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No one has done more over the past four decades to draw attention to the importance of, and attempt to solve, a particularly vexing problem in ethics—the Trolley Problem—than Judith Jarvis Thomson. Though the problem is originally due to Philippa Foot (“The Problem of Abortion and the Doctrine of Double Effect”), Thomson showed how Foot’s simple ...
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This paper discusses Bernard Williams's famous case of Jim and the Indians. It contrasts two ways of diagnosing the alleged errors of Act Utilitarianism in considering this case.
Woodard, Christopher
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ABSTRACT Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder affecting the gastrointestinal tract. It mainly comprises of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. Its global prevalence has risen simultaneously with overweight and obesity among children and young people over the last decades.
Razan Algarni +2 more
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Muon g-2: Review of Theory and Experiment [PDF]
A review of the experimental and theoretical determinations of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon is given. The anomaly is defined by a=(g-2)/2, where the Land\'e g-factor is the proportionality constant that relates the spin to the magnetic ...
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Handling Everyday Life: An Analysis of Ordinary Acting
ABSTRACT What does it mean to shape one's own everyday life and to be the author of one's ordinary acting with all its repetitions, anchored habits and well‐known practices? In this paper, I argue that moral philosophy should pay more attention to human agency in quotidian contexts.
Johannes Müller‐Salo
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Theorizing Moral Cognition: Culture in Action, Situations, and Relationships [PDF]
Dual-process theories of morality are approaches to moral cognition that stress the varying significance of emotion and deliberation in shaping judgments of action.
Luft, Aliza
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Language machines: Toward a linguistic anthropology of large language models
Abstract Large language models (LLMs) challenge long‐standing assumptions in linguistics and linguistic anthropology by generating human‐like language without relying on rule‐based structures. This introduction to the special issue Language Machines calls for renewed engagement with LLMs as socially embedded language technologies.
Siri Lamoureaux +2 more
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Clarifying perceived task help receipt in the workplace: Construct definition and scale development
Abstract Although task‐focused help behavior is commonplace in modern workplaces, organizational researchers lack a valid behaviorally specific, recipient‐centered measure of this type of assistance. Perceived task help receipt refers to an employee's perception that another person has enacted a discrete, task‐related behavior that the recipient ...
Denise Law +3 more
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The Rejection of Consequentializing [PDF]
Consequentialists say we may always promote the good. Deontologists object: not if that means killing one to save five. “Consequentializers” reply: this act is wrong, but it is not for the best, since killing is worse than letting die.
Muñoz, Daniel
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Vital yet Fragile: Informal Networks of Support Among Young People Navigating Long Covid
ABSTRACT Introduction Young people living with Long Covid face challenges accessing health care and social support. Previous qualitative research in the UK has described the ‘invalidation’ of Long Covid illness experience. It has been said that there is a ‘double invisibility’ produced by narratives that minimise the effects of Covid‐19 among young ...
Zaira Clarke +5 more
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