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Powers That Be: An Adventure in Metaphysics

Philosophical Investigations, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper is an investigation into the increasingly popular trend amongst philosophers on the metaphysics of powers, exemplified by the statement: ‘To be real is to possess a power to affect (or to be affected by) other things’. First, I briefly trace the history of this idea (from the Eleatic dialectic of ancient times to present day quantum
David Rozema
wiley   +1 more source

A scoping review on psychosocial adjustment among nomadic students in higher education: insights from Indonesia and global perspectives. [PDF]

BMC Psychol
Permatasari N, Suminar DR, Hendriani W, Tandiayuk S.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

What's Wrong With “Conceptual Amelioration”?

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Conceptual amelioration aims to make the world a more just place by ameliorating our concepts. I offer three arguments against this enterprise as currently practiced to show how social philosophy aimed at producing social change can be better practiced. First, ameliorators often fail to provide plausible stories to vindicate their claims about
Lidal Dror
wiley   +1 more source

Leveraging an Unhappiness Lens for Smarter Policies

Policy Studies Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Traditional policy research has largely focused on enhancing happiness or well‐being, privileging positive outcomes as the primary metric of success. We argue that a systematic focus on the drivers of unhappiness—rather than solely on happiness—offers a complementary analytical framework that can uncover hidden societal deficits and broaden ...
Marine Coupaud, Gilles Grolleau, Naoufel Mzoughi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dopamine, Distraction, and Disruption: Perspectives on How Technology and Generation Z Are Reshaping Medical Education. [PDF]

JMIR Med Educ
Andrade BB, Araújo Pereira M, Avena K.
europepmc   +1 more source

"Post-Protean" Public Health and the Geroscience Hypothesis. [PDF]

Aging Dis
Farrelly C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Balancing Between Extremes: Goal Ambiguity‐Based Strategies to Contain Goal Displacement in Regulatory Enforcement Agencies

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT There is growing evidence of the occurrence of several types of goal displacement in regulatory enforcement agencies. A major underlying determinant of these phenomena is the neglect of ambiguities characterizing the goals of these agencies.
Kees Huizinga, Martin de Bree
wiley   +1 more source

Teaching and Assessing a New Professionalism: The Journey Begins. [PDF]

Fam Med
Gravel JW.
europepmc   +1 more source

“The Excuses We Make”: Defining Eight Corruption Rationalization Categories

Regulation &Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The rationalization of corruption allows individuals to detach from moral imperatives, enabling them to perceive unethical or unlawful actions as acceptable or justifiable. Closely linked to the concept of moral disengagement, rationalization involves cognitive distortions that frame inhumane or immoral behavior as neither wrong nor ...
Caio César Coelho Rodrigues
wiley   +1 more source