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Moral beacons: Understanding moral character and moral influence
AbstractObjectiveWe introduce the concept of moral beacons—individuals who are higher in moral character than their peers and prominent within their social environment—and examine the degree to which moral beacons increase the moral awareness of their peers.BackgroundUsing data from cohorts of students in graduate business education across two ...
Erik G. Helzer +4 more
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Moral Agency Conditions: Moral Agent, Limited Moral Agent, Quasi-Moral Agent
Introduction. The concept of “moral agent” and its boundaries are not currently clearly defined. Given the connection between moral agency and moral responsibility, it seems necessary to introduce a clear definition of “moral agent”, as well as to differentiate the types of moral agency. The hypothesis of this article is that although
S. V. Glebova, N. V. Perova
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In this brief response to Etzioni's paper we argue that satisfying one's preferences and seeking to live up to one's moral standards are not incompatible ways of living one's life, and that choosing to act morally need not involve self-sacrifice.
Bortolotti, Lisa, Jefferson, Anneli
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Forms of collective leadership, such as distributed leadership, have become increasingly important. The need for measurement of the variables involved in the delegation processes represents a new challenge for organizations that want to ensure high-level
Massimiliano Barattucci +5 more
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Causes of deficits and ethical dilemmas in scientific research
The analysis of the deficits and ethical dilemmas in research will be related to two disciplines of the social sciences: sociology and economics. Research conducted within these disciplines, because of its multi-paradigm nature, tends to be characterized
Danuta Walczak-Duraj
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Anatomy of the Progressive Revolution [PDF]
A cultural infrastructure of shared morality is necessary for the success of market economics. Traditional views maintain that religion is the nurturing source of the morality, which grows in the culture.
Thomas A. Michaud
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Comparing Moral Humility in Peripatetic Philosophy and Islamic Ethics [PDF]
The semantics of ethics, as a branch of moral philosophy, examines the meaning of concepts such as humility. Peripatetic philosophers, following Aristotle’s doctrine of the mean, regard virtue as a balance between extremes.
Hosein Ahmadi
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Text is dedicated to: (a) the presentation of the meaning of “rationality” and its consequences for social life in the era of institutional reflexivity; (b) a brief introduction to the problems of power resulting from “relations of defining”; (c) the ...
Konrad Kubala
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The Foundation and Nature of Traditional African Morality: A Review of Selected Literature.
A plethora of questions are asked when discussing moral issues concerning traditional African societies. Common among them are, is African morality dependent on religion only or has its foundation solely on the society, and what is the nature of the ...
Richmond Osei Amoah +1 more
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Background Students often combine learning with working. Their additional responsibilities may reflect on their functioning and health. The aim of the research was to define the average level of fatigue among working and non-working students and to ...
Łukasz Kutyło +2 more
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