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Determinism and the possibility of morality

Journal of Islamic Thought and Civilization, 2012
The possibility of morality in a causally determined physical world engages philosophers in a serious debate. Many philosophers think that morality is not possible in a world where everything, including human actions, is determined by antecedent causal ...
Dr. Zahoor H. Baber
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Veritatis Splendor Three Decades On: Shared Principles and Hidden Conflicts

Journal of Moral Theology
_Veritatis Splendor_ marked a pivotal moment in contem-porary moral theology and its teaching addresses many topics that remain at the center of current theological debates.
Jana Bennett, Alessandro Rovati
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"Multi-Group Incentives" [PDF]

This paper investigates the agency problem with moral hazard, where the principal hires multiple agents, and can only imperfectly monitor their action choices by observing their correlated public signals.
Hitoshi Matsushima
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MENCIUS\u27 JUN-ZI, ARISTOTLE\u27S MEGALOPSUCHOS, & MORAL DEMANDS TO HELP THE GLOBAL POOR [PDF]

, 2012
It is commonly believed that impartial utilitarian moral theories have significant demands that we help the global poor, and that the partial virtue ethics of Mencius and Aristotle do not.
Walsh, Sean
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Ethical Leadership in the Age of Apology

, 2014
The growing importance of public apology makes forgiveness seeking a critical responsibility for ethical leaders. Leaders must offer apologies on behalf of themselves (in their roles as moral people) and on behalf of the organizations they lead (in their
Johnson, Craig E., Shelton, Paul
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What Has to Change for Forests to be Saved? A Historical Example From the United States [PDF]

, 2009
This article looks at the conservation of American forests in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries to cast light on the prospects for global forest conservation in the twenty-first. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Americans understood their
Purdy, Jedediah
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Back to Basics: Human Rights and the Suffering Imperative [PDF]

, 2008
Anniversaries provide a conventionally appropriate opportunity to take stock and, where necessary, to remind ourselves of why we hold to the commitments we do.
Fagan, A
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Clarifying Conversations: Understanding Cultural Difference in Philosophical Education [PDF]

, 2017
The goal of this essay is to explain how Wittgenstein's philosophy may be helpful for understanding and addressing challenges to cross-cultural communication in educational contexts.
Carroll, Thomas D.
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An empirical ethics study of the coherence of NICE technology appraisal policy and its implications for moral justification

BMC Medical Ethics
Background As the UK’s main healthcare priority-setter, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has good reason to want to demonstrate that its decisions are morally justified.
Victoria Charlton, Michael DiStefano
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CSR's Moral Commitment and Greenwashing

International Journal of Advanced Research in Science, Communication and Technology
This research explores the phenomenon of greenwashing within the context of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and examines its ethical implications. Greenwashing refers to the practice of companies presenting themselves as more environmentally responsible than they are, misleading stakeholders and undermining genuine CSR efforts.
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