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The Mission (Im)possible of Climate Action through Quixotic Institutional Work
Journal of Management Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The ‘iron cage’ of the (neo‐) liberal‐capitalist system prioritizes economic returns over climate protection. Formerly powerful nation‐states are subordinated to the rule of markets, whereas business elites have been freed from substantial responsibility for social and environmental concerns.
Giuseppe Delmestri, Elke S. Schuessler
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Kant's Metaphysics of Race, Its Distinctiveness, and Its Normativity
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on the contemporary taxonomy of the metaphysics of race, this paper shows that Kant's theory of race occupies a distinct metaphysical position on race. Second, it argues that Kant's metaphysics of race inherently produces racist claims.
Reza Mosayebi
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Kant on Bullshit Jobs—Mere Means and True Means
Journal of Social Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Following David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs, there has recently been academic and public discussion about useless work. Immanuel Kant maintains that we ought to be means for others and that there is a duty to be useful. Graeber and Kant are both concerned with a form of harm often overlooked in contemporary ethics and political philosophy, namely,
Martin Sticker
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DETERMINATION OF THE VIBRATION INHERENT FREQUENCIES AT BENDING FROM TWO-SHAFTS TRANSMISSION IN THE PARTICULAR CONSTRUCTION CASES [PDF]
Fiabilitate şi Durabilitate, 2018 - The exact determination of the critical speeds and the influence of the different constructive and mechanical factors on them can be done on the dynamic model with distributed mass.The characteristic equation for calculating vibration inherent ...
Ion BULAC
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The Last Word: The Prattling, Tattling Parrots of Popular Lore
The Journal of Popular Culture, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Garrulous parrots appear in a wide array of pop culture forms—from urban legends, television sitcoms, and advertising, to comics, pulp detective fiction, and jokes (naming a few). The birds can be helpful, clever agents; but more often they are mischief makers challenging social norms. Among the pandemonium of parrots in expressive culture, we
Greg Kelley
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou's and Žižek's critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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Kant's Legacy When It Matters: On Karl Ameriks' Kantian Dignity and Its Difficulties
European Journal of Philosophy, EarlyView.
Wolfgang Ertl
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In the Beginning was the Work: Donald MacKinnon's Metaphysics after Lenin
Modern Theology, EarlyView.Abstract Donald MacKinnon expressed a distinctly realist and actualist metaphysic. One aspect of his metaphysics that is less frequently commented upon, however, is his reception of Vladimir Lenin. While not an unqualified admirer of Bolshevism, it is readily apparent that MacKinnon incorporated elements of Lenin's philosophy and theories regarding ...
Khegan M. Delport, Dritëro Demjaha
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Halving interval guaranteed for Dekker and Brent root finding methods
Examples and CounterexamplesHybrid methods are widely used in many areas of applied mathematics. One of the simplest and most common problems in this field is root finding, for which various methods exist.
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