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Climate Change and the Limits of the Possible [PDF]
, 2008 Climate change looks to be more than just another environmental problem. It threatens to test the limits of our dominant ways of understanding and solving, not just environmental problems, but problems of political economy generally.
Purdy, Jedediah
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Advancing Rationality with Sustainability: An Analysis of Agent-Based Simulation
Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs, 2017 Today, falling trends of species and ecosystem in the world due to overconsumption and destruction of natural resources are at critical levels. It is vital for humanity to operate with sustainable and resilient modes of production and consumption.
Osman Goktug Tanrikulu
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On a Failed Defense of Factory Farming [PDF]
, 2017 Timothy Hsiao attempts to defend industrial animal farming by arguing that it is not inherently cruel. We raise three main objections to his defense. First, his argument rests on a misunderstanding of the nature of cruelty. Second, his conclusion, though
Bruers, Stijn +2 more
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From corporate social responsibility to the democratic regulation of transnational corporations [PDF]
, 2009 This publication examines the role of transnational corporations in governance and critically evaluates the dominant self-regulatory approach of corporate social responsibility (CSR).
Humphreys, David
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Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2003 Este artigo tem como base a discussão sobre a crise ambiental, a qual culminou na crise do modelo econômico vigente e nos limites da ciência moderna, levando à busca e construção interdisciplinar de uma nova racionalidade: a racionalidade ambiental ...
Antonio M. N. CASTELNOU +3 more
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Reviving Rationality Theory: a comprehensive framework for reconstructing rationality in the age of crisis [PDF]
Journal of Philosophical InvestigationsA Reviving Rationality Theory offers a knowledge-based and practical framework to rebuild rational thinking in response to the complex crisis of our time.
Reza Gholami
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, 2018 According to doxastic pragmatism, certain perceived practical factors, such as high stakes and urgency, have systematic effects on normal subjects’ outright beliefs. Upholders of doxastic pragmatism have so far endorsed a particular version of this view,
Gao, Jie
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Rationality Concepts in Environmental Valuation [PDF]
, 2008 Survey based valuation techniques like the Contingent Valuation Method (CVM) rely particularly on the premise of respondents’ rationality when answering willingness to pay (WTP) questions. Results of CVM surveys have repeatedly put this fundamental assumption into question.
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Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2010 This paper discusses the influence of spiritual values in the insertion of socio-environmental dimensionsin management processes. A critical analysis of the socio-economic experience named Communion Economyis presented, which highlights the spiritual ...
Valdir Fernandes +1 more
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Journal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2023 The inherent complexity of large ships makes it challenging to evaluate ship designs systematically and scientifically. Knowledge-based expert systems can be reasonable solutions.
Cheng Chen +5 more
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