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Neurofeedback-Based Moral Enhancement and the Notion of Morality [PDF]

, 2017
Some skeptics question the very possibility of moral bioenhancement by arguing that if we lack a widely acceptable notion of morality, we will not be able to accept the use of a biotechnological technique as a tool for moral bioenhancement.
Tachibana, Koji
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Why do we burn? Examining arguments underpinning the use of prescribed burning to manage wildfire risk

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Managing wildfire risk requires consideration of complex and uncertain scientific evidence as well as trade‐offs between different values and goals. Conflicting perspectives on what values and goals are most important, what ought to be done and what trade‐offs are acceptable complicate those decisions.
Pele J. Cannon, Sarah Clement
wiley   +1 more source

Ethics-Rorty-cultural studies : towards an understanding of the cultural production of solidarity : a thesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in English at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2000
Is cultural studies on the verge of an ethical turn? What role could the work of Richard Rorty play in such an ethical turn? Rorty may be considered as a cultural theorist whose work enables a productive articulation of cultural studies and that area of ...
Hunt, Alistair Peter
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Growing trees on farms: Navigating the goals and values of farmers

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Agricultural landscapes represent critical contexts for advancing policy objectives related to tree cover expansion. This paper explores how farmers' values influence their willingness or ability to grow trees on farms. Research is based on 49 interviews and two focus groups with farmers in England and draws on two social science research ...
Stephen McConnachie, Robert D. Fish, Holly Harris, Beth B. F. T. Brockett, Harry Marshall, Maddy Pearson, Grace van der Wielen, Bianca Ambrose‐Oji   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating across individual and deliberative values: A dual Q‐method approach to elicit diverse values in grassland restoration

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The current ‘UN Decade on Restoration’ calls for collaboration between scientists and practitioners to formulate guidelines for ecosystem restoration, within which transdisciplinary approaches are imperative to rethink the diverse values associated with nature, paving the way for sustainable ecosystem restoration.
Miguel A. Cebrián‐Piqueras, Konrad Gray, Lukas Kuhn, Jacqueline Loos, Ioana A. Pătru‐Dușe, Maraja Riechers, Vicky Temperton, Berta Martín‐López   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

The ‘person of moral growth’: a model of moral development based on personalist virtue ethics

Cogent Education
Moral development is crucial for a meaningful life. Many well-founded approaches and models are present in the moral development literature, which is a very diverse and populated field. The model of a ‘person of moral growth’ presented in this paper is a
Manuel Joaquín Fernández González, Kleio Akrivou   +1 more
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Using a virtue ethics lens to develop a socially accountable community placement programme for medical students [PDF]

, 2019
Background: Community-based education (CBE) involves educating the head (cognitive), heart (affective), and the hand (practical) by utilizing tools that enable us to broaden and interrogate our value systems.
Griffiths, Dominic, Kebaetse, Masego B., Mogodi, Mpho S., Molwantwa, Mmoloki C., Prozesky, Detlef R.   +4 more
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From awe to action? An interdisciplinary, systematic review of awe's potential influence on pro‐environmental behaviour

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Addressing climate change requires a massive shift towards pro‐environmental behaviour. These behaviours help protect the environment, drive conservation activities, support environment policies and increase sustainability across many avenues and sectors.
Lauren K. M. Smith, Devon M. Jones, Avery Deboer‐Smith, Sarah Elizabeth Wolfe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Manure gets into your veins’: Navigating plural valuation among rural landowners upstream from a Tribe‐led restoration project

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration projects with diverse interest groups face the continual challenge of engaging values, goals and cultures that may vary greatly among partners. As part of an eco‐cultural, riparian restoration project led by the Northwestern Band of the Shoshone Nation, our research examines the instrumental, relational and intrinsic ...
Sarah Woodbury, Kirsten Vinyeta, William Munger, Sarah Klain   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Virtue and Happiness in Socrates’ Moral Thought

Metaphysics, 2013
The question of “what is happiness?” is among the most important questions of Greek philosophy. In those early works of Plato that very likely represent the views of Socrates, Socrates mainly focuses on moral issues and tries to get close to an ...
H Mahboobi Arani
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