John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our understanding of ourselves as moral agents with psychological research on the unconscious mind. Much philosophical theorizing maintains that the exercise of morally responsible agency consist…
John M. Doris presents a new account of agency and responsibility, which reconciles our understanding of ourselves as moral agents with psychological research on the unconscious mind. Much philosophical theorizing maintains that the exercise of morally responsible agency consist…
Publisher's description: Fourth Generation Evaluation represents a monumental shift in evaluation practice. Guba and Lincoln point to the inherent problems faced by previous generations of evaluators--politics, ethical dilemmas, imperfections and gaps, inconclusive deductions--a…
"This volume frames the question of responsibility as a problem of agency in relation to the systems and structures of globalization. According to Ricoeur responsibility is a "shattered concept" when considered too narrowly as a problem of act, agency and individual freedom. To …
This dissertation is concerned with literary and postcolonial (re)configurations of resistance and negotiation as concepts through which to approach representations of postcolonial conflict in contemporary African literatures. These concepts operate at various levels of the narr…
This dissertation seeks to develop a novel account of the responsibility members of a group bear for transgressions in which they did not participate. More specifically, the dissertation argues that individual members of a group may be blamed for group transgressions independent…
This thesis analyzes the social responsibility multinational oil and gas enterprises have with respect to the societal and environmental impact of their operations. Historically, these firms have exploited natural resources in regions around the world without adhering to any str…
The particularity and concrete determinacy of Christian confession of faith In Jesus Christ necessarily comes at the cost of a certain inevitable sacrifice with regard to an ethical relation to Jews and Judaism—an irreducible theological dissonance, or conflictual difference, in…
Recounts the experiences of the author, a college graduate, as he spends one year living as a homeless person and learns valuable lessons about what it takes to break out of the cycle of poverty in the United States.