Uncovering the Moral Heuristics of Altruism: A Philosophical Scale [PDF]
, 2020 Extant research suggests that individuals employ traditional moral heuristics to support their observed altruistic behavior; yet findings have largely been limited to inductive extrapolation and rely on relatively few traditional frames in so doing ...
Cole, Benjamin M. +2 more
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In Defence of Virtue: The Legitimacy of Agent-Based Argument Appraisal
Informal Logic, 2014 Several authors have recently begun to apply virtue theory to argumentation. Critics of this programme have suggested that no such theory can avoid committing an ad hominem fallacy.
Andrew Aberdein
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Moral Responsibility, Justice, and Freedom [PDF]
, 2020 Freedom, and in particular, the freedom of human beings, is a hot topic within the field of metaphysics. In this paper, instead of arguing for the truth of a particular position on freedom, I explore whether a particular position, compatibilism, might be
Smith, Jonathan
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Constitutive equations and wave propagation in Green\u2013Naghdi type II and III thermoelectroelasticity [PDF]
, 2016 In this article we extend the theory of thermoelasticity devised by Green and Naghdi to the framework of finite thermoelectroelasticity. Both isotropic and transversely isotropic bodies are considered and thermodynamic restrictions on their constitutive ...
Ambiente e., Territorio +6 more
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General formula for finding Mexican hat wavelets by virtue of Dirac's representation theory and coherent state [PDF]
, 2005 The admissibility condition of a mother wavelet is explored in the context of quantum optics theory. By virtue of Dirac's representation theory and the coherent state' property we derive a general formula for finding Mexican hat wavelets.Comment: 8 pages,
Fan, Hong-Yi, Lu, Hai-Liang
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Modern Moral Philosophy Before and After Anscombe
Enrahonar: Quaderns de Filosofia, 2020 This paper argues that there was considerably more philosophy of action in moral theory before 1958 (when Anscombe complained of its lack under the banner ‘philosophy of psychology’) than there has been since.
Constantine Sandis
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THEORY OF BIOHAPPINESS AND GENETIC VIRTUE OF MARK WALKER
Russian Studies in Culture and Society, 2022 Mark Walker, one of the ideologists of modern transhumanism, developed a number of neuroethics provisions for the implementation of the “human enhancement” project.
Julia V. Khvastunova
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Wonder Woman: An Assemblage of Complete Virtue Packed in a Tight Swimsuit
Law, Technology and Humans, 2020 This paper uses actor-network theory (ANT) and Aristotelian virtue ethics to think with/of Wonder Woman as an assemblage of human and non-human actors clustered on a page. It also considers how the emerging assemblage that is Wonder Woman might be viewed
Theresa K Ashford, Neal Curtis
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A Rejection of Ethical Error Theory based on Evolutionary Explanation of Ethics [PDF]
حکمت و فلسفه, 2011 Error theory in modern ethics is known by the name of John Mackie. According to him, all moral claims are false. Since 1970s, there has been a great deal of research to explain human ethics by biological evolutionary theory.
hasan miandari
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A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing: The Unilateral Executive and the Separation of Powers [PDF]
, 2007 [Excerpt] “The United States Constitution vests all executive powers in a president. This is the unitary executive theory. By virtue of this, many believe the president is vested with the power to act unilaterally. This is the unilateral executive theory.
Cleary, Thomas J.
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