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Voluntary Programs: A Club Theory Perspective
Discusses which voluntary business organizations succeed in their socially responsible aims and why by focusing mostly on the rules of the organization.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262259132
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- 1 online resource (x, 342 pages)
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Addiction and responsibility
This volume offers a range of perspectives on addiction and responsibility and how the two are bound together. Distinguished contributors dicuss questions concerning whether or not we are responsible for our own addictions and what responsibilities others have to help.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262295635
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- 1 online resource (xii, 306 pages) :illustrations.
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Shopping for good
Where public policy fails, can consumer choices lead the way to more ethical and sustainable production practices?OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262306058
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- 1 online resource (103 pages).
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Responsible brains :neuroscience, law, and human culpability
An examination of the relationship between the brain and culpability that offers a comprehensive neuroscientific theory of human responsibility. When we praise, blame, punish, or reward people for their actions, we are holding them responsible for what they have done. Common sense tells us that what makes human beings responsible has to do with their minds and, in particular, the relationship b…
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- 9780262349277
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- 1 online resource (viii, 292 pages)
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The stubborn system of moral responsibility
"The philosophical commitment to moral responsibility seems unshakable. But, argues Bruce Waller, the philosophical belief in moral responsibility is much stronger than the philosophical arguments in favor of it. Philosophers have tried to make sense of moral responsibility for centuries, with mixed results. Most contemporary philosophers insist that even conclusive proof of determinism would n…
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- 9780262327404
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Engaging the Everyday: Environmental Social Criticism and the Resonance Dilemma
An argument that environmental challenges will only resonate with citizens of affluent postindustrial countries if sustainability concerns emerge from everyday practices.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262327107
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- 1 online resource (ix, 253 pages)
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Against moral responsibility
Here, Bruce Waller launches a spirited attack on a system that is profoundly entrenched in our society and its institutions deeply rooted in our emotions, and vigorously defended by philosophers from ancient times to the present.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262298940
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Moral psychology.
"A Bradford book."Traditional philosophers approached the issues of free will and moral responsibility through conceptual analysis that seldom incorporated findings from empirical science. In recent decades, however, striking developments in psychology and neuroscience have captured the attention of many moral philosophers. This volume of Moral Psychology offers essays, commentaries, and replie…
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- 9780262321488
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Global environmental governance reconsidered
An examination of three major trends in global governance, exemplified by developments in transnational environmental rule-setting.The notion of global governance is widely studied in academia and increasingly relevant to politics and policy making. Yet many of its fundamental elements remain unclear in both theory and practice. This book offers a fresh perspective by analyzing global governanc…
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- 9780262305709
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 301 pages).
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Action, Ethics, and Responsibility
Most philosophical explorations of responsibility discuss the topic solely in terms of metaphysics and the 'free will' problem. By contrast, these essays by leading philosophers view responsibility from a variety of perspectives - metaphysics ethics, action theory, and the philosophy of law.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262289276
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- 1 online resource (vi, 307 pages).
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