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The value of value theory for ecological economics. [PDF]
Value theory forms the bedrock of several economic paradigms. It shapes how economists think about the purpose and functioning of the system as a whole. I identify three approaches to understanding value in economics: the British classical approach, exemplified by Smith and Ricardo, the neoclassical approach based on marginal utility theory, and ...
Pirgmaier E.
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This thesis studies the possibility of an absolute decoupling between energy consumption and economic growth. It consists of four chapters. Chapter 1 critically reviews the main methods used to assess the existence of absolute decoupling and concludes ...
Alban Pellegris
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Divine Morality or Divine Love? On Sterba’s New Logical Problem of Evil
In his recent version of the logical problem of evil, James Sterba articulates several moral principles that, on the assumption that God is morally perfect, seem to entail God’s non-existence.
Jonathan C. Rutledge
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Content and Structure of Scientific Values
The purpose of the present research was to identify values relevant to the context of science and test their location in the motivational value circle proposed by Schwartz (1992). Based on the available scientific values literature, creativity, curiosity,
Kürşad Demirutku, Elis Güngör
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The epistemic role of emotions in value sensitivity: a phenomenological analysis
This paper presents a phenomenological account of central epistemic roles that emotions can play in the context of value sensitivity. I specify significant ways emotions are given in lived experience as possible sources of value apprehension. Thereby, an
Søren Engelsen
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Multimethod approach to measuring values in a school context: exploring the association between Congruence — Discrepancy Index (CO DI) and task commitment [PDF]
There are considerable differences among the value hierarchies revealed by different methods of measurement. The quantitative measure of such a difference can be referred as the Congruence-Discrepancy Index (CODI).
Podolskiy, Dmitry A.
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Objective: to analyze the works of representatives of the neoclassical school in economic theory, primarily the monograph “Principles of Economics” by Alfred Marshall, in order to identify the gaps (or issues) of neoclassicism that were laid into the ...
A. I. Yakovlev
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The contribution examines the notion of occasionalismo sensista, or also known by the expression of formalismo sensista, that the Italian philosopher Adelchi Baratono was proposing in the ’30s and ’40s of the twentieth century.
Domenico Spinosa
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A Theory of the Value of Children [PDF]
AbstractThis paper uses a non-standard value assumption—uncertainty reduction—to explain parenthood. We begin by reviewing the inadequacies of normative and standard rational choice explanations of shifts in fertility behavior. Then we propose a theory of the value of children based on the uncertainty-reduction assumption.
D, Friedman, M, Hechter, S, Kanazawa
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