaj   +1 more source

Conditionals and KK

open access: yesNoûs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Page 371-384, June 2026.
Abstract In this paper, we explore the tension between the KK thesis and an attractive principle concerning the assertability of conditionals. We explore the prospects for defending the KK thesis against the problems posed, and conclude that they are dim.
John Hawthorne, Yoaav Isaacs
wiley   +1 more source

Possible World Semantics for Defeasible Deontic Logic

open access: yes, 2012
Defeasible Deontic Logic is a simple and computationally efficient approach for the representation of normative reasoning. Traditionally defeasible logics are defined proof theoretically based on the proof conditions for the logic.
CALARDO, ERICA   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Os Paradoxos de Prior e o Cálculo Proposicional Deôntico Relevante Eo

open access: yesPrincípios, 2010
Normative fragment of natural language make up sentences that express acts and describe norms. In this fragment there are criteria of logic thuth and relation of consequence between sentences which constitute a natural deontic logic. This paper adopts at
Ângela Maria Paiva Cruz
doaj  

Using Affirmative Action as a Tiebreaker

open access: yesJournal of Applied Philosophy, Volume 43, Issue 2, Page 372-388, May 2026.
ABSTRACT We argue in favor of affirmative action. There are two central points to our argument. First, if two or more candidates for a position are matched in competence, then one ought to prefer a candidate from a disadvantaged, disenfranchised, or minority background rather than defer to the outcome of a lottery.
Shalom Chalson, James Bernard Willoughby
wiley   +1 more source

Interpretative Models of Legal Language

open access: yesСибСкрипт
The interpretative process of legal language is an activity aimed at reconstructing the mental representation of meaning. According to juridical linguistics, correct understanding of legal language requires more than mere linguistic skills: it needs ...
Olga V. Kobzeva
doaj   +1 more source

Communicative Dilemmas for Practitioners in Service Encounters With People With Intellectual Disabilities: Insights From a Systematic Review of Conversation Analytic Research

open access: yesJournal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, Volume 39, Issue 3, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Background How do practitioners in service settings respond to communication support needs of people with intellectual disabilities? Conversation Analysis (CA) uses recordings of everyday encounters to understand the challenges practitioners face.
Deborah Chinn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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