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Exerting effort for non-instrumental information under risk [PDF]
Scientific ReportsPeople constantly invest effort to seek information in everyday life, even if the information is of no instrumental value for the decision at hand. However, the mechanism underlying people’s willingness to exert effort in exchange for information remains
Haoxue Fan +6 more
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The instrumental value of advance directives: lesson learned from the COVID-19 pandemic for policymaking [PDF]
Research in Health Services & RegionsOpen conversations between patients and healthcare professionals (HCP) are required to evaluate which treatments are reasonable for the individual case, especially towards the end of life.
Elisabeth Stock +3 more
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Effective Altruism: Pro and Contra [PDF]
Антиномии, 2022 One of the newest and most influential ethical, political and philosophical theory of the XXI century is “effective altruism”. Its basic ideas firstly appeared in the second half of the XX century in the works of the famous utilitarian philosopher Peter ...
Dmitry V. Balashov
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Hydrothermal Synthesis of LaCoO3 Perovskite Catalyst and Its Application for the Degradation of Phenol under Visible Light [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering, 2023 In this study, a series of LaCoO3 perovskite catalysts with varying calcination temperatures were synthesized hydrothermally, and their structure, morphology, and optical properties were investigated using X-Ray powder Diffraction (XRD), Scanning ...
Ziyan Niu +13 more
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Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 People’s support and involvement are critical to the sustainable use and conservation of social-ecological systems (SESs). Integrating people’s values into management decisions is pivotal.
Takuro Uehara +2 more
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Instrumental Divergence and the Value of Control [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2016 AbstractA critical aspect of flexible choice is that alternative actions yield distinct consequences: Only when available action alternatives produce distinct outcome states does discrimination and selection between actions allow an agent to flexibly obtain the currently most desired outcome.
Mistry, Prachi, Liljeholm, Mimi
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Humans as “Part and Parcel of Nature”: Thoreau’s Contribution to Environmental Ethics
Ethics in Progress, 2014 Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) develops an understanding of human beings as “part and parcel of nature” that includes the idea that we are physically, spiritually, and attitudinally (more or less) connected to the world around us. The image he offers is
Jason P. Matzke
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Krytyka neorepublikańskiej koncepcji wolności politycznej Philipa Pettita [PDF]
Avant, 2018 The aim of this article is a reconstruction and critique of the conception of political freedom as understood in contemporary instrumental republicanism represented primarily by Philip Pettit.
Katarzyna Eliasz
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PERTENTANGAN RASIONALITAS INSTRUMENTAL DAN RASIONALITAS NILAI DI ERA COVID-19
Jurnal Sosiologi Andalas, 2023 This article discusses the conflict between instrumental rationality and value rationality. The purpose of the article is to re-examine what the differences are between the two and what are the causes of the conflict.
Febri Tory
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Choosing increases the value of non-instrumental information
Scientific Reports, 2021 Curiosity pervades all aspects of human behaviour and decision-making. Recent research indicates that the value of information is determined by its propensity to reduce uncertainty, and the hedonic value of the outcomes it predicts.
Matthew Jiwa +3 more
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