Abstract Individualist normative theories appear inadequate for the complex moral challenges of climate change. In ethics, this is especially notable with relative marginalization Kant. I argue that Kant’s philosophy, understood through its historical and cosmopolitan dimensions, has untapped potential crisis. First, situate Kant in ethics evaluate his due to perceived individualism, interiorit...

Ralph Waldo Emerson's Transcendentalist beliefs had dominated American literature in the Romantic period. It has remained an appealing interest exploring whether Herman Melville been influenced by Transcendentalism and what ways it is embodied his work. Therefore, this study carries out a detailed analysis of Melville's tendency masterpiece Moby-Dick. found that characterization Ahab as hero Is...

This article addresses the influence of personalism – an anti-liberal, anti-socialist intellectual movement which developed in France 1930s on process European integration during Commission presidency Jacques Delors (1985–95). The received wisdom is that personalist tradition contributed to shaping early developments 1950s but its later declined with consolidation bipolar equilibrium Europe. In...

A lack of cross-cultural research has been identified regarding cultural tourism promotion on social media. Using the dimensions Collectivism-Individualism, Power Distance, and High-Context vs. Low-Context communication, we content analyze value differences in Instagram posts promoting – published by national organizations Chile, Portugal, USA, Netherlands. In addition, an automated analysis is...

The main purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between personality traits (“dark” (i.e. Dark Triad) and “bright” HEXACO)) vocational interests RIASEC) in individualist (UK) culture (Hofstede, 1991; Schwartz, 2006), achieved by considering Individualism-Collectivism (I-C) Theory within a group undergraduate samples UK. participants were 445 students. results provide suggestions: A...

This paper discusses the relations between economic development, family income, and happiness in post-communist Poland from the point of view of Inglehart's theory of modernization. The happiness is understood as satisfaction with income and life, and as psychological well-being. The analysis of survey data yields the conclusion that economic development reduces the strength of the relations be...

This paper addresses the issue of technology transfer in software development organizations. Common problems for the software industry are still software failures, project overruns, and unfinished projects. To remedy these, knowledge-intensive technologies like quality management and software process improvement (SPI) have been promoted. The organizational implementation of such approaches is a...

If we define institutions as the rules of the game (North 1990), it can be hard to separate the cause and effect between individual beliefs and cultural context. I utilise “Cultural Theory” (Thompson, Ellis and Wildavsky 1990) which creates a typology of needs and resources, and four logical strategies that derive from an individual’s expectation about their ability to manage their situation. W...