A successful post-conflict reconstruction is characterized by a self-sustaining liberal political, economic and social order that does not rely on external support. It is argued that the extent of reconstructed orders is constrained by their institutional prerequisites. These prerequisites—a shared ideology and ethic of individual and private property rights, a commitment to markets and the rul...

This study is an investigation of the work ethic of K-12 educators from Generation X and Baby Boom generations. Although much has been written about the baby boom generation, there have been few studies that investigated the work ethic of teachers born between 1946 and 1964 (Gribbin, 2003; Keller, 2002; Petty 2009; Petty 2010; Petty & Brewer, 2008). Additionally, there exists a teacher shortage...

This essay explores and challenges the two primary ethical arguments for assessment, accountability, and professional responsibility, by demonstrating their strengths and exposing their weaknesses, which are rooted in their limited notions of community, contract, and guild respectively. In contrast, I argue for assessment on the basis of an ethic of covenantal obligation which incorporates both...

The aim of this article is to examine how women with children define dmoralT behaviour in relation to the issue of divorce. The data consist of life stories written by married Finnish mothers who say that they have contemplated divorce or separation. The analytical focus is on how the decision process is narratively constructed. The theories around a feminist ethic of care provide the theoretic...

This study aims to examine how the influence of work ethic, environment and motivation on performance public high school education personnel in city Padangsidimpuan partially simultaneously. research was conducted using a quantitative approach with survey method. From results partial hypothesis test, it is stated that ethic variable has positive significant effect educational staff, but not sta...

The crucial question in the abortion debate is not when human life begins. Even many pro-choice advocates, from early on in the history of their movement, have quietly acknowledged that human life begins at conception. This after all had been the consensus of the medical community until Roe vs. Wade in 1973. But in a strategy of deceit, well chronicled by Curt Young, the reality of human life b...

Whites’ and Blacks’ intergroup attitudes were examined across four samples. Participants wrote essays describing their racial attitudes that were later coded for recurring themes. Coding revealed that Whites and Blacks had similar positive themes, but diverged for negative themes. White participants’ most frequently expressed negative attitudes were consistent with the tenets of modern racism t...