scholarly journals A Greater Price for a Greater Good? Evidence that Consumers Pay More for Charity-Linked Products

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W. Elfenbein ◽  
Brian McManus
Keyword(s):  
Good Evidence ◽  
Greater Good

Sceptical theism

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin McBrayer
Keyword(s):  
Human Mind ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Parent Child Relationship ◽  
Book Of Job ◽  
Hebrew Scriptures ◽  
Divine Hiddenness ◽  
Child Relationship ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
Argument From Evil ◽  
Sceptical Theism

Sceptical theists are theists who are sceptical of our abilities to discern whether the evils in our world constitute good evidence against the existence of God. According to sceptical theists, the human mind is limited in such a way that it would not at all be surprising that God would have reasons that are beyond our understanding for allowing the evils of our world. For that reason, we are not licensed to conclude that what look like pointless evils to us are really pointless evils. For all we know, the evils in our world are necessary to secure some greater good or prevent an evil equally bad or worse. The sceptical element of sceptical theism can be used to undermine various arguments for atheism including both the argument from evil and the argument from divine hiddenness. Many trace the seeds of this view to the book of Job in the Hebrew scriptures, and it was developed by various modern thinkers, starting with Descartes and Hume. Contemporary philosophers have further refined sceptical theism into a family of related views, each with a different defence. These defences include appeals to analogies (for example the parent/child relationship), appeals to the limitations of our grasp of the moral realm and appeals to epistemic requirements (for example sensitivity requirements or contextual requirements). Sceptical theism has been criticized in a variety of ways including charges that sceptical theism falsely implies a consequentialist view of ethics, that consistent sceptical theism results in moral paralysis, that sceptical theism implies a more pervasive (or even global) form of scepticism and that sceptical theism reduces to absurdity.

scholarly journals A Greater Price for a Greater Good? Evidence that Consumers Pay More for Charity-Linked Products

2010 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel W Elfenbein ◽  
Brian McManus
Keyword(s):  
Public Good ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Charitable Donations ◽  
Closing Price ◽  
Green Production ◽  
Greater Good ◽  
Charity Auctions ◽  
Analyze Data

To study whether consumers will pay more for products that generate charitable donations, we analyze data from eBay on charity and noncharity auctions of otherwise identical products. Charity prices are 6 percent higher, on average, than noncharity prices. Bids below the closing price are also higher, as are bids by individuals bidding on identical charity and noncharity products. Bidders appear to value charity revenue at least partially as a public good, as they submit bids earlier in charity auctions, stimulating other bidders to bid more aggressively. Our results help explain why firms may pledge charitable donations, green production, or similar activities. (JEL D12, D44, D64, L81, M14, M31)

Treating Schizophrenia Without Drugs? There's Good Evidence for It

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brent Robbins
Keyword(s):  
Good Evidence

Goals and the Use of Deception: Lying for the Greater Good

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukas Koning ◽  
Wolfgang Steinel ◽  
Ilja van Beest ◽  
Eric van Dijk
Keyword(s):  
Greater Good

Male Osteoporosis

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (04) ◽  
pp. 260-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. P. Tuck ◽  
R. M. Francis ◽  
B. C. Hanusch
Keyword(s):  
Prostate Cancer ◽  
Older Men ◽  
Good Evidence ◽  
Male Osteoporosis ◽  
Fracture Rate ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Osteoporosis In Men ◽  
Considerable Morbidity ◽  
Secondary Causes

SummaryMale osteoporosis is common and results in considerable morbidity and mortality. There are distinct differences in the normal aging of bone between the genders, which result in a lower fracture rate in men. Men who suffer from osteoporosis are much more likely than women to have secondary causes. The identification and treatment of these secondary causes, wherever possible, will result in substantial improvements in BMD. There is now evidence for use of many of the existing agents to treat osteoporosis in men. In younger hypogonadal men testosterone replacement is worth considering, but in older men especially the over sixties this is less effective and there is an increased risk of adverse cardiovascular and prostatic outcomes. Prostate cancer is an increasingly common cause, which is partially the result of the success of ADT. There is now good evidence for the use of bisphosphonates and denosumab in this group of patients. HIV, whilst not being specific to men, is an increasingly recognised cause of male osteoporosis. The reasons for this are multifactorial and some may well be attributable to the anti-retroviral therapy itself. There is emerging evidence of an increased fracture risk in HIV infected individuals. The bone loss can be prevented by the use of bisphosphonates.

C. S. Lewis & John Hick on Theodicy: Superficially Similar but Significantly Different

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-28
Author(s):  
Brian M. Williams
Keyword(s):  
John Hick ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
Gratuitous Evil ◽  
Moral Perfection ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Greater Good

In the April 2014 edition of The Journal of Inklings Studies, Mark S. M. Scott compared the theodicies of C. S. Lewis and John Hick, concluding that there are ‘significant structural and substantive affinities’ between the two. In my essay, I too analyze these theodicies but arrive at a different conclusion. I argue two points: First, I argue that Lewis’ and Hick’s theodicies bear merely superficial similarities. Second, and more importantly, I argue that they stand in significant opposition to one another at fundamental points. The purpose of this essay is to set Lewis’ views on suffering apart from Hick’s and to suggest that, in the end, perhaps Lewis’ theodicy should not be included in the broad category of ‘greater-good’ theodicies, and would therefore be immune to attacks leveled against Hick’s theodicy as well as the various attacks leveled against the greater-good approach in general. For those who reject the greater-good approach and who hold that gratuitous evil does not count against God’s moral perfection, Lewis’ theodicy could serve as a helpful starting point from which one could develop more thoroughly a non-greater-good theodicy.

Isn't it eyeronic? Little evidence for consistent eye colour choices across relationships

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Victoria Newman ◽  
Thomas V. Pollet ◽  
Kristofor McCarty ◽  
Nick Neave ◽  
Tamsin Saxton
Keyword(s):  
Good Evidence ◽  
Random Permutations ◽  
Three Samples ◽  
Eye Colour ◽  
A Priority

This study examined the anecdotal notion that people choose partners based on preferred characteristics that constitute their ‘type’. We gathered the eye colours of participants’ partners across their entire romantic history in three samples (student-centred, adult, and celebrity). We calculated the proportion of partners’ eye colours, and compared that to 100,000 random permutations of our observed dataset using t-tests. This was to investigate if the eye colour choices in the original datasets had greater consistency than in the permutations. Across all samples, we observed no good evidence that individuals make consistent eye colour choices, suggesting that eye colour may not be a priority when choosing a partner.

In the name of the greater good?

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 7092 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Kirkwood
Keyword(s):  
Greater Good
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