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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Moral Ambiguity"”.
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The Alienated American
… instrument of items asking about perceptions of moral uncertainty in society to gauge respondents’ views of normlessness, moral ambiguity, and moral decline. Perceptions of greater conflict and uncertainty in the world are associated with greater support for authoritarian leadership and a higher …
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Akane Kurashiki and the Humanization of Female Characters In Video Games
… who possesses agency, motivations, and (moral) ambiguity.
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Unbinding Piratical Themes: Treasure Island, The Unbinding of Mary Reade, and Piratical History
… over a century for his exciting personality, his moral ambiguity, and his thirst for freedom. Because of the incredible influence of <em>Treasure Island </em>and its pirate archetype, modern pirate literature, such as Miriam McNamara’s <em>The Unbinding of Mary Reade</em>, must reproduce many of …
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‘Amore Captus:’ Turning Bedtricks in the Arthurian Canon
… perpetrators and victims are lost in favor of moral ambiguity, reflecting literature’s overall transition into modernity.</p>
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The Didactic Function of Proverbs 1-9 for the Interpretation of Proverbs 10-31
… as highlighting the importance of discerning moral ambiguity. The theological context considers passages representative of those that mention the Lord: human postures towards the Lord, the Lord’s affection and assessment, and his superior wisdom and sovereignty. With established conclusions …
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Transgressive matriarchs: an exploration of female agency and resistance in South African telenovelas
… of 'complicated femininity' to explore the moral ambiguity of Lindiwe Dikana, a complexity seldom attributed to Black matriarchal figures in mainstream media. In contrast, the examination of The Queen (2016–2023) utilizes Sabine Binder's notion of 'violent female masculinity' to illustrate …
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The Renunciation of God: Political Theology and Theological Resistance in Georges Bataille, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Simone Weil
… which emphasized vulnerability, finitude, and moral ambiguity. This dissertation returns to and rereads critiques of fascism’s political theology, focusing on the works of Georges Bataille, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and Simone Weil, to read this disparate constellation of writers as making up a …
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A post-Christian perception of sin and forgiveness
… ways of addressing what are seen to be areas of moral ambiguity in both individual sin and structural sin. What appears to be individual sin is illustrated by reference to four case studies. One is the story of Myra Hindley who has now spent thirty-five years in prison as a result of decisions by …
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Sustaining Threat Narratives about Muslims and Arabs in Germany in The Post 9/11 Era: An Analysis of Showtime?s Homeland
… emotional complexity, security challenges, and moral ambivalence regarding the state's use of violence and surveillance. Reception analysis requires insight into the televisual text, the sociocultural characteristics of the viewer, and the socio-political context of the time. Consequently, my …
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Reading In Vogue: The Function of Fashion in Three Chopin Short Stories
… stifle. Thus, the freedom to explore themes of moral ambiguity, slavery, the plight of women in consumer culture far outweighs the financial insufficiencies of publishing in Vogue . The selection of short fiction published in Vogue deserves further investigation as Chopin was writing …
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Women who wreak havoc: a new perspective on early modern drama, 1603-1642
… the nature of villainy, and also the moral ambiguity in the representation of suicide in Thomas Heywood's The Rape ofLucrece (1607-08). Chapter 3 is a reading of Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher's The Maid's Tragedy (1611): the analysis takes exception to the common perceptions of …
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When commitment matters : essays on social evaluation and its market outcomes
… the perception that small retailers have higher moral standing. I argue that when organizational actions are morally ambiguous but there is no explicit violation of a moral norm, consumers are less likely to penalize small organizations than large organizations, providing small stores with an …