This work presents an Ambient Intelligence system that targets energy consumption awareness and savings. The system was deployed at the School of Science and Technology of the International Hellenic University and follows a three-layer approach. The first layer hosts devices (currently smart plugs, sensor boards and smart clampers) suited for the purpose. The second layer, namely the aWESoME mi...

In two studies, we used the Ethics Position Questionnaire (EPQ) to investigate the relationship between individual differences in moral philosophy, involvement in the animal rights movement, and attitudes toward the treatment of animals. In the first, 600 animal rights activists attending a national demonstration and 266 nonactivist college students were given the EPQ. Analysis of the returns...

Wittgenstein characterises ‘necessary truths’ as rules of representation that do not answer to reality. The invocation has led many compare his work with Kant's. This comparison is illuminating, but it can also be misleading. Some go far casting Wittgenstein's later philosophy a specie transcendental idealism, an interpretation continues gather support despite scholars pointing its limitations....

This study aims to determine the effect of ethical ideology on judgment with professional commitment as a mediator. The respondents this were KAP auditors in Malang City. distribution questionnaires used obtained sample 77 respondents. research was tested using path analysis, results concluded that (idealism) has positive and can be mediated by commitment, while (relativism) hurts commitment. s...

The main purpose of this study was to develop and empirically test an integrated model that examines the antecedents outcomes consumers perceptions regarding online retailing ethics. A quantitative approach utilised data were collected from 797 consumers. We used AMOS 22.0 for assessing associations between latent variables. results analyses revealed uncertainty avoidance power distance are a k...

Abstract In The Philosophical Criticism , Alois Riehl developed a realistic interpretation of Kant’s transcendental idealism based on his theory space and time. doing so, more than 100 years ago, he formulated an the relation between thing in itself appearances that is discussed current research as metaphysical „dual aspect“ interpretation, although it rarely attributed to Riehl. To reconstruct...

Should an omnipotent being be able to limit its own power? Along with Swinburne, Dean Zimmerman answers in the affirmative. My intuitions push opposite direction. The ability one's power constitutes a vulnerability. In this paper, I argue that great deal hangs on issue. If God cannot revoke His omnipotence, then only necessarily existent can ever create anything truly ex nihilo. Moreover, if it...

Lewis and Charny have come under siege for suggesting remote questioning to decide appropriate medical care. While the criticisms are theoretically valid, the idea is so important practically that Lewis and Charny should be supported and their approach investigated as a way of making medical treatment at least more open and possibly more fair.

Regardless of one’s particular philosophical interests and convictions, it is evident that the notion of autonomy is an important one. However, agreement about the nature of autonomy and about what it requires has proven elusive in contemporary discussions. In Kant and the Fate of Autonomy Karl Ameriks addresses this impasse by going back to the historical roots of this notion in Kant and argui...