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• Humility
  ...himself as a dependent and corrupt but capable and dignified [[rational]] agent". Kant's notion of humility is that humility is a [[virtue]], and indeed a
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• Rational
  ...arly when an inference is drawn in ordered ways (thus a [[syllogism]] is a rational argument in this sense). The other part associates rationality with explana ...nem]] arguments are ''logically'' unsound, but in many cases they may be ''rational''. A simple philosophical definition of rationality refers to one's use of
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• Moral agency
  ...[judgments]] and taking [[actions]] that comport with morality. A Moral '''agent''' is "a [[being]] who is capable of acting with reference to right and wro Most philosophers suggest only [[rational]] [[being]]s, people who can reason and form self-interested judgments, are
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• Amorality
  Amoral should not be confused with [[immoral]], which refers to an agent doing or [[thinking]] something he or she knows or believes to be wrong. ...be considered categorically amoral. For example, a rock may be used (by [[rational]] agents) for good or bad [[purposes]], but the rock itself is neither good
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• Judeo-Islamic philosophy
  ...absolute unity, and no attribute can be ascribed to Him. (2) Man is a free agent. It is on account of these two principles that the [[Mutazilites]] designat ...ooked for support to the doctrines of [[philosophy]], and thus founded a [[rational theology]], which they designated "'Ilm-al-Kalam" (Science of the Word); an
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• 2016-10-03-New Era Transitions 4
  ...onal, consistent, integrated public policies and discussion of issues in a rational means. We are seeking to have this develop within the timeframe before the ...attention of local citizens who might form a political party that has the rational means of improving the processes of democracy, which must include the great
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• Semiotics
  ...secondly, that which man himself ought to do, as a rational and voluntary agent, for the attainment of any end, especially happiness: or, thirdly, the ways
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• 2008-02-25-Co-Creative Design Team
  SONDJAH: Most certainly. First of all dear one, you were an agent of your society, of your social structure. You were the point of a large p SONDJAH: I would say neither is it a rational estimation, which is necessary in a society as your own. You live in a com
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• 2016-06-27-New Era Conversations 72
  ...he stubbornness of human nature overcomes the spiritually enthused side of rational thinking. We have been waiting for the conceptual development and logical and rational development of the concepts of social sustainability as a conceptual base f
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• 2012-02-24-Conversations with Monjoronson 43
  ...ange yourself, an agent to change for yourself and for others. You are an agent of change for yourself because you are conscious of yourself; you are aware ...ocus for all social processes in the future. This will provide a far more rational means for discussing how to lead a nation or a small community forward, and
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• 2015-07-20-New Era Conversations 51
  ...of the idea, of the necessity, for which you ask. You as a moderator and agent of inquiry must act in the stead of your listeners and readers, to prepare ...terest group that has the influence to lobby a sustainable point of view. Rational, workable legislation will be needed desperately when the offices and legis
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• History of the Concept of Mind, v.1-Chap.4
  the agent intellect which produces intelligible objects. Of special interest to the considered the agent intellect an intelligent or spiritual being distinct and superior
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• The Revolution of Everyday Life/ Chapter 2
  ...m isolation and hatred for the collective lie have already won over to the rational decision to kill or to kill themselves. No murderers -- and no humanists ei ...re fairly, allowing a greater number of people to suffer them according to rational norms (economic, social, political, legal necessities...) The splinters of
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• 2016-05-16-New Era Conversations 69
  ...n be seen as one that facilitates this work, and be seen as a facilitative agent of this public media web site, that must be devoid of bias, prejudice, pref ...ns, who may or may not believe in God. They are looking for an organized, rational, systems way of viewing and organizing the societies that they will live in
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• 2005-04-24-Same Thing, Different Results?
  ...doing things. You – I mean singularly, each one of you individually, as an agent of self will choice -- can appreciate what it is you stand for, and you sta ...ition - the vulnerable, feeling part of the human being; not the thinking, rational, reasoning, justifying person, but the reacting, responding, needing, feeli
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• 2014-02-07-New Era Conversations 16
  So, the heart is an agent of change and it is the agent that can assist you most with your growth and your discussions with us. Th MACHIVENTA: Yes, the facilitator takes a burden, a linear or a rational procedure away from you and your thinking, and allows you as the point-pers
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• Causality
  ...stratum" is to be worked; to the primary moving agent of ''change'' or the agent and its action; and to the goal, the plan, the end, or the good that the fi ...fect, this analysis covers the modern definitions of "cause" as either the agent, agency, particular causal events, or the relevant causal states of affairs
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• Humanities
  ..., and expresses religious ideas through geometry instead. The physical and rational certainties depicted by the 19th-century Enlightenment were shattered not o ...nt]] suspended in a carrier (or [[Paint#Components|medium]]) and a binding agent (a [[adhesive|glue]]) to a [[surface]] (support) such as [[paper]], [[canva
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• Responsibility
  :1850 MCCOSH Div. Govt. III. i. (1874) 278 Man is a free agent and morally responsible to his Governor. 1868 FREEMAN Norm. Conq. (1877) II :b. Morally accountable for one's [[action]]s; capable of [[rational]] conduct.
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• Social Sciences
  ...branches: [[microeconomics]], where the unit of analysis is the individual agent, such as a household, firm and [[macroeconomics]], where the unit of analys ...ence|scientific criticalism]], [[rational choice theory]], [[Irrationalism|rational criticalism]], [[social constructionism]], [[structuralism]], and [[structu
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