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Applying comprehensive Neo-Schumpeterian economics to Latin American economies
Hartmann, Dominik; Pyka, Andreas; Hanusch, Horst - 2008
development approaches andputting the agents into the centre of interest. The theoretical part of this paper identifies(i) freedom … combination of the interconnected and mutuallyreinforcing factors knowledge, freedom and future-oriented economic structure …
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Freedom of choice and the structure of intertemporal decision-making
Traeger, Christian - 2003
My thesis investigates how freedom of choice can be integrated into economic welfare analysis. The first part examines … existing static axiomatizations of freedom of choice and works out their implicit normative assumptions and shortcomings. I … derive the conclusion that a meaningful measure of freedom must necessarily account for individual valuation of choice …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009476225
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Ideal und Konzept des Grundeinkommens: zur Struktur einer über sich selbst hinausweisenden Idee
Booms, Martin - 2010
Das bedingungslose Grundeinkommen ist Gegenstand einer stark polarisierten Debatte zwischen ebenso unbedingten Befürwortern wie Gegnern. Das Buch vertritt demgegenüber eine differenzierte These: Demnach entfaltet sich das gesellschaftspolitische Potential des Grundeinkommens als regulativer...
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Autodetermination in Microeconomics
Müller, Olaf L. - 2005
. The resulting consequences will be illuminated with the new autodetermination thesis recently proposed in the philosophy …
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Mikro-Zertifikate
Müller, Olaf L. - 2009
Wie müsste eine faire Lösung des Klimaproblems aussehen? Wie sollten wir Pflichten und finanzielle Lasten der nötigen CO2-Reduktionen verteilen, wenn es dabei gerecht zugehen soll und keiner übervorteilt werden darf? In meiner Antwort auf diese ethischen Fragen stütze ich mich auf einen...
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Animating the EPR-Experiment: Reasoning from Error in the Search for Bell Violations
Vasudevan, Anubav - 2005
When faced with Duhemian problems of underdetermination, scientific method suggests neither a circumvention of such difficulties via the uncritical acceptance of background assumptions, nor the employment of epistemically unsatisfying subjectivist models of rational retainment. Instead,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009434087
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Uncomputability: the Problem of Induction Internalized
Kelly, Kevin T. - 2003
I argue that uncomputable formal problems are intuitively, mathematically, and methodologically analogous to empirical problems in which Hume’s problem of induction arises. In particular, 11 I show that a version of Ockham’s razor (a preference for simple answers) is advantageous in both...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441199
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Narrators and comparators: the architecture of agentive self-awareness
Bayne, Tim; Pacherie, Elisabeth - 2007
This paper contrasts two approaches to agentive self-awareness: a high-level, narrative-based account, and a low-level comparator-based account. We argue that an agent's narrative self-conception has a role to play in explaining their agentive judgments, but that agentive experiences are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441406
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MORAL CHOICE (UTILITARIANISM, CONTRACTARIANISM, FUTURE GENERATIONS, RIGHTS)
KEYES, EVELYN; KEYES, EVELYN - 1985
In this dissertation I attempt to devise a satisfactory general principle for moral decision-making. I assume such a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009441843
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THE RIGHT TO PRIVACY AS RESPECT FOR PERSONS
KEGERREIS, MICHAEL WAYNE; KEGERREIS, MICHAEL WAYNE - 1984
The right to privacy is presented as a right to a state of non-intrusion in the control an individual has over personal information, and the means of access to such information. This account of the right helps to show that the Warren and Brandeis account of the right to privacy in torts is best...
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