Dobro i zło w świetle logiki preferencji

Etyka ◽  
1973 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 157-162
Author(s):  
Leszek Nowak
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Good For ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Good And Evil

G. H. von Wright’s definition of the concept of good reads: the state of a thing p is good (for a definite subject) when it is preferred by that subject before the state of affairs non-p. This definition implies that when a man sentenced to death has no other choice except between death on the gallows or after tortures and when he chooses the former kind of death, then death by hanging is good for him. A certain way of escaping this consequence is outlined but since it leads to a definition vulnerable to other objections a different definition of the concepts of good and evil in the term of G. H. von Wright’s theory is suggested.

scholarly journals Comprehensive Statistical Assessment of Indexes of Economic Growth and Material Welfare of the Ukrainian regions

2018 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 88-101
Author(s):  
Yu. Ye. Prydannykova
Keyword(s):  
Economic Growth ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Statistical Data ◽  
Mutual Influence ◽  
The State ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
The Stability ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Material Welfare

The article offers the statistical methodology for assessment of relationship between economic growth and material welfare of the Ukrainian regions based on the method of complex statistical coefficients by using statistical data for 2016. The theoretical and applied aspects of opportunities of studied method for comprehensive rating assessment of Ukrainian regions through standardizing the values of examined indexes in economic and material welfare spheres are considered. Definition of the term “material welfare of a population” is given in the article. Material welfare of a population is determined in time quantitative-qualitative characteristic of standard of living of population of a country as summarized result of the state policy in social field and economic activity of a population in production and consumption fields. Structured and logical schema of mutual influence between the spheres of economics and material welfare of a population is suggested by the author. It was found that the standard of living of a population directly generates material welfare that in turn to be a background for a quality of life. At the same time such distribution of macroeconomic definitions is a new approach enable for statistical studying of relationship between the state of economy and the sphere of material welfare of Ukrainian population. Rating assessment is calculated by available statistical data obtained from the results of state statistical observation performance. In this regard formation of the system of 119 indicators that comprehensively describes the levels of development of material welfare sphere and county’s economy has been conducted. The final results of the assessment are studied in comparison with some other well-known rating assessments in these spheres. Тhe article proclaims that statistical studying of correlation between indexes of economic sphere and indexes in the sphere of material welfare is necessary. For that purpose, it has been developed the way of assessment the degree of relationship of studied spheres based on complex weighted coefficient of variances according to the formula proposed by the author. From the results of calculations of that coefficient and according to the criteria for assessing the stability of a correlation it is justified that the gap between the levels of economic development and material welfare of a population of Ukrainian regions should be reduced. Such approach is considered to determine exact tasks for public administration policy to increase economic growth in relationship with material welfare of a population. It can be an effective tool for managing the state of affairs, planning in performance management process and improving the value of relationship between the levels of development in the spheres under review.

scholarly journals The evil and crime: moral and legal dimension

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-241
Author(s):  
A D Kerimov ◽  
E V Halipova
Keyword(s):  
Moral Responsibility ◽  
Intrinsic Value ◽  
Criminal Policy ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
The State ◽  
Philosophy Of Law ◽  
The Government ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Unlawful Conduct ◽  
Good And Evil

The article, in fact, a response to the ideas contained in the monograph A.I.Aleksandrova "evil philosophy and the philosophy of Crime (questions of philosophy of law, criminal policy and criminal procedure)." Readers are invited to meditation, inspired by philosophical and legal views A.I.Aleksandrova on such fundamental issues as the understanding and the ratio of good and evil crimes and atrocities, socially approved, lawful and unlawful conduct, political and moral responsibility of the government of the state of affairs in the field of the fight against crime, the intrinsic value of education, education and education not only youth, but also all citizens of the state of organized society, and others.

scholarly journals Polysemie du verbe manger chez les Dagara du Burkina Faso

2007 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-209
Author(s):  
Penou-Achille Some
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
The State ◽  
Grammatical Structure ◽  
Abstract Schema ◽  
Good For ◽  
State Of Affairs

In Dagara, the most common translation for the verb di is 'eat'. Other translations, however, are: 'spend, take advantage of 'burn, wear out, hurt, be infected,' 'be named x, look like x, be x only by name,' and 'be topmost, reach the target, make good for a bad situation'. For each of these meanings, di always differs from its false-synonyms ('munch, blaze, wear, hurt, call, be or have, resemble, manage, make up for. . .'). We distinguish two main types, one where di is a verb of accomplishment, and one where di is a verb of state. The investigation reveals how grammatical structure fits with semantics as well as ethnological data, mainly through a constant valuation of the state of affairs by the Speaker. The article concludes by showing how all of the meanings can be united around a single common, abstract schema.

scholarly journals The Zimbabwean Film Industry

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nyasha Mboti
Keyword(s):  
General Feature ◽  
Film Industry ◽  
The State ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Work In Progress ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Two Parameters ◽  
First Time ◽  
Funding Distribution

This article explores the state of affairs in Zimbabwe’s film industry. It addresses the question: does a Zimbabwean film industry exist? The complex answer depends on at least two parameters. The first is one’s chosen definition of a film industry. The second is the extent of one’s knowledge of realities on the ground. The article argues that the Zimbabwean film industry, like most in Africa, is necessarily a work in progress. That is, it is constantly adapting to social, political and economic conditions in the search for a sustainable model or growth. Since 1980, the industry has been in a prolonged search for itself. A general feature has been the search for ways with which to replace thirty-year old colonial heritages of filmmaking, distribution and exhibition. Today what was traditionally a minority activity is becoming open to broader participation. The future, though, remains an unknown x. Funding, distribution and profitability are still sore points. For the first time, however, what seem like true foundations are being laid.

scholarly journals Contouren van een christelijke seksuele ethiek

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 349-367
Author(s):  
A.L.Th. De Bruijne
Keyword(s):  
Western Culture ◽  
The State ◽  
Modern Concept ◽  
Sexual Ethics ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Late Modern

This essay outlines the contours for Christian sexual ethics in the context of late modern concept of ‘sexuality’ and the state of affairs in current Western culture. On theological-anthropological grounds the essay distinguishes between sex and eros and proposes a definition of sexuality; basic biblical-theological themes point to a Christological-eschatological approach, including a plea for ascetism and sexual selfdiscipline. The essay then discusses a number of practical-ethical topics, including sexuality in marriage, cohabitation, masturbation, transgenderism and homosexuality.

PERCEPTION OF THE ENTITY'S SECURITY

2020 ◽  
Vol XIII ◽  
pp. 1-2
Author(s):  
Jerzy Kupiński
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Subjective Perception ◽  
Conceptual Apparatus ◽  
The Subject ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Right ◽  
Perception Of Security

The article analyzes the definition of security as the state of affairs in which the subject is located. Attention was focused on objective and subjective perception of security. On the basis of the quoted views, an attempt was made to create a conceptual apparatus enabling the assessment of safety states and danger in correlation with the right and wrong perception of the subject of perceiving opportunities and threats to its environment

scholarly journals What are Emotions? Structure and Function of Emotions

Studia Humana ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 29-44
Author(s):  
Cezary Mordka
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Physiological Changes ◽  
Reliable Determination ◽  
Stipulative Definition ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Set Up ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
And Function

Abstract This paper attempts to coin a stipulative definition of “emotions” to determine their functions. In this sense, “emotion” is a complex phenomenon consisting of an accurate (reliable) determination of the state of affairs in relation to the state of the subject and specific “points of adaptation”. Apart from the cognitive aspect, this phenomenon also includes behavior, physiological changes and expressions (facial expression, voice, posture), feelings, and “execution” of emotions in the nervous system. Emotions fulfill informative, calibrating, identifying, existential, and motivating functions. Emotions capture the world as either positive or negative, important or unimportant, and are used to determine and assign weightings (to set up a kind of hierarchy). They emerge automatically (involuntarily), are difficult (or hardly possible) to control and are (to some extent) influenced by culture.

An Ottoman variation on the state of siege: The invention of theidare-i örfiyyeduring the first constitutional period

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 ◽  
pp. 5-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noémi Lévy-Aksu
Keyword(s):  
Ottoman Empire ◽  
The State ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Tradition ◽  
Critical Approach ◽  
Legal Texts ◽  
Archival Documents ◽  
State Of Affairs ◽  
Definition Of

AbstractThis paper focuses on a little-known aspect of the first constitutional period in the Ottoman Empire: the introduction ofidare-i örfiyye(an equivalent of the state of siege) into the Ottoman legal system. With a name rooted in the Ottoman legal tradition and a definition clearly inspired by the nineteenth-century French “état de siège,” theidare-i örfiyyewas a case of legal hybridization that combined the Ottoman political and legal tradition with transnational (or transimperial) legal circulation. This paper seeks to understand how and why different legal references were combined in order to make it possible, under exceptional circumstances, to suspend the ordinary legal order. At the same time, it analyzes the first application of theidare-i örfiyye, which occurred during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, to show how local and diplomatic reactions to this exceptional state of affairs were crucial for the further definition of the notion. Through a critical approach to legal texts and archival documents, the article discusses how various legal sources, the political context of the early Hamidian reign, and local experiences all shaped the notion ofidare-i örfiyye, soon transforming it into a tool of government for exceptional and (more frequently) non-exceptional times.

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