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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"ought implies can"maxim."”.
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Ethics, X-Phi, and the Expanded Methodological Toolbox: How the Think Aloud Method and Interview Reveal People’s Judgments on Issues in Ethics and Beyond
… surveys about philosophically interesting thought experiments. Based on high participant support for this or that response, researchers conclude that a given theory is more or less intuitive, and in some cases that it is or isn’t true. However, such conclusions can only be drawn from …
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Commitment and conflict
… is an inefficient outcome and therefore states ought to prefer to bargain over areas of conflict instead of fighting. However, in the anarchy of international relations there is no actor with a monopoly of power to enforce contracts between states. States then face a commitment problem when …
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The extension of liberalism beyond domestic boundaries : three problem cases
… historically alongside liberalism but that we ought not consider specifically liberal. My account diverges form Rawls' at this point: he does not believe that such values can be defended from premises that are not specifically liberal. Since a group is, after all, a collection of individuals, …
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Assessment and prediction of chloride ingress and carbonation in patch repair mortars
… meet the existing compressive strength criteria implies that the use of compressive strength as a performance indicator may not provide a reliable measure of the durability performance. Therefore it can be argued that modern concrete repairs should be based on durability considerations, rather …
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Dynamic relationships between sectoral electricity consumption, economic growth and electricity prices in South Africa
… sectors, it only affects the mining sector. This implies that the manufacturing, retail and wholesale sectors can absorb the price increases in the long run but the mining sector is adversely affected by such price increases. In the short run the VECM results suggest that price adversely affects …
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Padre, perdónalos porque no saben lo que hacen: una perspectiva semi-compatibilista
Si se interpreta la primera palabra de Cristo en la cruz, con referencia a los verdugos que causaron su crucifixión, en clave de omnisciencia divina luterana y ausencia de posibilidades alternativas, surgiría una aparente contradicción en cuanto a la responsabilidad moral y el deber de aquellos: …
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The implications of information processing efficiency on decision making
… predictors of CSR views held by SRIs. This implies that companies can reduce their cost of capital by attracting the affluent members of SRIs community and increase their CSR rankings by creating diversity in their corporate boardrooms. These efforts, if undertaken by companies, can help …
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To what extent does Zimbabwe comply with its international obligations for the protection of unaccompanied and separated refugee children?
… of the 1951 UN Refugee Convention. On the African continent the large number of people fleeing wars and internal conflict led to the adoption of the OAU Convention to address the unique problems associated with African refugees. The chapter also established that the protection of UARC should be …
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Epistemological implications of representational pluralism
… truth conditions, epistemologists develop thought experiments designed to elicit our semantic intuitions regarding the use of “knowledge,” “justified belief,” and their respective cognates. After enough intuitions are elicited, we formulate a theory of knowledge or justification. While this …
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Självets garderobiär : Självreflexiva genuslekar och queer socialpsykologi
… self and corporeality, which Butler’s theorizing implies, this study argues that her theoretical framework can be amended with the help of a social psychological thinking of the subject. Taking its point of departure in an understanding of subjectivity as enabled and maintained through social …