In the first case, naturalism has led to a devaluation of human beings, who no longer have inherent dignity and worth, and there is no ultimate purpose for man.i Since we are all just the random result of evolution, there is no basis for law or morality, and death is the end of personal existence. In the second case, postmodernism has promoted the idea that meaning and purpose are illusory goal...

A 2-session study examined Indian and American adults' and children's (N = 140) reasoning about moral dilemmas involving conflicts between interpersonal and justice expectations. Most Indians gave priority to the interpersonal expectations, whereas most Americans gave priority to the justice expectations. Indians tended to categorize their conflict resolutions in moral terms. In contrast, when ...

This comment reflects on the recent row over Woodrow Wilson's legacy, which has focussed on his undeniable racism. This was in pursuit of a 'Progressive' agenda which paved the way for the United States to become the geopolitical force that it continues to be today. Without necessarily approving of Wilson's particular judgements, I argue that he operated with a 'world-historic' sense of moralit...

The Over-Constrained Scheduling Model (OCSM) is introduced as a way to accommodate negotiation in over-constrained, distributed scheduling problems. The OCSM is appropriate for negotiation among a group of peers and is also applicable to a manager that must balance conflicting views of its workers. The distributed scheduling algorithm that is used selects a candidate from the priority list of r...

First-Degree Würde: A Means to What End?! An Examination of Human Dignity and Moral Status in Kantian Ethics and Utilitarianism! ! Kantian Ethics! ! In Chapter 10 of his famous book Leviathan, philosopher Thomas Hobbes writes on the topic of the worth of a person. He writes, “The ‘value,’ or ‘worth,’ of a man is, as of all other things, his price; that is to say, so much as would be given for t...

Abstract The economies of worth, a theory moral cognition and coordination by sociologist Luc Boltanski economist Laurent Thévenot, are increasingly used in organization management studies. We critically review broad selection this literature to assess what has been gained from the interdisciplinary translations original theory. identify multiple patterns that contribute different angles consis...