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Fish welfare in a changing world: New developments and current challenges

open access: yesJournal of Fish Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The welfare of non‐human animals is central to ethical discussions on animal use, with increasing attention to fish welfare across research, aquaria, aquaculture, and fisheries. This paper reviews current theoretical approaches to animal welfare and recent advances in defining and assessing fish welfare since the seminal paper by Huntingford ...
Sonia Rey Planellas   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Well-being Driven Entrepreneurship

open access: yesAAOS Transactions
This study introduces the concept of “wellbeing-driven entrepreneurship,” which is defined as a form of entrepreneurship that does not prioritize economic rationality but instead places a strong emphasis on the wellbeing of individual entrepreneurs.
Keiko YOKOYAMA   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Irrationality and Happiness: A (Neo-)Shopenhauerian argument for rational pessimism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
There is a long tradition in philosophy of blaming passions for our unhappiness. If only we were more rational, it is claimed, we would live happier lives.
Billon, Alexandre
core  

The ‘State Patriotic Turn’: State Ideology and History According to the Russian Military Historical Society, 2022–2024

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Russian Military Historical Society (RMHS) was founded in 2012 on President Vladimir Putin's orders. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the society's members have not only published propaganda to support the ‘special military operation’ but have discussed the need for a proper ‘state ideology’.
Kati Parppei
wiley   +1 more source

Aggregation and the Structure of Value

open access: yesNoûs, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Roughly, the view I call “Additivism” sums up value across time and people. Given some standard assumptions, I show that Additivism follows from two principles. The first says that how lives align in time cannot, in itself, matter. The second says, roughly, that a world cannot be better unless it is better within some period or another.
Weng Kin San
wiley   +1 more source

Hedonic Capital [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper proposes a new way to think about happiness. It distinguishes between stocks and flows. Central to the analysis is a concept we call ‘hedonic capital’.
Graham, Liam, Oswald, Andrew J.
core  

AI in Public Decision‐Making: A Philosophical and Practical Framework for Assessing and Weighing Harm and Benefit

open access: yesPublic Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in public decision‐making; yet existing governance tools often lack clear definitions of harm and benefit, practical methods for weighing competing values, and guidance for resolving value conflicts.
Karl de Fine Licht, Anna Folland
wiley   +1 more source

Why Do Consumers Buy Organic? Exploring Motivations and Socio-Economic Patterns

open access: yesAgriculture
The study explored the relationship between motivations and attitudes for purchasing certified organic food and the socio-economic characteristics of consumers.
Dominika Jakubowska   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

AI Alignment Versus AI Ethical Treatment: 10 Challenges

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A morally acceptable course of AI development should avoid two dangers: creating unaligned AI systems that pose a threat to humanity and mistreating AI systems that merit moral consideration in their own right. This paper argues these two dangers interact and that if we create AI systems that merit moral consideration, simultaneously avoiding ...
Adam Bradley, Bradford Saad
wiley   +1 more source

Measuring Well-Being: A Review of Instruments [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Interest in the study of psychological health and well-being has increased significantly in recent decades. A variety of conceptualizations of psychological health have been proposed including hedonic and eudaimonic well-being, quality-of-life, and ...
Connor, Korey   +2 more
core   +1 more source

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