Morally Respectful Listening and its Epistemic Consequences

The Basic Theorem and its Consequences

Let T be a compact Hausdorff topological space and let M denote an n–dimensional subspace of the space C(T ), the space of real–valued continuous functions on T and let the space be equipped with the uniform norm. Zukhovitskii [7] attributes the Basic Theorem to E.Ya.Remez and gives a proof by duality. He also gives a proof due to Shnirel’man, which uses Helly’s Theorem, now the paper obtains a...

Covid-19 and its Psychological Consequences

In December 2019, a new type of coronavirus was identified in Wuhan, China, and spread rapidly throughout China. The spread of Covid-19 was unique due to its rapid transmission, which created an emergency situation in global health in less than a few months around the world. It not only causes general health concerns, but also causes a number of psychological illnesses, including anxiety, fear,...

Gibt es die Wahrheit noch? Epistemic injustice and its consequences for disability

Are Morally-Motivated 1 Running Head: MORALLY-MOTIVATED DECISION MAKING Are Morally-Motivated Decision Makers Insensitive to the Consequences of their Choices?

Is morally motivated decision making different from others kinds of decision making? There is evidence that when people have sacred or protected values (PVs) they reject tradeoffs for secular values (e.g.” You can’t put a price on a human life.”) and tend to employ deontological rather than consequentialist decision principles. People motivated by PVs appear to show “quantity insensitivity.” Th...

The Largest Respectful Function

Respectful functions were introduced by Sangiorgi as a compositional tool to formulate short and clear bisimulation proofs. Usually, the larger the respectful function, the easier the bisimulation proof. In particular the largest respectful function, defined as the pointwise union of all respectful functions, has been shown to be very useful. We here provide an explicit and constructive charact...