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This paper carries out a brief analysis of Amartya Sen’s thinking on Justice, based on Part IV of his book The Idea of Justice. Besides of describing Sen’s thoughts on the subject, the paper aims to contextualize it in the evolution of Sen’s work and in the general discussion on Justice in...
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derived from utilitarianism and the basis of constraints in economic value. Three methods which have been suggested for the … capital: Motivations and methods. In Space, Place and Environmental Ethics, eds. A. Light & J.M. Smith, 143-173. Lanham …
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underpinnings of ethics in qualitative social science research and its importance to the emerging field of nanotechnology. The paper … is aimed at showing a pathway by which the researcher might tackle ethics in a more effective way to achieve the desired …
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by ethics and neurobiology. It argues for an understanding of busi-ness ethics which sees the economic agents’ freedom of … developments in behav-ioural economics, ethics and neurobiology, it argues for the extension of this concept by con-sciously or … Entscheidungstheorie durch Ethik und Neurobiologie in Frage gestellt wird. Nach dem in ihm entwickelten Verständnis von Unternehmensethik …
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I investigate the ethics of money production, consider theories of ethics which can cover my discussion and then I will …
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The paper sketches an argument for a classical liberal view of the "natural rights" of life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness, albeit one based in a semi-"rule-utilitarian" approach, where the defense is based in a "hypothetical imperative" and circumscribed by what social science...
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The rational pursuit of happiness requires knowledge of happiness and in particular answers to the following four questions: 1: Is greater happiness realistically possible? 2: If so, to what extent is that in our own hands? 3: How can we get happier? What things should be considered in the...
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dimension. This characterization is achieved thanks to the "weak weighted utilitarianism theorem".The objective here is to …
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dimension. This characterization is achieved thanks to the "weak weighted utilitarianism theorem".The objective here is to …
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There is a longstanding discussion on whether happiness is culturally relative or not. The following questions are addressed in that context: 1) Do we all assess how much we like our life? 2) Do we appraise our life on the same grounds? 3) Are the conditions for happiness similar for all of us?...
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