The Vulnerability of Integrity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. K. Ing
Keyword(s):  
Social Value ◽  
The Self ◽  
Moral Action ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
Value Conflicts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Confucian Self ◽  
The Way

This chapter begins with a description of the Confucian self and then discusses the porous nature of this self with regard to the connections and boundaries that are seen to exist between the individual and others. The majority focuses on integrity, which is explained in terms of de德‎. The notion of de德‎ highlights the charismatic aspects of integrity such that integrity in an early Confucian context is understood as a power to motivate others to perform their roles in relationships. This power is obstructed or weakened in situations of irresolvable value conflict. De德‎ is a social value associated with the way in which moral actions enable the realization of the self, which is partially constituted by relationships. Integrity, as such, is vulnerable to irresolvable value conflicts and unfortunate situations because in those circumstances moral action is impeded such that meaningful relations cannot be maintained.

Perspective on the Psychology of Self

1977 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 423-436 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul H. Wright
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Group Relations ◽  
Internal Organization ◽  
Motivational Variable ◽  
Behavioral Tendencies ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

The present perspective on the psychology of self developed out of a search for an adequate conception of the person to round out an incompleteness in a model of friendship. After a review of five major points of disagreement among self theorists, a perspective is presented which distinguishes between the self as an identifiable entity and the specific attributes the individual regards as characteristic of that entity. Processes are proposed by which the person comes to develop a conception of himself as an identifiable entity, and the way in which his self-attributions, i.e., conceptions of what that entity is like, develop and change. A key motivational variable is the individual's concern with the well-being and worth of the entity identified as self. This key variable not only has important implications for the internal organization of self-attributes but also is manifest in four behavioral tendencies that provide a motivational link between the self and dyadic and person-group relations.

scholarly journals La dualitude comme identité mystique chez Henry Corbin

2021 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
pp. 45-58
Author(s):  
Daniel Proulx ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Personal Relationship ◽  
Mundus Imaginalis ◽  
Historical Origin ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

"Henry Corbin is the creator of many neologisms. The term imaginal, related to the phrase mundus imaginalis, is probably the best known among them. Few researchers have come to realize that the term dualitude is also a Corbinian neologism. By first exploring the historical origin of the term in Corbinian thought, I propose then to explain the metaphysical role given by him to the term, but also the way in which the concept ensures the coherence of “mystical identity”. As a matter of fact, Corbin places at the heart of “mystical identity” the principle of dualitude of the Self and the Ego. For Corbin, the metaphysical structure of monotheistic angelology rests on this principle and allows a personal relationship between the individual and the divine."

scholarly journals Tipos de conflicto ético y formas de gestionarlos en la educación social y el trabajo social. Retos en las políticas de formación

2017 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Jesús Vilar Martín ◽  
Gisela Riberas Bargalló
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Education ◽  
Value Conflict ◽  
Ethical Conflict ◽  
Value Conflicts ◽  
Effective Training ◽  
Trabajo Social ◽  
The Way

This paper presents the results of an investigation that analyses two important and interrelated issues: firstly, what are the main types of ethical conflict that social education and social work professionals experiment with; and secondly, which are the most prevalent management forms. From the data obtained, the elements that determine the way the professionals tackle value conflicts are identified, and criterion are suggested in order to implement more effective training policies to approach situations of complexity, as in the case of value conflict.

Escaping Possessive Individualism

2019 ◽  
pp. 171-206
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Bromley
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Dynamic Process ◽  
Evolutionary Economics ◽  
The Self ◽  
Managerial Capitalism ◽  
Evolutionary Science ◽  
Possessive Individualism ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

Contemporary economics stands implicated in the triumph of possessive individualism. In viewing the individual as nothing but a utility-maximizing consumer, economic theory offers apologetics for the self-interested tendencies that imperil personhood. Managerial capitalism reifies the acquisitive urges embedded in contemporary economics. As the defects of managerial capitalism become apparent, escape seems impossible. This mental barrier persists because economics is not an evolutionary science. An economy is always in the process of becoming, and yet economic theory denies this “becoming” to consumers whose tastes and preferences are assumed to be unchanging—and none of our business. The escape requires an evolutionary economics that recognizes the individual as constantly engaged in a process of experiencing life and necessarily adapting to it. In that dynamic process, individuals are also crafting their own future. An evolutionary economics can help light the way as societies seek escape from the grip of possessive individualism.

Sternenpolitik

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-85
Author(s):  
Christian Reidenbach
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Discourse ◽  
Dual Role ◽  
The Self ◽  
The Political ◽  
Physical Description ◽  
French Academy ◽  
Collective Interaction ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Academy Of Sciences ◽  
The Way

Abstract Fontenelle’s dual role as a representative of the Modernes as well as the perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences explains his hesitation in making any public statements about politics. Nevertheless, this article identifies within his best-known Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds a liberal interpretation of the heavens that is supported by the metaphorical transfer between political semantics and the field of cosmology. The idea of this liberality flourishes in the gallant dialogue between two protagonists (the marquise and the philosopher), unfolds within the context of an opening, expert scientific discourse, and is reflected through the physical description of a commerce among celestial vortices. Thus, different aspects of the political within the Conversations are examined - starting from the self-understanding of the individual all the way up to the idea of an egalitarian universe that is characterised by collective interaction.

scholarly journals The Nature of the Self, Self-regulation and Moral Action: Implications from the Confucian Relational Self and Buddhist Non-self

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Irene Chu ◽  
Mai Chi Vu
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
The Self ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
Relational Self ◽  
Moral Action ◽  
Organizational Contexts ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Individual Self

AbstractThe concept of the self and its relation to moral action is complex and subject to varying interpretations, not only between different academic disciplines but also across time and space. This paper presents empirical evidence from a cross-cultural study on the Buddhist and Confucian notions of self in SMEs in Vietnam and Taiwan. The study employs Hwang’s Mandala Model of the Self, and its extension into Shiah’s non-self-model, to interpret how these two Eastern philosophical representations of the self, the Confucian relational self and Buddhist non-self, can lead to moral action. By demonstrating the strengths of the model, emphasizing how social and cultural influences constrain the individual self and promote the social person leading to moral action, the paper extends understanding of the self with empirical evidence of the mechanisms involved in organizational contexts.

How algorithms see their audience: media epistemes and the changing conception of the individual

2019 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1176-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eran Fisher ◽  
Yoav Mehozay
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Empirical Research ◽  
Social Theory ◽  
The Self ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

The rise of digital media has witnessed a paradigmatic shift in the way that media outlets conceptualize and classify their audience. Whereas during the era of mass media, ‘seeing’ the audience was based on a scientific episteme combining social theory and empirical research, with digital media ‘seeing’ the audience has come to be dominated by a new episteme, based on big data and algorithms. This article argues that the algorithmic episteme does not see the audience more accurately, but differently. Whereas the scientific episteme upheld an ascriptive conception which assigned individuals to a particular social category, the algorithmic episteme assumes a performative individual, based on behavioral data, sidestepping any need for a theory of the self. Since the way in which the media see their audience is constitutive, we suggest that the algorithmic episteme represents a new way to think about human beings.

scholarly journals Learning to Circumvent the Limitations of the Written-Self: The Rhetorical Benefits of Poetic Fragmentation and Internet ‘Catfishing’

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meghan Punschke Nolan
Keyword(s):  
Literary Theory ◽  
Composition Studies ◽  
The Self ◽  
Written Communication ◽  
Internet Culture ◽  
Moral Accountability ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

One of the most complex relationships we have to convey as humans is the written identification of that which we call the self. Despite the fact that we are multifaceted beings, contemporary lingual limitations often force the perception of the individual as a definitive entity through three fundamental normative communication standards: authority, authenticity and moral accountability. This essay examines the resulting paradoxes of writerly identity in relation to these constructs, and simultaneously proposes that the way to rectify such issues is to embrace disparate identity performances of writings past and present.Using research from multiple disciplines, including sociolinguistics, literary theory, and composition studies, this essay asserts that there is a great deal to be learned from the practices of two unlikely genres of written communication— Specifically, it draws a parallel between current internet culture and poetics, as the phenomenon of “catfishing” (or creating and portraying complex fictional identities through online profiles) parallels earlier Modernist acts of fragmentation through poetry. Therefore, this paper argues that although their motives may differ considerably, both endeavours are useful rhetorical performances in that they provide a practical framework for circumventing common lingual identity traps. Ultimately, it suggests that these unconventional perspectives of the “impersonal” in and through writing can help us to (re)approach the methodology of lingual identification and those written performances of the self (professional and everyday) that may not properly serve us.

Hierarchical switching in a multi-dimensional task space is not induced by specific task cues

2001 ◽  
Vol 209 (2) ◽  
pp. 105-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kleinsorge ◽  
Herbert Heuer ◽  
Volker Schmidtke
Keyword(s):  
Specific Task ◽  
Task Space ◽  
Basic Pattern ◽  
Task Representation ◽  
Switching Mechanism ◽  
Factorial Combination ◽  
Individual Task ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Way

Summary. When participants have to shift between four tasks that result from a factorial combination of the task dimensions judgment (numerical vs. spatial) and mapping (compatible vs. incompatible), a characteristic profile of shift costs can be observed that is suggestive of a hierarchical switching mechanism that operates upon a dimensionally ordered task representation, with judgment on the top and the response on the bottom of the task hierarchy ( Kleinsorge & Heuer, 1999 ). This switching mechanism results in unintentional shifts on lower levels of the task hierarchy whenever a shift on a higher level has to be performed, leading to non-shift costs on the lower levels. We investigated whether this profile depends on the way in which the individual task dimensions are cued. When the cues for the task dimensions were exchanged, the basic pattern of shift costs was replicated with only minor modifications. This indicates that the postulated hierarchical switching mechanism operates independently of the specifics of task cueing.

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