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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Good Deeds"”.
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Good Deeds Gone Wrong: How Leader Self-Sacrifice Morally Licenses Followers Counterproductive Work Behaviors
… Furthermore, based on moral licensing theory, good behavior may grant individuals a moral license, authorizing them to behave unethically. Combining these two theories results in a vicarious moral licensing effect, where individuals can even gain a moral license from their boss’ good behavior. …
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Equipping Members of Hope in Christ Bible Church in Berkley, Michigan, to Be Zealous for Good Deeds
… their members in being more zealous for good deeds. The undergirding presupposition is that this is accomplished most effectively by expository preaching and application of the Word, specifically from the book of Titus. The opening chapter provides a context that affirms the paramount …
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Do Good to All People as You Have the Opportunity: A Biblical Theology of the Good Deeds Mission of the New Covenant Community
… dissertation provides a biblical theology of the good deeds mission of the New Covenant community, with a particular focus on how one’s conception of the overall covenantal structure of Scripture affects one’s conclusions concerning the good deeds mission. Chapter 1 introduces the debate over the …
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The Relationship Between Essentialism, Religious Beliefs, and Views of Change
… excluding ratings of the importance of good deeds.</p>
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Developing an Approach for Unanticipated Leadership Transition in the Church
… a pastor’s potential propensity to use past good deeds to justify present bad. In addition, the chapter wrestles with the nature of power, the right use of which leads to flourishing. Chapter 4 summarizes interviews with multiple churches that experienced unanticipated leadership transition. …
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What we owe to ourselves : essays on rights and supererogation
… a burning building-are supererogatory: they are good deeds beyond the call of duty. But if such deeds are really so good, philosophers ask, why shouldn't morality just require them? The standard answer is that morality recognizes a special role for the pursuit of self-interest, so that everyone …
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Parapsychology and Buddhism – to afford a comparison between descriptions of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and in parapsychological research
The presented research project is aimed at affording a comparison between the description of psychic experiences in Buddhist works and Parapsychological research. As such, this thesis scholastically outlines the Buddhist Pāli Canon’s perspective on the phenomenon of psychic power or psi. This …
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Being Human: Fine-Tuning Moral Naturalism
… cannot accommodate the fineness of morally good deeds. Turning to the work of writers in the Wittgensteinian tradition I show how ethics is dependent on a sense of the human condition, rather than on a theory of human nature. In other words, to explain the fineness of fine deeds and the …
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Enhancing environmental practices in Khoja faith communities – a collaborative inquiry
… as borne out by Holy Quran, which states that good deeds should accompany beliefs. Faith remains in the heart and soul, but science or knowledge of scientific technologies acting through the mind opens the doors to operationalizing the practice of faith teachings in modern living. This process …