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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Animals, 2018 Basic and applied laboratory research, whenever intrusive or invasive, presents substantial ethical challenges for ethical committees, be it with human beings or with non-human animals.
Constança Carvalho +3 more
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Symptoms of moral dispersion in the consciousness of the individual and society
Интеллект. Инновации. Инвестиции, 2020 This work is devoted to the question of whether there are trends of degradation in the sphere of morality of modern man and society. Various trends, sometimes new to morality, that bring certain negative changes to its internal content are consistently ...
N. I. Petev
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Utility and Justice: French Liberal Economists in the 19th Century. [PDF]
French liberal economists share a very surprising reading of Bentham's theory. In this paper, we underline the method according to which these French liberal economists in the nineteenth century economists understand Bentham's utilitarianism: they ...
Nathalie Sigot
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Universalism and Utilitarianism: An Evaluation of Two Popular Moral Theories in Business Decision Making [PDF]
, 2015 Moral theories remain a topic of interest, not just to moral philosophers, but increasingly in business circles as well, thanks to a tainted reputation that urges more awareness in this regard.
Marques, Joan
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(No) Pets on University Campuses: ‘Animaling’ Citizenship for Pet‐Friendly Spaces
The Geographical Journal, EarlyView.Short Abstract Rising support for pet‐friendly university campuses is driven largely by assumed human well‐being benefits, even though staff and, to a lesser extent, students, raise concerns about how companion animals can be active participants in campus life.
Clare Holdsworth +3 more
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Sustainability and Discounted Utilitarianism in Models of Economic Growth [PDF]
Discounted utilitarianism treats generations unequally and leads to seemingly unappealing consequences in some models of economic growth. Instead, this paper presents and applies sustainable discounted utilitarianism (SDU).
Geir B. Asheim, Tapan Mitra
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International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract The present article presents an integrative review related to stewardship in all the business and management disciplines, from its initial development in 1980 to the present. Specifically, we applied a latent Dirichlet allocation‐based topic modelling analysis to almost 1200 articles, seeking to creatively synthesize the concept of stewardship
Debora Casoli +3 more
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Taking Risks Behind the Veil of Ignorance [PDF]
, 2017 A natural view in distributive ethics is that everyone's interests matter, but the interests of the relatively worse off matter more than the interests of the relatively better off. I provide a new argument for this view.
Lara, Buchak
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International Journal of Management Reviews, EarlyView.Abstract Multinational enterprises (MNEs) face growing pressures from stakeholders to address global challenges and alleviate inequalities endured by disadvantaged communities in the regions where they operate. Given the fragmented conceptual approaches to understanding the relationships between MNEs and these communities, the complex mechanisms ...
Jayne Cathcart +4 more
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