Why the diner is not defended: a critical examination of the diner's defence by Branson, Zachary Andrew

“…Following an examination of arguments in the field of moral vegetarianism, I examine the Diner’s Defence by Abelard Podgorski in its attempt to justify the consumption of meat by avoiding the controversial commitments of the moral status of animals and their interests and show how it fails. …”
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Autonomised harming by Eggert, L

“…First, the paper elucidates the challenge of integrating non-human, artificial agents, which lack rights and duties, into our moral framework which relies on precisely these notions to determine the permissibility of harming. …”

Recording and evaluation of soundscapes by Muhammad Fahmi bin Ahmad

“…Soundscapes, the aural environments of a location, offer valuable insights into ecological health and human well-being. …”
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Divine assemblies in early Greek and Mesopotamian narrative poetry by Ballesteros Petrella, B

“…Relevant techniques and effects, a function of the aural reception of literature, are shown to overlap to a considerable degree. …”

Societal responsibility of artificial intelligence / by Béranger, Jérôme, author 655423

“…Significant changes will occur in our society as AI becomes integrated into many aspects of our lives.This book focuses on this vision of universalization by dealing with the development and framework of AI applicable to all. It develops a moral framework based on a neo-Darwinian approach - the concept of Ethics by Evolution - to accompany AI by observing a certain number of requirements, recommendations and rules at each stage of design, implementation and use. …”

Can robotic AI systems be virtuous and why does this matter? by Constantinescu, M, Crisp, R

“…The growing use of social robots in times of isolation refocuses ethical concerns for Human–Robot Interaction and its implications for social, emotional, and moral life. In this article we raise a virtue-ethics-based concern regarding deployment of social robots relying on deep learning AI and ask whether they may be endowed with ethical virtue, enabling us to speak of “virtuous robotic AI systems”. …”

Beyond data ownership by Cofone, I

“…The moral hazard problem makes data ownership self-defeating. …”

发达地区失地老人养老支持体系内卷化及其突破 — 基于苏州市的个案研究 = The involution of the eldercare system for the landless elderly in China’s developed regions : a case study based on Suzhou municipality... by 叶继红 Ye Jihong, 占少华 Zhan Shaohua

“…As a special group in the process of rural urbanization and land acquisition, the old people who lost their land are facing the practical problems regarding eldercare service provision. …”
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Challenges of measuring self-reported exposure to occupational biomechanical risk factors amongst people with low literacy engaged in manual labour: findings from a cross-cultural... by Igwesi-Chidobe, Chinonso Nwamaka, Sorinola, Isaac Olubunmi, Ozumba, Benjamin Chukwuma, Godfrey, Emma Louise

“…The adapted ORFQ was pre-tested amongst rural Nigerian adults with chronic LBP using cognitive think-aloud interviewing. …”
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Drivers for adopting Malaysian timber certification scheme/programme for the endorsement of forest certification chain of custody certification in Malaysia by Murughan, M., Roslan, Mohamad M.K., Zubaidah, H., Johar, M., Seca, G., Pakhriazad, H.Z.

“…Results showed that signalling has emerged as the most important driver mechanism for the adoption of this certification, followed by market, legal, moral, learning, and incentive driver mechanisms. …”

International differences in conservation priorities are more complicated than Global North-Global South divisions by Mutinhima, Y, Sibanda, L, Rono, B, Kulunge, S, Kimaili, D, Dickman, A, Madsen, E, Mandoloma, L, Tacey, J, Allred, S, Hare, D

“…Moreover, variation among local publics (i.e., living in high biodiversity areas of rural sub-Saharan Africa) was greater than among distant publics. …”

Balancing Human Rights, Social Responsibility, and Digital Ethics / by Pucelj, Maja, author 655410, IGI Global Scientific Publishing (Online service) 655412

“…Balancing Human Rights, Social Responsibility, and Digital Ethics offers a compelling solution to these issues by exploring the moral implications of AI, data privacy, and digital access. …”
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Ethical branding in a divided world: how political orientation motivates reactions to marketplace transgressions by Allard, Thomas, McFerran, Brent

“…We discuss this work's implications for moral judgments, marketplace attribute formation, and the branding of ethical goods in a politically divided world.…”
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The global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024 disaggregation results and methodological note by Alkire, S, Kanagaratnam, U, Suppa, N

“…<p>OPHI MPI Methodological Note No. 59 presents the methodology and technical decisions that underlie the published <strong>disaggregation</strong> results (age groups, rural and urban areas, subnational regions and gender of household head) of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) 2024. …”

Apologia pro Vita-Fabula Sua: Defending Narrativity and How We Make Sense of Our Lives by Chen, Melvin

“….: the premises) to a conception of both selfhood and moral responsibility (i.e.: the conclusion), the anti-narrative camp holds the conclusion to be false and the narrative theory of the self to be invalid. …”
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The space-times of post-capitalist transformation: More-than-human affects in French and Catalan eco-communities by Schramm, E

“…I argue that repetitive, more-than-human affective relations along with moral-political convictions are crucial to understanding how post-capitalist transformations come about, especially when examining how affective relations and moral-political convictions emerge as motivations, how they are cultivated and passed onto to others, and how difficulties in doing so might arise over time. …”

The schooling of irregular migrant children in Canada by Passarelli, D

“…First, a critical review is undertaken of theoretical justifications developed in moral and political theory for extending schooling rights to irregular migrant children in liberal states. …”

Effective altruism and requiring reasons to help others by Sinclair, T

“…Theron Pummer's impressive new book The Rules of Rescue seeks to defend effective altruism without taking on the controversial moral theoretical commitments. Through an exploration of the framework of requiring reasons and permitting reasons that is the backbone of his argument, this article raises some doubts about how successful Pummer's strategy of avoidance can be.…”

(Re)wilding London: fabric, politics, and aesthetics by Turnbull, J, Fry, T, Lorimer, J

“…We establish future priorities for research into urban rewilding, including exploring minoritarian cultures of nature, comparative analysis of diverse cases, and examination of rural–urban linkages. …”

Incidence and mortality rates of 14 site-specific infectious diseases in 10 diverse areas of China: findings from China Kadoorie Biobank, 2006-2018 by Huang, R, Kartsonaki, C, Turnbull, I, Pei, P, Chen, Y, Liu, J, Du, H, Sun, D, Yang, L, Barnard, M, Lv, J, Yu, C, Chen, J, Li, L, Chen, Z, Bragg, F

“…</p> <br> <p><strong>Methods:</strong> From 2004 to 2008, the prospective China Kadoorie Biobank enrolled 512,726 adults aged 30-79 years from 10 diverse areas (5 rural, 5 urban) of China. During the 12 years of follow-up, 101,673 participants were hospitalized for any infectious disease. …”