Optimal social choice functions: a utilitarian view
... None of these assumptions is valid in all social choice settings. The foundations of von Neumann and Morgenstern [2003] expected utility theory treat the strength of preference for alternatives expressed by a utility function as representing an individual’s (ordinal) preferences over lotteries or ga ...
... None of these assumptions is valid in all social choice settings. The foundations of von Neumann and Morgenstern [2003] expected utility theory treat the strength of preference for alternatives expressed by a utility function as representing an individual’s (ordinal) preferences over lotteries or ga ...
Methods to define and evaluate socially responsible investments
... topic. Rather, we present a summary from the two fields where research has been conducted and the different findings that have been presented. In strategic management science, the debate on corporate social versus corporate financial performance goes back to the opposing views of Friedman (1970) and ...
... topic. Rather, we present a summary from the two fields where research has been conducted and the different findings that have been presented. In strategic management science, the debate on corporate social versus corporate financial performance goes back to the opposing views of Friedman (1970) and ...
chapter 7 ethics, diversity, and respect in multicultural counselling
... discipline value rules of conduct because, in adjudicating ethics complaints, it is easier to judge whether or not the rules have been violated. However, rules reflect cultural beliefs and, therefore, rules that are developed in one cultural context may be inappropriate in another context. The princ ...
... discipline value rules of conduct because, in adjudicating ethics complaints, it is easier to judge whether or not the rules have been violated. However, rules reflect cultural beliefs and, therefore, rules that are developed in one cultural context may be inappropriate in another context. The princ ...
Validation and Verification in Social Simulation: Patterns and
... In summary, for Oreskes et al., simulations can be validated and confirmed but never verified. The primary value of simulation would be to “offer evidence to strengthen what may be already partly established, or to offer heuristic guidance as to further research, but never susceptible to proof.” For ...
... In summary, for Oreskes et al., simulations can be validated and confirmed but never verified. The primary value of simulation would be to “offer evidence to strengthen what may be already partly established, or to offer heuristic guidance as to further research, but never susceptible to proof.” For ...
THE CONNOTATIVE ASPECT OF THE CONCEPT OF CLASS
... himself is not clear on this issue. A constant criterion applicable by Marx in distinguishing classes consists in the ownership of the means of production. Trough this economic approach, he draws the following main partition of society: capitalists, proletarians and landowners. All the other classes ...
... himself is not clear on this issue. A constant criterion applicable by Marx in distinguishing classes consists in the ownership of the means of production. Trough this economic approach, he draws the following main partition of society: capitalists, proletarians and landowners. All the other classes ...
Corporate Social Performance and Stock Returns
... involve some stock selection using a model rather than an equally weighted investment in the screened or unscreened stocks. ...
... involve some stock selection using a model rather than an equally weighted investment in the screened or unscreened stocks. ...
The multi-trajectory theory of adult firesetting (M
... the process of theory development to think about the relative strength of their theory. Hooker (1987) and Newton-Smith (2002) have argued, for example, that the following criteria can be helpful for comparing relative utility of theories: empirical adequacy (i.e., is the theory supported by existing ...
... the process of theory development to think about the relative strength of their theory. Hooker (1987) and Newton-Smith (2002) have argued, for example, that the following criteria can be helpful for comparing relative utility of theories: empirical adequacy (i.e., is the theory supported by existing ...
International Sociological Association Mid
... arrangements. Rational and common formation of will and decision-making can only be realized in discursive communication which is characterized by taking into account all the other viewpoints and the ability to criticize the moral views which have been subjected to discussion. However, carrying out ...
... arrangements. Rational and common formation of will and decision-making can only be realized in discursive communication which is characterized by taking into account all the other viewpoints and the ability to criticize the moral views which have been subjected to discussion. However, carrying out ...
List of all Workshops
... outcomes is a common application of network visualizations, however they are not only for use at the end of a research project; they can also yield first impressions of data in a very early stage of this process. The precondition for effective information visualization and successful visual reasonin ...
... outcomes is a common application of network visualizations, however they are not only for use at the end of a research project; they can also yield first impressions of data in a very early stage of this process. The precondition for effective information visualization and successful visual reasonin ...
john mingers - Kent Academic Repository
... principles can be traced back to the Greeks, especially Aristotle2. Traditional disciplines that were involved include biology, psychology and even quantum physics, while new disciplines emerged, based on systemic ideas, such as ecology and cybernetics. There was a major epistemological break within ...
... principles can be traced back to the Greeks, especially Aristotle2. Traditional disciplines that were involved include biology, psychology and even quantum physics, while new disciplines emerged, based on systemic ideas, such as ecology and cybernetics. There was a major epistemological break within ...
Valuable Subversions: Gendered Generativity
... area around the house will typically also be used as a garden where sweet potato and cucumbers are important crops. All households also have a number of fruit trees providing important variation to the sadza-based diet and mango, lemon, tangerine, avocado and papaya trees are scattered across Honde’ ...
... area around the house will typically also be used as a garden where sweet potato and cucumbers are important crops. All households also have a number of fruit trees providing important variation to the sadza-based diet and mango, lemon, tangerine, avocado and papaya trees are scattered across Honde’ ...
- Maynooth University ePrints and eTheses Archive
... private lifestyles and public action, which I think is actively misleading if we want to understand the formation of counter cultures. Instead, what needs doing is to replace those forms of visible public activity within these lived contexts, and here the notion of "networks" can be a very useful he ...
... private lifestyles and public action, which I think is actively misleading if we want to understand the formation of counter cultures. Instead, what needs doing is to replace those forms of visible public activity within these lived contexts, and here the notion of "networks" can be a very useful he ...
QJAE 18 no. 2 Summer 2015 Mueller The Missing
... when three economists dissatisfied with the failure of classical predictions (W.S. Jevons in England, Carl Menger in Austria, and Leon Walras in Switzerland) independently but almost simultaneously reinvented Augustine’s theory of utility, starting its reintegration with the theories of production a ...
... when three economists dissatisfied with the failure of classical predictions (W.S. Jevons in England, Carl Menger in Austria, and Leon Walras in Switzerland) independently but almost simultaneously reinvented Augustine’s theory of utility, starting its reintegration with the theories of production a ...
SFR12_06 Jordan et al GR01.indd
... loads and demanding tasks—in both the social and physical domains. The importance of considering these niche parameters in combination with mechanisms is demonstrated by a portion of Gintis and van Schaik’s account of prosociality (this volume). On this view, our primate ancestors evolved a complex ...
... loads and demanding tasks—in both the social and physical domains. The importance of considering these niche parameters in combination with mechanisms is demonstrated by a portion of Gintis and van Schaik’s account of prosociality (this volume). On this view, our primate ancestors evolved a complex ...
6. Words as Moral Badges. A Continuous Flow of Buzzwords in
... with trends in the surrounding cultures. Explanations of the appeal of a particular symbol, from an anthropological point of view, often relate to side connotations. In this case they do not relate to the precise definitions that are subject to contestation, but to complex semantic fields, cross-cut ...
... with trends in the surrounding cultures. Explanations of the appeal of a particular symbol, from an anthropological point of view, often relate to side connotations. In this case they do not relate to the precise definitions that are subject to contestation, but to complex semantic fields, cross-cut ...
