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Zhuāngzĭ and Ailton Krenak Against Utilitarianism
Asian StudiesDespite temporal and geographical differences, two thinkers impacted their contexts with similar critiques of a type of reasoning they called “utilitarianism”: Zhuāngzǐ 莊子 (China, 369–286 BCE) and Ailton Krenak (Brazil, born 1953).
André Bueno +2 more
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Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Research addressing the microfoundations of corporate social performance (CSP) in small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) remains sparse. This paper aims to investigate how SME managers' ethical ideology affects CSP and examines the mediating role of their CSR orientation (CSRO): economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic.
Sarah Mohammad Suleiman Alsyoof +2 more
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A Defense of Scalar Utilitarianism [PDF]
, 2017 Scalar Utilitarianism eschews foundational notions of rightness and wrongness in favor of evaluative comparisons of outcomes. I defend Scalar Utilitarianism from two critiques, the first against an argument for the thesis that Utilitarianism's ...
Tobia, Kevin Patrick
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Evolution and Utilitarianism [PDF]
Ethical Theory and Moral Practice, 2018 Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek and Peter Singer have recently provided an evolutionary argument for utilitarianism. They argue that most of our deontological beliefs were shaped by evolution, from which they conclude that these beliefs are unjustified. By contrast, they maintain that the utilitarian belief that everyone’s well-being matters equally is ...
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Utilitarianism and Christian Theology
St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2023 Utilitarianism is one of the most straightforward ethical theories: it simply calls for the greatest welfare for the greatest number. Despite its early links to theological reasoning, this moral view has often been sharply contrasted with the outlook of ...
Vesa Hautala, Dominic Roser
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Climate change is one of the most profound ethical and existential challenges of the 21st century. Beyond its physical, economic, and environmental consequences, it raises fundamental moral questions about justice, equity, responsibility, and the right to a livable planet.
Jacob Kwakye
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Personalism for public health ethics
Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanità, 2010 In public health ethics, as in bioethics, utilitarian approaches usually prevail, followed by Kantian and communitarian foundations. If one considers the nature and core functions of public health, which are focused on a population perspective ...
Carlo Petrini +2 more
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Trade and Peace within the Gift Theory from a Behavioral Economics Perspective
İstanbul Üniversitesi Sosyoloji Dergisi, 2023 Trade has been a fundamental aspect of human societies throughout history, shaping economic, social, and cultural relationships. Economic studies rooted in the “trade promotes peace” premise have shown that trade can both foster and maintain peace.
Banu Özüşen, Levent Kösekahyaoğlu
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A Systems‐Level Approach to Address Risks and Ethics in Artificial Intelligence Systems
Systems Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly changing the world, from completely controlling routine or mundane tasks like text and image generation, to powering advanced algorithms that control critical systems. The recent advances in generative AI quickly overwhelmed multiple industries from education to finance as first adopters rushed (and ...
Vincent P. Paglioni, Torrey Mortenson
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, 2014 An overview (about 8,000 words) of act utilitarianism, covering the basic idea of the theory, historical examples, how it differs from rule utilitarianism and motive utilitarianism, supporting arguments, and standard objections.
Eggleston, Ben
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