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Showing 1 to 20 of 47 for “"moral character"”.
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Adaptive moral character judgments: comparing memory and decision bias for immoral and moral targets
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Predicting unethical behavior from interview responses : machine learning models versus human judges
How can we evaluate peoples moral character? Judging someones moral character can be a difficult task, especially through only short interactions such as an interview. In this thesis, I examined the possibility of using machine learning techniques to predict peoples propensity to commit certain …
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Art and Social Ethics
… century, works of art were conceived as moral phenomena; i.e., as objects which reflected the moral character of their makers, and required virtue on the part of viewers for proper appreciation. Toward the end of the nineteenth century, this perspective was abandoned by many theorists. …
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Towards an Ideal Education
… of John Dewey, a man of high ideals and great moral character, this study was written.
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Males' and Females' Attitudes Toward a Prospective Social Group Member with a History of Mental Illness
… the confederate less positively on personal characteristics indicative of moral character. 2) Male subjects perceived the confederate as more dependable when she had a history of mental illness, while female subjects perceived her as less dependable when she disclosed history of mental …
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Philosophical Influences in The Art of War found in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
… in <em>The Art of War<em> as applied to the moral character, or lack thereof, of historical Han Dynasty leaders, Liu Bei and Cao Cao. In Luo Guanzhong’s <em>The Romance of the Three Kingdoms<em>, the two are fictionalized with oppositional personalities and corresponding philosophical bases. …
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The Moral Characterisation of the Ἰουδαῖοι: A Comparative Study of Opponents to the Divine in the Gospel of John and Euripides' Bacchae
This thesis examines the moral characterisation of divine opponents in Euripides’ Bacchae and the Gospel of John, comparing the characterisation of Pentheus, the divine opponent in Euripides’ Bacchae, with the Ἰουδαῖοι in John, including those characters directly identified as belonging to this …
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Robber Barons and Humbuggers: The Rise of Philanthropic Museums in Nineteenth-Century New York
… that they saw in the diversifying city with a moralizing rhetoric of character building. This paper will show that these two movements, the rise of Philanthropic Museums and the Social Reform movement were connected and that the large temple-like museums that thrive to this day were viewed as a …
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Values and Ethical Decisions at Work: An Aristotelian Study of Greek Managers
… based on Aristotle‟s virtue ethics, which views moral character as the foundation for ethical action, and argues that developing a virtuous character allows people to do „the right thing‟ under any particular circumstances. From this perspective, managers as key organisational role models and …
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A New Theory And Measure Of Ethical Work Climate: The Psychological Process Model (PPM) And The Ethical Climate Index (eci)
… the emergence of ethical behavior: collective moral sensitivity, collective moral judgment, collective moral motivation, and collective moral character. I developed a multidimensional instrument capable of capturing each of these dimensions at the climate level. I anticipate that this theory …
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Character education through secondary school literature classes
… are disconnected from society and feel little moral obligation or responsibility to others. While American public schools traditionally taught values and ethics, most no longer do so in any consistent or systematic fashion; This thesis will defend a synthesis of the thinking of certain …
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Story-enabled hypothetical reasoning
… abilities, including judging actions in terms of moral alternatives, contextualizing stories by considering what could have otherwise happened, and deliberating about personality to decide what characters will do next. In developing this system, I built many new computational mechanisms and …
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Sustainable Development in Costa Rica: A Moral Geography
… that offers analytical tools to map the moral character of on-going transformations of the Costa Rican place, and to elaborate concrete development alternatives that render the conservation of nature and development practice as mutually reinforcing articulations of a national place-making …
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Ethical Leadership and Communication
… immediacy, the threat of getting caught, and moral character. Implications for groups and organizations are discussed.</p>
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Balancing the Ticket: How Selecting A Vice President Has Changed in the Modern Era
… process in the years 1968 and 2000. What characteristics (such as ideology, compatibility, moral character, experience, etc.) do the media value most when reporting on the vice-presidential selection? The study observes the presidential election-year months of March through December in …
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Being otherworldly in the world: Michael Oakeshott on religion, aesthetics and politics
… particular emphasis on his writings about the character of religion and aesthetics. The dissertation as a whole makes the case that a certain moral vision-one informed by religious and aesthetic considerations-lies at the center of Oakeshott's thought and informs his political philosophy. The …
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The History of Korean Music Education for Elementary Schools, 1945--1998
… of Korean music education were musical skill and moral character development. Second, since the 1990s, remarkable changes have appeared: (a) Moral development as an aim of music education mostly disappeared; (b) New trends (e.g., Conceptual Approach, Comprehensive Musicianship, Music Education as …
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Ethical issues in organizational practices: individuals, organizations and partnerships
… inquiries from the influences of an individual’s moral character and conduct, to an organization’s pursuit of a higher value system, and to organizations’ social and ethical practices in the broader context of cross-sector collaborations. The thesis comprises four research papers, with topics …
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"Better people make better players": exploring the role of character in rugby union talent identification
Character and rugby union are historically linked with governing bodies, stakeholders and media all citing its importance for rugby union performance. Recent years have seen an increase in the prevalence of talent identification programmes in professional sports, rugby union included. However, …
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The American Party in Utah Politics: A Study in Religious and Social Conflict 1904-1912
… testimony was a reflection on the integrity and moral character of the Gentiles, and was evidence of the control of the Mormon Church, in shielding violations of the national and state laws against polygamy.</p>
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