In the final pages of Max Weber introduces his now famous distinction between two types of ethics: the "ethics of conviction" ( "Gesinnungsethik") and the "ethics of responsibility" ( "Verantwortungsethik"). Neither of these is simple to translate and neither of these is easy to understand...
The concept of wisdom is largely ignored by contemporary philosophers. But given recent movements in the fields of ethics and epistemology, the time is ripe for a return to this concept. This article lays some groundwork for further philosophical work in ethics and epistemology on wisdom. Its ...
The new conception of rationality as non-formal reason is completed by an explanation of how design in engineering can be brought to the design of practical problems in ethics, from which the notion of ethics as design for flourishing is developed. The conventional notions of balancing and specif...
The Confucian concepts of filial piety and loyalty are examined in terms of social identity theory in order to illustrate the arrangement of interpersonal relationships between self and others in Confucian culture. Filial piety, the core idea of Confucian ethics for ordinary people, is explained in ...
Many animal species divide space into a patchwork of home ranges, yet there is little consensus on the mechanisms individuals use to maintain fidelity to particular locations. Theory suggests that animal movement could be based upon simple behavioural ru
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A total of 141 participants were enrolled in this prospective study. This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Tianjin Medical University Eye Hospital (Permit Number: 202005), and all procedures complied with the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki. All examinations were conducted after ...
The TOSCA study was approved with regard to research ethics and privacy issues by the ministry of education and cultural affairs from the state of Baden-Württemberg. All predictor variables (EVT constructs, vocational interests, and covariates) as well as math achievement were assessed at T1, ...
Auditory attention decoding (AAD) through a brain-computer interface has had a flowering of developments since it was first introduced by Mesgarani and Chang (2012) using electrocorticograph recordings. AAD has been pursued for its potential application to hearing-aid design in which an attention-gu...
Ethics statement All experiments with hamsters were performed in accordance with the Science Council of Japan’s Guidelines for the Proper Conduct of Animal Experiments. The protocols were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of National University Corporation Hokkaido University (ap...