Recent discussion of Scanlon's ‘buck-passing’ account value, which analyses the value X in terms agents' reasons for having certain pro-attitudes or contra-attitudes towards , has generated ‘wrong kind reason’ problem (WKR problem): this is problem, buck-passing view, being able to acknowledge that there may be good attributing final have nothing do with actually possesses. I briefly review some existing solutions offered WKR including those by Philip Stratton-Lake and Jonas Olson, offer a...

ABSTRACT If a warring side may fight in pursuit of an aim up to some proportionality‐respecting limit, then important question is whether that morally required stop fighting when it reaches despite not yet having attained its aim. The ‘Quota View’ answers this affirmatively, while other views hold the continue just as long projected future losses fall within certain limits. I criticize these views, well further argument can be distilled from sources, and advance qualified version Quota View.

Scalar utilitarianism, a form of utilitarianism advocated by Alastair Norcross, retains utilitarianism's evaluative commitments while dispensing with deontic commitments, or its commitment to the existence significance moral duties, obligations and requirements. This article disputes effectiveness arguments that have been used defend scalar utilitarianism. It is contended Norcross's central ‘Persuasion Argument’ does not succeed, it suggested, more positively, utilitarians cannot easily...

Journal Article Invigilating Republican Liberty Get access Gerald Lang University of Leeds Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 62, Issue 247, April 2012, Pages 273–293, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9213.2011.00015.x Published: 21 March 2012

Store-based retailers are increasingly opening an additional online sales channel and becoming multi-channel retailers. Moreover, formerly pure stores or physical pick-up points to allow their customers interaction product pick-up. The integration of these different channels raises the question how redefine operations strategic marketing elements because two have constraints require competencies. This retailing has a major effect on supply chain management. Order fulfillment for using is key...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to expand existing research on fulfillment systems for multi-channel retailers by combining analysis customer expectation (CE) with economic performance (EP) aspects. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory study based a literature review supply chain management and marketing combined the results an online questionnaire submitted French Chinese from two sectors. Findings enable authors identify 13 important key indicators (KPIs) used measuring...

Act-utilitarianism comes in two standard varieties: ‘subjective’ act-utilitarianism, which tells agents to attempt maximize utility directly, and ‘objective’ permits use non-utilitarian decision-making procedures. This article argues that objective actutilitarianism is exposed a dilemma. On one horn of it the contention act-utilitarianism makes inconsistent claims about rightness acts. other collapses back into what is, essentially, subjective act-utilitarianism. Three act-utilitarian...

Abstract In this article, I appeal to the phenomenon of moral hazard in order explain how at least some inequalities permitted by Luck Egalitarianism can be given an alternative, more plausible grounding than that which is supplied Egalitarianism. This alternative robs a potentially significant source intuitive support whilst enabling conditional welfare policies survive attacks on them made Elizabeth Anderson, Jonathan Wolff, and others.

Abstract According to S aul milansky's ‘ P aradox of B eneficial R etirement’, many serving members professions may have decisive integrity‐based reasons for retiring immediately. The Paradox Retirement holds that a below‐par performance in one's job does not require any outright incompetence, but take purely relational form, which good is enough if it would be improved upon by someone else who appointed instead. It argued, response, jobs the sectors Smilansky mentions are merely positions...

Abstract Defence cases with an escalatory structure, in which the levels of violence between aggressor and defender start out as minor then become major, even lethal, raise sharp problems for defence theory, our understanding conditions defence: proportionality, necessity, imminence. It is argued here that defenders are not morally required to withdraw from participation these cases, defensive escalations do offend against any defence, on adequate them. No plausible interpretation...

The concept of responsibility is frequently discussed in Ronald Dworkin's important book Justice for Hedgehogs.11 Hereinafter JfH. In an evaluative system with the holistic character Dworkin's, ...

Cannada, Lisa K. MD; Ortega, Gil McLaurin, Toni M. Tejwani, Nirmal C Little, Milton T.M. Benson, Emily Lang, Gerald Pierrie, Sarah N. Krumrey, Jacque MD Author Information

Management fashions have a strong effect on both managers and their decision-making. The phenomenon hasbeen observed since the late 1980s, with ostensibly continuing to be attracted by “fashionable” modelsand concepts. present article has twofold objective. On one hand, it analyses academic efforts in this fieldby undertaking state of art; other, explores management fashions’ potential danger fororganizations reviewing characteristics, life cycles processes creation dissemination....

Despite growing interest in the managerial and organizational dimensions of creative industries, little research has focused on collective aspect creativity processes that underlie them. A study perfumery haute cuisine finds those sectors is not province a gifted individual but, rather, outcome process. The findings lead to four‐stage model process—inspiration, framing, formulation, validation—that can be used both enhance workplace avoid some problems associated with management individuals...

Traditional Just War Theory, whose structure is in large measure replicated international law, consists of two components: jus ad bellum, which concerned with the permissibility declaring war, and bello, permissible impermissible conduct within war. In interpretation one Theory’s most influential contemporary advocates, Michael Walzer, these components are entirely independent, sense that each component can be assessed full independence any consultation other component. As Walzer remarks:...

The ‘standard interpretation’ of John Taurek’s argument in ‘Should the Numbers Count?’ imputes two theses to him: first, ‘numbers scepticism’, or scepticism about moral force an appeal mere number individuals saved conflict cases; and second, ‘equal greatest chances’ principle rescue, which requires that every individual has equal chance being rescued. standard interpretation is criticized here on a grounds. First, whilst Taurek clearly believes chances are all-important, he actually argues...