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Virtue Depends on Natural Law and Divine Commands

open access: yesReligions
Virtue theory has occupied a place of relative prominence within the Christian intellectual tradition. But there is a problem facing it: how one contemplates the virtues and vices will ultimately depend upon deeper accounts of the good and the right ...
J. Caleb Clanton, Kraig Martin
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Environmental Regulation at the Crossroads: A Review of Catalysts and Barriers in Circular Economy Transitions

open access: yesBusiness Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Amid growing resource pressures, environmental regulation plays a critical role in enabling the transition to a circular economy (CE). This study conducts a systematic literature review to synthesize how different regulatory approaches—command‐and‐control, market‐based, voluntary, and reflexive—affect CE transitions across economic and ...
Li Yuan
wiley   +1 more source

Toward Comprehensive Climate Action: Assessing Mitigation Approaches Across Canadian Municipalities

open access: yesEnvironmental Policy and Governance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Local governments are widely regarded as key leaders in the global response to climate change. Understanding if and how municipalities commit to climate mitigation is crucial for assessing their contribution to global emission‐reduction goals and identifying barriers to effective climate transitions.
Aryana Soliz   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Controversy and Voluntarism Among the Elite: An Ethnographic Study of the Sufi Community in Cibingbin, Indonesia

open access: yesIBDA': Jurnal Kebudayaan Islam
This article explores the intricate dynamics among Sufi elites in Cibingbin, highlighting the significant tensions within this distinctive group. The Sufi community is deeply divided, engaging in intense debates and frequent confrontations with each ...
Ayub Wahyudin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

What's in It for Them? A Developmental Science Perspective on Adolescent Climate Activism

open access: yesJournal of Adolescence, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction In recent years, millions of adolescents have joined school strikes to demand climate action from governments and industries, standing in solidarity with young people from future generations and from vulnerable geographical regions (i.e., the Global South).
Judith van de Wetering, Katharine Lee
wiley   +1 more source

From volunteer work to informal care by stealth: a ‘new voluntarism’ in social democratic health and welfare services for older adults [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
In the context of current and expected demographic changes, the issues of which services the welfare state should offer and, ultimately, the very function of the welfare state are currently debated in Norway.
Blix, Bodil Hansen   +2 more
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Political Participation Convergence in Indonesia: A Study of Partisan Volunteers in the 2019 Election

open access: yesJurnal Politik, 2019
This paper offers an analysis of convergent political participation in Indonesia, which is represented by the strengthening role of partisan volunteers in elections.
Ari Ganjar Herdiansah
doaj   +1 more source

Citizens are more willing to co‐produce when participants represent community demographics

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Public Administration, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite co‐production's potential to address democratic deficits, the role of representation in co‐production and its impact on public perceptions remain largely under‐analysed empirically. Employing a vignette survey design, this study tests how representation in co‐production affects citizens’ intentions to get involved.
Wonhyuk Cho   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Working‐Class Muscles? Co‐Operative Gyms in Interwar Britain

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract The Health & Strength League's network of co‐operative gymnasiums constituted one of interwar Britain's most significant yet overlooked physical culture institutions, affiliating over 800 gyms across Britain and Ireland by 1939. Drawing on Health & Strength magazine's editorial content and reader contributions, this article argues that these ...
CONOR HEFFERNAN
wiley   +1 more source

Empiricism, Stances, And The Problem Of Voluntarism

open access: yes, 2011
Classical empiricism leads to notorious problems having to do with the (at least prima facie) lack of an acceptable empiricist justification of empiricism itself. Bas van Fraassen claims that his idea of the empirical stance can deal with such problems.
Baumann, Peter
core   +1 more source

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