Moral Assessments and Legal Categories

In this chapter, I examine the discussion around the rational and moral basis for legal categories in postclassical Imāmī Twelver Shīʿī legal theory. The debate was pushed forward by the Akhbārī movement in the 17th century CE; they proposed a novel position concerning the rational basis for the law in which reason can determine certain moral aspects of an action (e.g., a good action can be recognised by reason, and its performance attracts praise), but not legal elements (e.g., that the performance of a good action deserves a reward beyond praise). This leaves, for them, the Lawgiver (that is, God) to connect the moral aspects of an act with its legal consequences (that is punishment for a morally bad action and reward for a morally good action); that causal connection cannot be made by reason alone. Based on these findings, I conclude that Akhbārī moral theory, often read along literalist lines, showcases an adherence to the Muʿtazilī-derived framework common to the Imāmī Twelver Shīʿī theology and law generally, whilst also reserving ultimate legal authority to God.

The concepts of virtue after the „character – situation” debate

The article focuses on a currently hot debate in contemporary ethics that takes place between so-called situationists and the advocates of virtue ethics. The fundamental assumption made by virtue ethics is that developing and perfecting one’s moral character or moral virtues warrants one’s morally good action. Situationists claim that this assumption contradicts the results of the latest empirical studies. From this observation, they conclude that virtue ethics is based on an empirically inadequate moral psychology.In the first part of the article, I present the conceptions of virtue and moral character developed in response to the situationist criticism. I show to which degree these conceptions differ from the classical, so-called global approach in virtue ethics In the second part, based on the references to the latest empirical studies in social and cognitive psychology, I argue, against the situationist objection, that the classical notion of virtue meets the requirement of empirical adequacy. I mainly resort to the interactionist theory of personality by W. Mischel, R. Baumeister’s studies over self-control, D. Kahneman's conception of two-processual mind, and the studies over automatized processes by J. Bargh.

Divine Action and Human Action

Throughout his work, Barth is determined to consider human action in relation to divine action, and not in itself. This determination poses three questions. First, can Barth make human action intelligible as the agent’s own action? Second, does he leave human action unstable, lacking anything that secures its continuity throughout its engagements with divine action? Third, is the agent who encounters divine action a fully and genuinely human agent with the full range of agential capacities? Barth adequately answers all three questions, but it is unclear that he can answer any of them in a fully satisfactory way without the notion of habits as persistent tendencies of action. Without such a notion, Barth cannot account for morally good action as a persistent tendency enabled by grace—that is, as virtue. This limitation limits the plausibility of this theological ethics.

Conceptual metonymical models of the ethical concept of “goodness” in Russian paremiology

The work analyzes conceptual metonymical models of the ethical concept of goodness in Russian paremiology. It is shown that the concept of “goodness” can be designated not only through its components such as a good action, good words etc., but also represent its cognitive components such as good relations. It is concluded that it is possible to use a linguistic and cognitive approach in the study of cognitive models of Russian proverbs and idioms.

Extensions of several coprime results to good action case

Let [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] be groups where [Formula: see text] acts on [Formula: see text] by automorphisms. We say “the action of[Formula: see text] on[Formula: see text] is good” if the equality [Formula: see text] holds for any subgroup [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text] and for any [Formula: see text]-invariant subgroup [Formula: see text] of [Formula: see text]. It is straightforward that every coprime action is a good action. In this work, we extend some results due to Ward, Gross, Shumyatsky, Jabara and Meng and Guo under coprime action to good action.

The Englishisation of personal names in Nigeria

Naming is a linguistic universal. Every known human society distinguishes and individuates its members by their names. In the context of Africa and beyond, names are not just ordinary labels for the identification of their bearers; they mirror the culture, tradition and worldview of the people. Essien (1986: 5) argues that ‘naming is not an arbitrary affair, it is at once a mental, an emotional, a linguistic and a cultural matter’. It is widely believed that names and naming can influence the personality development and behaviour of their bearers. This claim justifies Camden's (1984: 43) admonition that ‘names should be chosen with good and gracious significations to inspire the bearer to good action’. This implies that people are assumed to live according to the message contained in their names. Significantly, names also embed deep cultural insights that reflect their bearers’ social lives, philosophy, religion, emotions and worldview. African names, for instance, are important cultural and symbolic resources that reflect the peculiarities of the African people, and capture their beliefs, values, identity and personality.

Perilaku Masyarakat Desa terhadap Penyakit Malaria di Masa Pandemi Covid-19

To date, the number of malaria cases in North Sulawesi is still quite high which may be influenced by community behavior. Kauditan District, especially in Kaima village, is one of the areas in North Minahasa Regency that has the highest incidence of malaria. Moreover, community's behavior has changed greatly during the current Covid-19 pandemic. This study was aimed to determine the behavior of the Kaima village community, Kauditan District, North Minahasa Regency towards malaria during the Covid-19 pandemic. This was a descriptive study. There were 100 people of Kaima village as respondents in this study. The results showed that based on the level of knowledge about malaria, 66 respondents (66%) had good knowledge. Based on the attitudes towards malaria, 95 respondents (95%) had good attitudes. Based on the action against malaria, 61 respondents (61%) had good action. In conclusion, during Covid-19 pandemic, people of Kaima village had good knowledge about the malaria incidence, however, there was lack of knowledge about the types and activities of biting of the mosquitoes. Moreover, people of Kaima village had good attitude and good actions towards malaria incidence, albeit, there are still obstacles in implementing these actions.Keywords: behavior; malaria; Covid-19 Abstrak: Angka kasus malaria di Sulawesi Utara yang masih cukup tinggi mungkin dipengaruhi oleh perilaku masyarakat. Kecamatan Kauditan terlebih khusus di desa Kaima merupakan salah satu daerah di Kabupaten Minahasa Utara yang memiliki angka kejadia malaria tertinggi. Di masa pandemi Covid-19, perilaku masyarakat sudah sangat berubah. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui perilaku masyarakat Desa Kaima Kecamatan Kauditan Kabupaten Minahasa Utara terhadap penyakit malaria di masa pandemi Covid-19. Jenis penelitian ialah deskriptif. Terdapat 100 responden dalam penelitian ini yang merupakan masyarakat Desa Kaima. Hasil penelitian mendapatkan bahwa berdasarkan tingkat pengetahuan terhadap penyakit malaria didapatkan subjek yang berpengetahuan baik sebanyak 66 orang (66%). Berdasarkan sikap terhadap penyakit malaria didapatkan subjek yang mempunyai sikap baik sebanyak 95 orang (95%). Berdasarkan tindakan terhadap penyakit malaria didapatkan subjek yang mempunyai tindakan baik sebanyak 61 orang (61%). Simpulan penelitian ini ialah pada masyarakat Desa Kaima di masa pandemi Covid-19, pengetahuan terhadap kejadian malaria secara keseluruhan sudah baik namun masyarakat masih kurang pengetahuan mengenai jenis dan aktivitas mengigit nyamuk, Sikap masyarakat dan tindakan masyarakat terhadap kejadian malaria sudah baik, namun terdapat kendala dalam pelaksanaan tindakan tersebut. Kata kunci: perilaku masyarakat; malaria; pandemi Covid-19

ANALYSIS OF GREEN ACCOUNTING IMPLEMENTATION AT PT TIMAH (COMPANY) Tbk

Timah is a mining company in the province of Bangka Belitung and is a pride of its people, although the presence of tin mining can be directly dangerous to the environment such as forests and water pollution. However, PT Timah has carried out environmental conservation and empowerment activities for the local community. The purpose of this study is to analyze the implementation of environmental accounting related to financial reporting. As a large mining company, it is fitting for PT Timah to pay attention to the environment and living conditions of the surrounding community as a result of its mining activities. By using descriptive methods, and quantitative approaches and data collection from reliable sources concluded that PT Timah has a good action on the environment. The results of this study will improve the good image of PT Timah. PT Timah has taken sufficiently good steps to preserve the environment after the mining. Every year, the Company always plans to reclaim land of up to 2,000 ha.