Concerns of college students regarding business ethics.Richard F. Beltramini,Robert A. Peterson &GeorgeKozmetsky -1984 -Journal of Business Ethics 3 (3):195 - 200.detailsAlthough some attention has been devoted to assessing the attitudes and concerns of businesspeople toward ethics, relatively little attention has focused on the attitudes and concerns of tomorrow's business leaders, today's college students. In this investigation a national sample was utilized to study college students' attitudes toward business ethics, with the results being analyzed by academic classification, academic major, and sex. Results of the investigation indicate that college students are currently somewhat concerned about business ethics in general, and that female (...) students in particular are more concerned about ethical issues than are their male counterparts. (shrink)
Concerns of college students regarding business ethics: A replication. [REVIEW]Robert A. Peterson,Richard F. Beltramini &GeorgeKozmetsky -1991 -Journal of Business Ethics 10 (10):733 - 738.detailsIn 1984 we reported the results of surveying a nationwide sample of college students about selected business ethics issues. We concluded that (a) college students were in general concerned about the issues investigated and (b) female students were relatively more concerned than were male students. The present study replicated our earlier study and not only corroborated both of its conclusions, but also found a higher level of concern than had been observed previously.
African-American Philosophers: 17 Conversations.George Yancy (ed.) -1998 - New York: Routledge.detailsAfrican-American Philosophers brings into conversation seventeen of the foremost thinkers of color to discuss issues such as Black existentialism, racism, Black women philosophers within the academy, affirmative action and the conceptual parameters of African-American philosophy.
A Short Course in the Philosophy of Religion.George Pattison -2001 - SCM Press.detailsAimed at introductory students and general readers interested in thinking and God in the context of modern thought and experience. Discusses work by Kant, Dostoevsky and Heidegger amongst others.
Metaphysical Truth and the Diversity of Systems.George Kimball Plochmann -1961 -Review of Metaphysics 15 (1):51 - 66.details1. To begin with, if metaphysics is a science at all, it must be so in a sense quite different from that in which we understand the remaining sciences, empirical and mathematical, to be what they are. The metaphysician is indeed a man rich in observations, a man who wears a knowing smile about the world's sad intricacies. Yet he seeks not so much to show facts or even to demonstrate to us that their causes are necessarily such and such, (...) as he seeks to illuminate the facts at a further remove by disentangling the many senses in which facts and their causes--and the relations between them--can be said to exist in the first place. To the very limits of human reason and inquiry, metaphysics is an account, patterned roughly with the sciences, of the conditions of being and the kinds of beings. (shrink)
Symbols in life and art: the Royal Society of Canada symposium in memory ofGeorge Whalley.James A. Leith &George Whalley (eds.) -1987 - Kingston, Ont.: Published for the Royal Society of Canada by McGill-Queen's University Press.detailsPrintbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session.
Kierkegaard's authorship: a guide to the writings of Kierkegaard.George E. Arbaugh -1968 - London,: Allen & Unwin. Edited by George B. Arbaugh.detailsFirst published in English in 1968, Kierkegaard's Authorship begins with a brief account of the life and meaning of Kierkegaard and concludes with the brief treatment of his relation to multifaceted existentialism. By reviewing the total authorship and by making available much of the fruit of widespread research, this work throws into relief Kierkegaard's central purposes and makes it possible to avoid some of the dubious interpretations which have grown out of more narrowly selective study. This critical introduction and guide (...) is especially important because Kierkegaard's style was deliberately indirect and distorted and even more because half of the works are actually antagonistic to Kierkegaard's own views. By the pseudonymous works he intended to lead into truth through a process of frustration, provoking the reader into existence. In another sense, the body of the book is also a biography for, in a degree perhaps without parallel in world history, the library which he created was his deed and life. This is an important read for scholars and researchers of Philosophy specially existentialism. (shrink)
Professional Economic Ethics: Why Heterodox Economists Should Care.George DeMartino -2013 -Economic Thought 2 (1).detailsIn presenting the case for professional economic ethics over the past two years, since the publication of The Economist's Oath, I've encountered more scepticism among heterodox economists on the left than from those on the right. Left-leaning economists argue inter aliathat the project to establish a field of professional economic ethics is naive, since economists are hardly to be dissuaded from doing wrong by the existence of a code of conduct; off target, since professional ethics doesn't address the main failures (...) of economics and economists; and as a consequence of all that, that professional economic ethics is wrong-headed, at least for heterodox economists, since it deflects our attention away from the real problems in our profession. The left's scepticism regarding professional economic ethics, while not lacking merit, is mistaken in central respects. Not least, heterodox economists hold too narrow a view of the scope of professional economic ethics; and they tend to conflate the field with a code of conduct. Once we correct these errors, we come to see that heterodox economists should be at the forefront of the push for professional ethics in economics. The paper concludes by examining what professional economic ethics might imply for economic pedagogy. Read the Open Peer Discussion on this paper » Read the discussion on this paper on the WEA's Ethics conference ». (shrink)
Perplexing paradoxes: unraveling enigmas in the world around us.George Szpiro -2024 - New York: Columbia University Press.detailsThis book will examine paradoxes in diverse areas of thought: philosophy, mathematics, physics, economics, political science, psychology, computer science, logic, statistics, linguistics, law, etc. Though the treatment of each paradox is rigorous, the book will be written accessibly with a lighthearted and humorous tone so as to keep the reader engaged. Each chapter will focus on a single paradox, structured roughly like so: 1. A question is asked in the context of a story. As an answer, the paradox is presented (...) (which often results in an aha moment). The historical background of the paradox is recounted. 2. The dénouement explains how the paradox is resolved or why there is no resolution. 3. The chapter ends with further remarks, usually contemporary real-world examples or applications of said paradox. Some examples of the paradoxes covered are the Axiom of Choice (Mathematics), Monty Hall Problem (Statistics), Morgenbesser's Paradox (Linguistics), Tea Leaves Paradox (Physics), The Ultimatum Game (Economics), and The Chicken or Egg Question (Evolution). (shrink)
The Life of Forms in Art.George Kubler (ed.) -1948 - Zone Books.detailsIn this beautiful meditation on the history of art and the problem of style, Henri Focillon describes how art forms change over time. Although he argues that the development of art is reducible to external political, social, or economic determinants, one of his great achievements was to lodge a concept of autonomous and organic artistic creation within the shifting domain of materials and techniques. Focillon emphasizes the universal presence of contradictory tendencies that give all styles manifold, stratified character.The Life of (...) Forms remains one of the most brilliant and important applications of biological metaphors to the study of art. It has been superbly translated by Yale art historianGeorge Kubler, whose book The Shape of Time was strongly influenced by Focillon. (shrink)
Leadership.George H. Knox -2018 - Franklin Classics Trade Press.detailsThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be (...) preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. (shrink)
Philosophy and Existenz in Early Christianity.George Lindbeck -1957 -Review of Metaphysics 10 (3):428 - 440.detailsHowever, from another point of view, these books contradict each other, for Wolfson's work gives not the slightest sign that he recognizes anything in even the first phase of Christian history which resembles the "new understanding of human existence" which Bultmann considers its essence. Anyone whose understanding of the New Testament has room for the aspects Bultmann emphasizes will doubt that these vanished as swiftly and completely as Wolfson's silence suggests. He will therefore wonder whether the treatment of the Church (...) Fathers does not omit so many factors that it seriously misrepresents even those features of the doctrines of faith, Scripture, Trinity and Incarnation which are discussed. (shrink)
Through the Crucible of Pain and Suffering: African-American philosophy as a gift and the countering of the western philosophical metanarrative.George Yancy -2015 -Educational Philosophy and Theory 47 (11):1143-1159.detailsIn this article, I argue that African-American philosophy emerges from a socio-existential context where persons of African descent have been faced with the absurd in the form of white racism (This paper is a substantially revised version on an earlier article. See Yancy, G. (2011). African-American Philosophy through the Lens of Socio-Existential Struggle. Philosophy & Social Criticism, Volume 37: 551–574). The concept of struggle, given the above, functions as both descriptive and heuristic vis-à-vis the meaning of African American philosophy. Expanding (...) upon Charles Mills’ concept of non-Cartesian sums, I demonstrate the inextricable link between Black lived experience, struggle, and the morphology of meta-philosophical assumptions and philosophical problems specific to African-American philosophy. Because of the philosophical pretensions of white Western philosophy, with it claims to universal truth and objective knowledge, the particularity of African-American philosophical concerns with questions of embodiment and race is often deemed ersatz or non-philosophical. In this article, I argue that whiteness as the transcendental norm is productive of a form of ignorance endemic to Western philosophical practices that are myopic and hegemonic. Finally, African-American philosophy is theorized as a gift, as a critical counter-narrative that can be deployed to fissure Western philosophy’s narcissism. (shrink)
Subjects.George Englebretsen -1987 -Studia Leibnitiana 19 (1):85-90.detailsLes arguments contemporains en faveur de l'asymétrie des sujets et des prédicats prétendent que l'on ne peut nier, conjoindre, et disjoindre que des prédicats. Ces arguments se basent sur une assomption de Frege, à savoir, que des sujets doivent toujours être termes singuliers avec une référence à un objet individuel. Par contraste avec cette position, il y a un plus ancien point de vue qui n'accepte pas une telle assomption. Selon Leibniz, n'importe quels termes, y compris des singuliers, peuvent être (...) construits par combinaison. Une conséquence d'une telle combinaison est qu'un terme singulier et nié n'est pas singulier. De plus, des singuliers conjoints et disjoints, lorsque l'on les quantifie, font simplement référence distribuée/non-distribuée aux individus dont il est question. (shrink)
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Reasons and Intentions in Law and Practical Agency.George Pavlakos &Veronica Rodriguez-Blanco (eds.) -2015 - New York: Cambridge University Press.detailsThis collection of new essays explores in depth how and why we act when we follow practical standards, particularly in connection with the authority of legal texts and lawmakers. The essays focus on the interplay of intentions and practical reasons, engaging incisive arguments to demonstrate both the close connection between them, and the inadequacy of accounts that downplay this important link. Their wide-ranging discussion includes topics such as legal interpretation, the paradox of intention, the relation between moral and legal obligation, (...) and legal realism. The volume will appeal to scholars and students of legal philosophy, moral philosophy, law, social science, cognitive psychology, and philosophy of action. (shrink)
Grieving as Limit Situation of Memory: Gadamer, Beamer, and Moules on the Infinite Task Posed by the Dead.TheodoreGeorge -2017 -Journal of Applied Hermeneutics 2017 (1).detailsIn this paper, the author turns to Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics to examine the experience of grieving. Specifically, the author argues that grieving may be grasped as a limit situation of memory. This approach suggests that grieving cannot be adequately captured by a stage model theory but, instead, poses an infinite task that is fraught with difficulty and ethical demands. The author develops this approach in reference not only to Hans-Georg Gadamer but recent research by Nancy Moules and Kate Beamer.