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What Makes Diets Political? Moral Foundations and the Left-Wing-Vegan Connection

ideologies of conservation. Logical contradictions and historical counter-examples cast doubt on a substantive connection between political orientation and meat-eating. Instead, common psychological factors ... -restrictive vs. omnivore eating preferences. Moral foundations have been shown to explain why even seemingly contradictory issue stances are brought forward in the context of the same ideological or political

Life is not Fair: Get Used to It! A Personal Perspective on Contemporary Social Justice Research

; Coping Introduction Many academic disciplines are interested in the concept of justice, particularly law, philosophy, sociology and theology. Justice is about equality/equity, fairness, impartiality ... . Thus, they would be attracted to social justice research and probably be very homogenous in terms of their socio-political outlook. Perhaps younger researchers have a keener—and different—sense(s) of

The Language of Inclusion: Using Critical Corpus-Based Methods to Study the Presence and Representation of “Women, Children and Vulnerable Groups” in Liberia’s Truth Commission

static identities, fixation on sexual violence and child soldier recruitment, and subject positions lacking in positive or political capabilities. This duality points to inherent tensions in the expressive ... semantic presence, the close context in which they are embedded, and the emotional valence of their surrounding text. The results of these linguistic analyses are connected to the wider socio-political and

On the Road to Justice: Some Selected Suggestions for the Future of Social Justice Research

future, in particular for studies to solve complex societal and global problems. Social justice; Micro-macro problem; Philosophy; Group interventions; Quality management; Interdisciplinarity Introduction ... tradition of Scottish moral philosophy. His first classic work is ‘The theory of moral sentiments’ (1759). In this book he presents a theory of the development of (mutual) sympathy of sentiments and the

Introduction: Wealth, Inequality and Redistribution in Capitalist Societies

perceive wealth inequality and the wealthy; (b) by asking why the non-wealthy seldom oppose wealth inequality; and (c) by reconstructing how political and economic elites conceive of wealth-related policies ... has hardly been challenged by larger societal counter-movements or political parties since the Occupy Wall Street movement in the wake of the Financial Crisis in 2008/9. In order to better understand

Some Comments on Justice and Democracy

whole. Political Consequences Democracy is a political model that should fit well into the justice motive theory. The word democracy comes from the Greek words “demos”, meaning people, and “kratos ... just. In fact, I am convinced that answering these questions would be helpful as well for the politicians themselves before deciding. Often political decisions are not the consequences of a rational

The “Economic Battle” Now and Then: (E)valuation Patterns of Distributive Justice in Cuban State-Socialism

rewards), but it also accounts for distribution outcomes and resulting (in)equalities (actual rewards). The results of the comparative case study of the Cuban framework of institutions and political leaders ... literature, so-called moral rewards—mainly referred to as moral incentives—are generally linked to the political-economic philosophy of Ernesto “Che” Guevara and his followers. As described by the literature

Correction to: The Organizational Underpinnings of Social Justice Theory Development

gone on to have impact on a number of fields concerned with addressing social, political and economic issues. At the same time shifts in the field of psychology have increasingly marginalized social

“Poison to the Economy”: (Un-)Taxing the Wealthy in the German Federal Parliament from 1996 to 2016

scrutinize how the interrelation between political discourse and institutional architectures has facilitated the rise of wealth inequality in recent decades. ... ; Saez & Zucman, 2019; Swank, 2016) . While the institutional and political drivers behind tax cuts for the wealthy are increasingly well understood (Glennerster, 2011; Hacker & Pierson, 2010; Saez

The Merit of Ascription? Economic Elite Perceptions of Inheritance Taxation

threat of a social order led by an “inherited oligarchy” (Stiglitz, 2012) 1 and the risk that economic inequality becomes inherited political inequality (Putnam, 2015:237) . In this article, I seek to ... repertoires are used to explain economic disparities, and what political grammars are utilized in a pluralistic and democratic public sphere, among others (Lamont & Thévenot, 2000; Sachweh, 2012) . By

Sistema para la investigación académica

builds the documental references that will be cited on research papers. The software is based on the object oriented (OO) programming philosophy using Microsoft Access as a widely used relational database

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

Yeke Caaji, the Mongol-Oyirod Great Code of 1640: Innovation in Eurasian State Formation

Mongolian. Historically it marked one of the last political strategies of two divisions of the Mongol Empire, established by Chinggis Khaan in 1206, to remain free of external political authority. The ... his dismissal of the Great Code as important in any meaningful way. One year later, in 2006, a group of papers in Imperial Statecraft explored political forms and governance techniques in Inner Asia

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Affliction without Affliction: A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

A Translation of the Nakulapitāsutta and its Commentaries

sophisticated system of cross-references wisely intertwined with a bulk of original elucidations.  This combination illustrates some prominent aspects of Pali Buddhist philosophy and provides a precious series of

Tarōbō by Rohan Koda: translated into English by Tsutomu Nagata

his generation, he did not study abroad or receive Westernized higher education. His works are based on East Asian aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy rather than the European literary trends that

The Art of Being Ethical and Responsible: Print Media Debate on Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel in Finland and Sweden

contrasting discourses and perspectives, including the perceptions of justice concerning NWM ( Krütli et al., 2010 ). Thirdly, country-specific socio-political, legal-administrative and economictechnical ... (2014, 232; also GreenPedersen and Wilkerson, 2006) has indeed argued that agenda-setting research has amply explored the ways in which media coverage influences the issue priorities of political actors

Autochthony Belief and Making Amends to Indigenous Peoples: The Role of Collective Moral Emotions

Political Philosophy , 11 ( 1 ), 65 - 88 . https://doi.org/10.1111/ 1467 - 9760 . 00167 . Montada , L. , & Schneider , A. ( 1989 ). Justice and emotional reactions to the disadvantaged . Social Justice ... = female), age (in years), educational level (year 10 or less; year 12; certificate or diploma; bachelor level; postgraduate level), and the often used political selfplacement scale (ranging from 1 (strongly

The Dark Side of Meritocratic Beliefs: Is Believing in Meritocracy Detrimental to Individuals from Low Socioeconomic Backgrounds?

the expected direction of the causal relationship between beliefs and social or political outcomes: whereas scholars have traditionally looked at the distributions of beliefs among individuals assuming ... . , Roscigno , V. J. , & Kalev , A. ( 2011 ). Racial discrimination, interpretation, and legitimation at work . Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science , 634 ( 1 ), 39 - 59 . https