몇몇 목표는 행위 주체에게 특별한 중요성을 갖는다. 예를 들어, 주체는 특정 목표를 추구하고 있다는 사실에 근거하여 현재의 삶을 가치 있다 판단하고, 이 추구하지 않았던 과거의 무가치하다 여길 수도 있다. 만약 현재 목표가 이와 같은 갖는다면, 설령 이전 목표의 달성이 더 큰 이득을 발생시킨다 하더라도, 지금의 달성하는 선택은 타산성의 관점에서 허용될 수 있는 듯하다. 타산성에 관한 지배적 입장인 시제 중립성 논제는 목표 달성에 현상을 성공적으로 설명하지 못한다. 더불어 논제의 대안인 현재-목표 논제와 조화 논제도 설명하는데 실패한다. 본 논문은 새로운 관점인 돌봄 논제에 타산적 설명한다. 따르면 주체가 시점의 자신을 다른 자신보다 아낀다는 사실은 행위의 합리성을 판단하는데 중요한 역할을 한다. 특히 ...

that the practice is usually unprofitable; it is to he regietted that his knowledge of this truth dul not teach him prudence enough not again to attract attention to a history of malaria which will pass without censure, only when it passes without observation. To this I shall refer again, but first I must deal with Major Ross's remarks on the statements relating to Sir Patrick Manson. Major Ros...

This paper shows that the notions of prudence, temperance, edginess, and, more generally, risk apportionment of any degree are the consequences of the natural idea that the sensitivity to detrimental changes should decrease with initial wealth. In the setting of Epstein & Tanny (1980), this turns out to be equivalent to the supermodularity of the expected utility for some specific 4-state lotte...

Method: Using comparative analyses of similar evidence for the harmful effects of alcohol, tobacco, and amphetamine use, we considered the relation between observational evidence and action on cannabis. We examined arguments on the grounds of public health prudence for discouraging cannabis use by young individuals. With the assumption that the relation may be causal, we considered recommendati...

Parameterization of object-classes is an attractive approach during implementation of an object-oriented software system. This text discusses different cases of possible parameterization in the implementation of geometry object-classes when used to describe location and extent of geographic features. This approach has obvious advantages and disadvantages and should be used with prudence. When t...

Realization of health care as primary objective is necessary to strengthen primary health care (PHC). There is a need to build financial viable and sustainable PHC based on rational principles to fulfill the goals of providing quality health services on an affordable and equitable basis and also ensuring fiscal prudence. Health-care leadership, innovations in primary care, family medicine speci...