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The Social Truth of Schopenhauer's ‘Metaphysics of Pity’: Compassion and Critical Theory

European Journal of Philosophy, Volume 34, Issue 1, Page 79-95, March 2026.
Abstract Taking Horkheimer and Adorno's account of pity in the Dialectic of Enlightenment as my starting point, I show that Schopenhauer's compassion‐based moral theory exemplifies key elements of this account. In particular, this moral theory will be shown to possess a social truth for Horkheimer and Adorno because it is an expression of a wrong ...
David James
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Du sens du lieu au sentiment d'appartenance

Canadian Geographies / Géographies canadiennes, Volume 70, Issue 1, Spring / printemps 2026.
Résumé Malgré qu'on s'intéresse de plus en plus au sens du lieu, il demeure insuffisamment compris dans sa complexité. Le sens d'un lieu varie en effet selon la nature et la portée de nos rapports et interprétations, et donc selon ses fonctions identitaires et nos sentiments à son endroit.
Mario Bédard
wiley   +1 more source

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PARADIGM - SYNOPSIS [PDF]

Annals of the University of Oradea: Economic Science, 2014
Even if sustainable development is a concept that gained quite recently its scientific prestige, through contribution of researchers its content has upgraded to a high degree of conceptual luggage and, through contribution from governance representatives,
Constantinescu Andreea, Platon Victor, ,   +3 more
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Gadamer, Paul and Inspired Speech in Corinth

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 88-102, January 2026.
Abstract The goal of this article is to elucidate two aspects of Hans‐Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics that impinge on the question of transcendence and then to bring them into conversation with the Apostle Paul’s discussion of divinely inspired speech in Corinth.
Benjamin A. Edsall
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Addressing the age-old question of human perfectibility in Daniel Defoe's Mere Nature Delineated: or, a Body without a Soul

, 2014
This article discusses the concern with the improvement or perfectibility of human nature in eighteenth-century English society and the necessity of its encouragement considering the prevalence of human degeneration at different levels: intellectual ...
Culea, Mihaela
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Introduction: Beyond public reason Introduction : Par‐delà la raison publique

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 965-983, December 2025.
This introduction situates the special issue within longstanding debates on liberal public reason, tracing its Enlightenment roots through Habermas and Rawls to contemporary political dilemmas. It highlights how anthropology has revealed the exclusions embedded in public reason's universalist claims, particularly for those marginalized by culture, race,
Charis Boutieri, Samuel Sami Everett, Erica Weiss   +2 more
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Is Britain Fairer?: The State of Equality and Human Rights in Britain [PDF]

, 2015
This is our five-yearly report on equality and human rights progress in Great Britain. The report sets out our findings and the challenges for the future in the following areas: - education and learning - work, income and the economy - health and care -
Equality and Human Rights Commission,
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Peripheral traditionalism: Judeoislamic self‐help in Marseille's northern districts Traditionalisme périphérique : entraide judéo‐musulmane dans les quartiers nord de Marseille

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 1041-1059, December 2025.
Through the synagogue‐cum‐community space of St‐X in Marseille's infamous peripheral northern districts, local urban‐invested intercommunal communication and solidarity are generated via self‐help initiatives that particularize humanitarianism. Because of their traditionalist Jewish and Muslim religious anchorings and the stranglehold of laïcité over ...
Samuel Sami Everett
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Analysis on Thermodynamic Perfectibility of Room Air Conditioners

, 2013
According to analysis on the energy efficiency standards of the constant speed room air conditioner and the variable speed type, differences between the two kinds of air conditioners exist in division standard, grades of energy efficiency and outdoor ...
Li Xiaofeng, Ma Yitai, Yan Qiuhui
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Human enhancement drugs and the pursuit of perfection

Adicciones, 2012
The emerging threat to public health posed by the use of human enhancement drugs has remained largely unrecognised. In attempts tobecome stronger, happier or smarter, or to look thinner, younger or morebeautiful, people are turning to a diverse range of pharmaceuticals.
Jim, McVeigh, Michael, Evans-Brown, Mark A, Bellis   +2 more
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