This paper defends a neo-Aristotelian conception of practical wisdom as virtue that enables human agents to reflect on and direct their lives toward virtuous ends over time. view is sometimes assumed require commitment an intellectualist Grand End or blueprint view. On view, would philosophical insight implausibly well worked out set weighted preferences. In this paper, I aim show particularist...

In this chapter, we challenge the current focus on income generating potential of online postgraduate programmes, arguing that more attention should be given to value education occurs. High quality programmes in which learning communities develop require input creative and innovative educators. The agency these individuals is largely obscured by wording institutional policy promotional material...

Aims: The purpose of this paper is to argue that it is important to recognize that addicts are morally accountable even for their addictive action, as moral agency is more generally an important factor in full-blown human agency. The challenge is to identify the problems that addicts have in their agency without discarding their potentially full-blown agency. Design: In philosophy of agency, mo...

the concept of right as one of the fundamental concepts of the law, policy and ethics, has been entered into legal discourse of iranian community. however, right is a contested concept, and any discussion of it requires theorizing. despite offering different views about the nature of right that can be categorized under two theories named will-based theory and utility-based theory, it seems that...

The present article examines the nature and function of human agency within the conceptual model of triadic reciprocal causation. In analyzing the operation of human agency in this interactional causal structure, social cognitive theory accords a central role to cognitive, vicarious, self-reflective, and self-regulatory processes. The issues addressed concern the psychological mechanisms throug...

Contamination by heavy metals has attracted increasing attention considering the ability of these elements in producing serious consequence to ecosystem, and especially on animals health. Due to their widespread use in human activities such as industry, agriculture and even as medicine (e.g. arsenic, selenium and platinum), numerous health risks may be associated with exposure to these substanc...

One of the goals of artificial life in the arts is to develop systems that exhibit creativity. We argue that creativity per se is a confusing goal for artificial life systems because of the complexity of the relationship between the system, its designers and users, and the creative domain. We analyse this confusion in terms of factors a↵ecting individual human motivation in the arts, and the me...

The aim of this article was to explore the relationship between human actors and technology in the context of a social media platform, developed by a leading Italian firm in the food industry, and created to keep in contact with its customers, while gathering innovative ideas from them. In order to address these issues, we adopt a theoretical approach that is deeply rooted in Pickering’s “mangl...