In this paper I discuss a key issue for group moral responsibility, namely whether we can make sense of acting one reason rather than another. The notion another is central to standard accounts individual agency and responsibility; also determines an blameworthy or praiseworthy action. Thus if model responsibility on need be able paper, raise problems both summative inflationary what it act rea...

this study has been conducted with the purpose of examining effects of cultural factors on environmental protection and environmental behaviors. the ideas of different thinkers including durkheim, weber, parsons, giddens and jorge tome have been used to provide the relevant theoretical frame. in this study survey method and questionnaire technique (on 400 people from districts 5 and 18 of tehra...

This paper explains the empirical markers by which Kant thinks that one can identify moral responsibility. After explaining the problem of discerning such markers within a Kantian framework I briefly explain Kant's empirical psychology. I then argue that Kant's empirical markers for moral responsibility--linked to higher faculties of cognition--are not sufficient conditions for moral responsibi...

Medically unexplained symptoms such as headache, tiredness and stomach problems are common amongst children and research highlights the potential importance of the family environment in their development and maintenance. The present qualitative study aimed to explore how mothers make sense and manage their child's unexplained recurrent somatic symptoms. Mothers (n = 13) with children with heada...

BACKGROUND In a context of increasing ethnic diversity, culturally competent strategies have been recommended to improve care quality and access to health care for ethnic minorities and migrants; their implementation by health professionals, however, has remained patchy. Most programs of cultural competence assume that health professionals accept that they have a responsibility to adapt to migr...

Recent research in social psychology has examined how psychological power affects organizational behaviors. Given that power in organizations is generally viewed as a structural construct, I examine the links between structural and psychological power and explore how their interrelationships affect organizational behavior. I argue that psychological power takes two forms: the (nonconscious) cog...

User intervention against incivility is a significant element of democratic norm enforcement on social media, and feeling personally responsible for acting vital prerequisite intervention. However, our insight into how users construe their sense personal responsibility expectations other remains limited. By theoretically foregrounding user perspective, this study investigates the boundaries nua...

The U.S. legal system gives parents the authority and responsibility to make decisions about their children’s health care, and favors parental rights over society’s collective responsibility to provide for children’s welfare. Neither the federal government nor state governments have an affirmative obligation to protect and promote children’s health, nor do children have a right to such protecti...