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The Moral Grounds of Reasonably Mistaken Self-Defense [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
Some, but not all, of the mistakes a person makes when acting in apparently necessary self-defense are reasonable: we take them not to violate the rights of the apparent aggressor. I argue that this is explained by duties grounded in agents' entitlements
Bolinger, Renée Jorgensen
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Managerial Duties and Managerial Biases

open access: yesManagement Sciences, 2020
Much of the evidence on managerial biases in corporate finance focuses on the CEO and, in particular, CEO overconfidence. This singular focus can lead to misattribution as it ignores the roles of other managers who are responsible for a given corporate ...
Ulrike Malmendier   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The position of the injured party in a prosecutorial investigation [PDF]

open access: yesGlasnik Advokatske komore Vojvodine, 2021
This paper will analyse the position of the injured party in an investigation conducted by the public prosecutor's office, which was implemented in the Republic of Serbia in 2011.
Kvastek Aleksandar
doaj   +1 more source

The Pedagogical and Religious Dimensions of the Rites of the Sacrament of Children’s Baptism

open access: yesReligions, 2022
The topic of the article “The Pedagogical and Religious Dimensions of the Rites of the Sacrament of Baptism for Children” deals with the sacraments in the Catholic Church, particularly baptism as the first of the seven sacraments.
Helena Słotwińska
doaj   +1 more source

Sino-American mutual resistance: who will win? [PDF]

open access: yesВосточная Азия: факты и аналитика, 2020
The article analyses problems of Sino-American mutual resistance in the XXI century. After entering the WTO China began to develop its economic strength.
Ostrovskiy A.V.
doaj   +1 more source

Enforcing the climate change act [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This paper examines the enforceability of the duties in the Climate Change Act 2008 which require the UK’s GHG emissions to be reduced over time. Section B highlights how the Act’s other provisions must be interpreted so as to give proper support to ...
Church, Jonathan
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Collectives' Duties and Collectivization Duties [PDF]

open access: yesAustralasian Journal of Philosophy, 2013
Plausibly, only moral agents can bear action-demanding duties. This places constraints on which groups can bear action-demanding duties: only groups with sufficient structure-call them collectives-have the necessary agency. Moreover, if duties imply ability then moral agents (of both the individual and collectives varieties) can bear duties only over ...
openaire   +3 more sources

Assistants of the ulus trustee: legal status and career preferences

open access: yesNomadic Civilization: Historical Research, 2023
The subject of the study of this article is the corps of assistant ulus trustees – mid-level officials of the management system of the Kalmyk steppe – in the period from 1867 to 1917 through the prism of the prosopographic approach, i.e.
I. V. Lidzhieva
doaj   +1 more source

THE PUBLIC DEFENDER OFFICE IN THE NEW CIVIL PROCEDURE CODE

open access: yesRevista Eletrônica de Direito Processual, 2015
It is objective and descriptive study about the main forecasts of the New Code of Civil Procedure on the Public Defender Office, as well as their influences and consequences in the work of the Public Defender in the civil lawsuit.
Renan Barros dos Reis
doaj   +1 more source

Filling Collective Duty Gaps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
A collective duty gap arises when a group has caused harm that requires remedying but no member did harm that can justify the imposition of individual remedial duties. Examples range from airplane crashes to climate change. How might collective duty gaps
Collins, Stephanie
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