We have studied a form of community innovation within the sport of orienteering, which in the Nordic countries consist of a closely knit group with a strong sense of community. This study shows how the processes for developing new technologies are driven by a strong sense of idealism, with little or no commercial motivation. Thus, this represents a kind of community development and sharing with...

The paper presents a framework to interpret information systems development (ISD) as composed of activities for the creation and exchange of knowledge. The framework is based on the five inquiring systems presented by Churchman [13]. The main contribution of the framework is in showing that the inquiring systems are complementary rather than competing: rationalism, empiricism, idealism, dialect...

This study aims to determine the effect of ethical ideology on judgment with professional commitment as a mediator. The respondents this were KAP auditors in Malang City. distribution questionnaires used obtained sample 77 respondents. research was tested using path analysis, results concluded that (idealism) has positive and can be mediated by commitment, while (relativism) hurts commitment. s...

The main purpose of this study was to develop and empirically test an integrated model that examines the antecedents outcomes consumers perceptions regarding online retailing ethics. A quantitative approach utilised data were collected from 797 consumers. We used AMOS 22.0 for assessing associations between latent variables. results analyses revealed uncertainty avoidance power distance are a k...

Abstract In The Philosophical Criticism , Alois Riehl developed a realistic interpretation of Kant’s transcendental idealism based on his theory space and time. doing so, more than 100 years ago, he formulated an the relation between thing in itself appearances that is discussed current research as metaphysical „dual aspect“ interpretation, although it rarely attributed to Riehl. To reconstruct...

Should an omnipotent being be able to limit its own power? Along with Swinburne, Dean Zimmerman answers in the affirmative. My intuitions push opposite direction. The ability one's power constitutes a vulnerability. In this paper, I argue that great deal hangs on issue. If God cannot revoke His omnipotence, then only necessarily existent can ever create anything truly ex nihilo. Moreover, if it...

Lewis and Charny have come under siege for suggesting remote questioning to decide appropriate medical care. While the criticisms are theoretically valid, the idea is so important practically that Lewis and Charny should be supported and their approach investigated as a way of making medical treatment at least more open and possibly more fair.

Regardless of one’s particular philosophical interests and convictions, it is evident that the notion of autonomy is an important one. However, agreement about the nature of autonomy and about what it requires has proven elusive in contemporary discussions. In Kant and the Fate of Autonomy Karl Ameriks addresses this impasse by going back to the historical roots of this notion in Kant and argui...