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Showing 1 to 20 of 32 for “"Moral beliefs"”.
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Toward a theory of peace : the role of moral beliefs
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1997.
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A PLURALISTIC APPROACH TO CONSUMER MORALITY
… several scholars have examined the influence of morality in consumption contexts, the extant research has largely assumed a monistic definition of morality. That is, the research has assumed that morality consists of harm/fairness concerns. Contrastingly, this dissertation introduces a …
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Knowing Better, Reasoning Together
… the novel conclusion that it is harder to have moral knowledge than non-moral knowledge due to the fact that moral beliefs have more practically at stake. More specifically, in chapter 1 I argue that moral beliefs are subject to a higher epistemic standard than non-moral beliefs. Roughly, …
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What does psychology contribute to the understanding of societal transformation? A discussion of motives for collective pro-environmental action
… lack of pro-environmental policies as immoral. Against this background, the present dissertation comprises three manuscripts that (1) connect environmental psychological research to a meta-theory on societal transformation and based on this theoretical paradigm, (2) systematically …
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Coherentism in moral epistemology: moral science or elaborate intuitionism?
: Moral foundationalists maintain that among our moral beliefs there are some that are justified non-inferentially by something other than just more beliefs. Also, that all of the other beliefs in the system can trace their chain of justification back to members of this special ‘epistemically …
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Praise without perfection
… like us, who are both epistemically flawed and morally imperfect. First, how should such agents form and revise their moral beliefs? Second, how should we morally evaluate the actions of such agents - under which conditions do their actions have moral worth? I approach these questions by …
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Divine Disclosures: Religious Experiences as Evidence in Theology
… theologians to use them to regulate religious beliefs or seek theological truth. The thesis argues that we should seek new ways of evaluating religious experiences, and beliefs based on them, which address the concerns. The fourth chapter develops a procedure in which parties to religious …
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Social Science, Social Cohesion, and Moral Uplift: The Historian and the Development of Modern American Secondary School History Curricula
… of the scientific, social, political, and moral beliefs prevalent among American historians on the development of modern American secondary school history curricula at the end of the nineteenth century. It traces both the origins of the American historical profession and the profession's …
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Peter Railton's moral realism
… of American philosopher Peter Railton's moral realism. The emphasis is placed on his synthetic naturalistic account. He holds that there are moral propositions which can be true or false; moral facts and properties are natural facts and properties; we can come to know or justify moral …
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Limited Revisionism and Error Theory
In Joyce's Myth of Morality, Joyce proposes an error theory about morality. He then argues that, once we accept an error theory, we have three options: we can be abolitionists and jettison moral discourse, be conservationists and maintain our false moral beliefs, or be revolutionary fictionalists …
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"Moral perception": an examination and revision
… theorists have advanced what seems to be a novel moral epistemology or explanation of how it is that agents come to form moral beliefs and acquire moral knowledge. Known to this point simply as “moral perception,” this view claims that it is possible to “perceive” moral facts in much the same way …
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Noah Webster spelled out
My research of Noah Webster, his moral beliefs, his religious conversion, his political persuasions, and his voluminous writings, has indisputably revealed that Webster intended to shape the entire American nation through his writings and through its public education system. Relying primarily on …
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Risk and Protective Factors for Psychological Distress Following a Morally Injurious Event in Combat Veterans
<p>Morally injurious events have been shown to increase the likelihood of experiencing anxiety, depressive, and posttraumatic stress symptoms of combat veterans. Research has found that guilt and shame are associated with higher levels of symptomology following morally injurious events. Similarly, …
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From crisis to war: prophetic dualism in President George W. Bush's September 20, 2001 address
… can reveal a speaker's underlying worldview and beliefs. Through metaphorical analysis, this study identifies nine clusters of metaphor in Bush's September 20, 2001 address: FORCE/WAR, BODY, FEAR, LIGHT/DARK, NEAR/FAR, UNITY, FAITH/FATE, GOOD/EVIL and SAVAGE. This study contrasts metaphor …
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Moral Authority as Moral Skill: An Exemplarist Theory of Practical Justification
How should we understand the question "Why be moral?" Can we answer this question? If so, how? In this paper I develop an exemplarist theory of practical moral justification; that is, a theory of the justification of the prima facie moral things that we do, not the moral beliefs that we have. I …
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Social and Emotional Learning: An Argument for Religious Pluralism
… are intended to enable students to demonstrate morally appropriate actions and ethical decisions, which I am calling "right behavior."</p><p>It is my argument that one's understanding of right behavior embodies both implicit and explicit moral beliefs based on one's worldview which reflects a …
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An exploration of gifted and highly able adolescents' experiences with stress and coping /
… emotions, and communication; ethical, moral, and spiritual issues; global issues; and silences, or stressors not talked about in depth. Coping themes were: seeking relaxing activities; having positive attitudes and making wise choices; maintaining relationships with peers and family; …
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Roman Catholics Developing a Moral Compass: Parochial School Graduates' Experiences and Reflections of Living the Cardinal Virtues
This qualitative study explored moral experiences using personal interviews and oral history narratives gathered from adult participants. The purpose of the research study was to seek a deep understanding of students’ moral development in Roman Catholic schooling and the sustainability over time. …
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Mend the Gap: How Organisations Can Cultivate Readiness for Group Coaching to Mend After Moral Injury
There is limited understanding of how workplace moral injury affects individuals and organisational systems. “Workplace moral injury is a response to witnessing or participating in behaviours that contradict one’s moral beliefs” (Praslova, 2022). This study explores how organisations can create the …
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The Possibility of Normative Moral Decision Making Artificial Intelligence and its Effects on the Practical Nature of Morality.
… that is designed to support professionals in moral decision making. These types of AI are to predict our moral beliefs or judgments in specified choice situations. This paper explores the potential of such AI-technologies to be normative for its users and how that may affect the practice of …
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