Introduction Liberal egalitarianism is a variant of liberal political philosophy that emphasizes the obligation of society to enable its most poor and disadvantaged members to lead decent lives. Liberal egalitarianism fuses the traditional liberal theme of individual freedom and autonomy and a more radical theme of equal life prospects for all. Today the two foremost proponents of liberal egali...

one of the thinkers¨ demands for governments is to take due care of the social rights of citizens thus far. no doubt, imam `ali (a.s.), as a muslim ruler, concentrated on maintaining man¨s rights both in theory and in practice. this article refers to the relationship between the right and the duty from imam ali¨s viewpoint, studies the foundations of man¨s rights and duties and discusses imam a...

Expressions of moral sentiment play a fundamental role in political framing, social solidarity, and basic human motivation. Moral rhetoric helps us communicate the reasoning behind our choices, how we feel we should govern, and the communities to which we belong. In this paper, we use shortpost social media to compare the accuracy of text analysis methods for detecting moral rhetoric and longer...

amre- be- maroof and nahie- az- monkar is one of the basicfoundations in relation to construction of religious values and thus it hasalways had a superior position in the arguments of motekallemin andfoghaha. its importance in the pyramid of islamic beliefs and thoughts issuch that it is said any disrespect to this foundation will amount to detentionof all the rules and regulations, values, saf...

This paper presents the theory of social representations as a model of social scientific theory. In doing so, it attempts to reconstruct the foundations of the theory of social representations by focusing on intellectual resources that were available to Serge Moscovici during the time he was developing the theory. These resources shaped his epistemology, and firmly distinguished the theory of s...

this article deals with the social theories and analysis of the theoreticiansconcerning the global changes and the foundations of global system and the new worldorder. it also deals with different phases in the theories of future thoughts and thederived mechanism and analyses the urban space as a key issue in social order in theheart of social theories. it also depicts the theories of great the...

1. Background and Foundations 1.1 Background and Overview 1.1.1 Actors and Social Interaction 1.1.2 Major Mechanisms of Social Stability and Transformation 1.1.3 Institutional and Cultural Structures 1.1.4 Material and Ecological Conditions 1.1.5 Rule Governed Social Interactions Produce Concrete Outcomes and Developments 1.2 Social Rule System Theory: Institutions and Cultural Formations 1.2.1...

CHAPTER 1 – INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2 – ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY AND SOCIAL NETWORK RESEARCH 2.1 The absorptive capacity approach 2.1.2. The process of absorptive capacity 2.2 The social network approach 2.3 Integrating absorptive capacity and social network theory CHAPTER 3 THE MICRO-FOUNDATIONS OF ABSORPTIVE CAPACITY 3.1 The Social Structure of Innovation 3.2 External knowledge 3.2.1 Scientific vs. I...

The notion of social possibility is, in many respects, central to the conceptual foundations of modern social theory. This thesis draws upon results from possible worlds semantics and modal logics of knowledge to develop a framework for reasoning about social possibility and the epistemic states of social agents. The framework is then used to reason about the cognitive structure and emancipator...