Trustworthiness

2019 ◽  
pp. 72-94 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Hawley
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagements ◽  
Future Commitments

This chapter explains the account of trustworthiness and untrustworthiness which fits the commitment account of trust and distrust. Trustworthiness is a matter of avoiding unfulfilled commitments, which requires both caution in incurring new commitments and diligence in fulfilling existing commitments. On this view, one can be trustworthy regardless of one’s motives for fulfilling one’s commitments. This is a negative account of trustworthiness, which means that one can be trustworthy whilst avoiding commitments as far as possible. In practice, through friendship, work and other social engagements we take on meta-commitments—commitments to incur future commitments. These can make it a matter of trustworthiness to take on certain new commitments. Untrustworthiness can arise from insincerity or bad intentions, but it can also arise from enthusiasm and becoming over-committed. A trustworthy person must not allow her commitments to outstrip her competence.

Coda

2021 ◽  
pp. 156-158
Author(s):  
Robert Volpicelli
Keyword(s):  
Social World ◽  
Academic Institution ◽  
Postwar Period ◽  
The Public ◽  
Alternative Perspective ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Us ◽  
The University ◽  
Lecture Tour ◽  
Social Engagements

The coda to this book uses modernist authors’ diverse engagements with academic institutions on the US lecture tour as an opportunity to reconsider long-standing scholarly narratives about modernist institutionalization. In particular, it argues that the academic institution is not the closed, autonomous space that critics frequently make it out to be and that modernism’s relocation into the university during the postwar period should not be seen as a retreat from the social world. After highlighting several scenes from this book that reflect an alternative perspective on modernism’s relationship with the university, the coda makes a final call for us to model our contemporary institutions on the US lecture tour’s diverse social engagements as a way of furthering recent efforts in the public humanities.

Mahopac, New York

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ethelene Whitmire
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Public Library ◽  
The United States ◽  
National Council ◽  
Urban League ◽  
Colored People ◽  
New York Public Library ◽  
Washington Heights ◽  
Social Engagements

This chapter describes Regina's active retirement years and examines her legacy. Regina lived for nearly a decade as a widow until February 5, 1993, when she died at the age of ninety-one in the Bethel Nursing Home. Regina's death was reported in the New York Amsterdam News—the newspaper that had covered her social engagements, creative pursuits, wedding, and professional accomplishments. Regina's last will was a testimony to her strong commitment to various organizations. Regina left several thousand dollars to various organizations located in New York City, including two thousand dollars to the National Urban League and an equal amount to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; one thousand dollars to National Council of Women of the United States, two thousand dollars to the American Council for Nationalities Services, and one thousand to the Washington Heights Branch of the New York Public Library.

Bacterial social engagements

2004 ◽  
Vol 14 (11) ◽  
pp. 648-656 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer M. Henke ◽  
Bonnie L. Bassler
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagements

scholarly journals Marital Status and Risk of Dementia: Does Race Matter?

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 745-746
Author(s):  
Zhenmei Zhang ◽  
Hui Liu ◽  
Seung-won Choi
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Longitudinal Study ◽  
Marital Status ◽  
Interest Group ◽  
Discrete Time ◽  
Preliminary Analysis ◽  
Event History ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Disease Research ◽  
Social Engagements

Abstract Previous research has shown that unmarried individuals (i.e., divorced, widowed, and never married) had a higher risk of dementia than their married counterparts. However, few studies examined whether the link between marital status and dementia varies by race. To fill the gap, we used data from the Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (2000-2014) and analyzed 15,379 respondents (13,278 non-Hispanic whites and 2,101 non-Hispanic blacks) ages 50 and older in 2000 who had no dementia. Discrete-time event history models were estimated. Our preliminary analysis showed that marital status was significantly associated with the odds of dementia for both whites and blacks. Furthermore, the associations between unmarried status (i.e., cohabiting, widowed, and never married) and dementia were stronger among blacks than whites. The effect of divorce on odds of dementia did not differ by race. The results were robust after controlling for socioeconomic status, health and lifestyle factors, and social engagements. Part of a symposium sponsored by the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Interest Group.

scholarly journals What Protective Health Measures Are Americans Taking in Response to COVID-19? Results from the COVID Impact Survey

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (17) ◽  
pp. 6295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fares Qeadan ◽  
Nana Akofua Mensah ◽  
Benjamin Tingey ◽  
Rona Bern ◽  
Tracy Rees ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Future Research ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Health Measures ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Large Household ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Engagements

With the emergence of the novel SARS-CoV-2 and the disease it causes; COVID-19, compliance with/adherence to protective measures is needed. Information is needed on which measures are, or are not, being undertaken. Data collected from the COVID Impact Survey, conducted by the non-partisan and objective research organization NORC at the University of Chicago on April, May, and June of 2020, were analyzed through weighted Quasi-Poisson regression modeling to determine the association of demographics, socioeconomics, and health conditions with protective health measures taken at the individual level in response to COVID-19. The three surveys included data from 18 regional areas including 10 states (CA, CO, FL, LA, MN, MO, MT, NY, OR, and TX) and 8 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (Atlanta, GA; Baltimore, MD; Birmingham, AL; Chicago, IL; Cleveland and Columbus, OH; Phoenix, AZ; and Pittsburgh, PA). Individuals with higher incomes, insurance, higher education levels, large household size, age 60+, females, minorities, those who have asthma, have hypertension, overweight or obese, and those who suffer from mental health issues during the pandemic were significantly more likely to report taking precautionary protective measures relative to their counterparts. Protective measures for the three subgroups with a known relationship to COVID-19 (positive for COVID-19, knowing an individual with COVID-19, and knowing someone who had died from COVID-19) were strongly associated with the protective health measures of washing hands, avoiding public places, and canceling social engagements. This study provides first baseline data on the response to the national COVID-19 pandemic at the individual level in the US. The found heterogeneity in the response to this pandemic by different variables can inform future research and interventions to reduce exposure to the novel SARS-CoV-2 virus.

scholarly journals Sacred Secularities: Ritual and Social Engagement in a Global Buddhist China

Religions ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 338 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens Reinke
Keyword(s):  
Social Engagement ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Asian Continent ◽  
Highly Educated ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Chinese Migrants ◽  
New Generation ◽  
Social Engagements ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The Temple

The Taiwanese order Fo Guang Shan is a major representative of renjian Buddhism. The order maintains a global network of over 200 temples and practice centers that spans over not only most of the Asian continent, but also includes Oceania, the Americas, Europe and Africa. This article examines how the order negotiates the modern secular/religious divide by considering the example of its flagship diaspora temple Hsi Lai Temple in L.A., California. Particular attention is given to two prevalent religious practices at the temple—ritual and social engagements—that are often associated with the ‘religious’ and the ‘secular’ respectively. Based on multi-sited ethnographic fieldwork, the article aims to assess the relationship between the two practices and discusses how they resonate with a new generation of highly educated, affluent Chinese migrants.

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