In this paper we investigate the role of collective commitments in groups of agents involved in Cooperative Problem Solving (CPS). Collective intentions and collective commitmens are formalized in the logical framework designed by Rao and Georgee in 22]. The novelty of our approach is to base a collective commitment on a social plan, and deening it in terms of collective intentions and pairwise...

Argumentative debates are a powerful tool for resolving conflicts and reaching agreements in open environments such as on-line communities. Here we introduce an argumentation framework to structure argumentative debates. Our framework represents the arguments issued by the participants involved in a debate, the (attack and defence) relationships between them, as well as participants’ opinions o...

This research attempts to examine the role of Socio-economic factors  in establishing collective behavior of the youth in Boshehr based on Smelser' s structural theory. Smelser in one of the most well-known sociologists in collective behavior studies who explains these behaviors in the framework of social structuralism. This research conducted on survey method. 383 persons selected through syst...

We compared the impact of media vs. direct exposure on acute stress response to collective trauma. We conducted an Internet-based survey following the Boston Marathon bombings between April 29 and May 13, 2013, with representative samples of residents from Boston (n = 846), New York City (n = 941), and the remainder of the United States (n = 2,888). Acute stress symptom scores were comparable i...

The main goal of the process of socialization is to prepare individuals for effective participation in society, in the sense of internalizing the values ​​and norms of the ruling community to meet the needs and achieve collective goals. The present article seeks to investigate the functional comparison of the normative conflicts of the educational institution with the family institution and its...

European collective bargaining systems have the reputation of imposing rigidity on the labor market, which leads to high unemployment, in particular when compared to the USA system. Portugal is one of the OECD economies with highest wage °exibility and lowest unemployment rate, despite having typically European labor market institutions |collective bargaining sets wages for unionized as well as...

In this study we examine the impact of communication networks on decision making in 5 person committees. Within the framework of a group dictator game the committees must reach a majority vote for one collective transfer. We focus on the effect of the group structure on the collective decisions, and explore the effect of incomplete and asymmetric information on voting outcomes by defining three...

beneficence as a principle is one of the definite jurisprudential rules and a disclaimer of civil liability of the individual in terms of the loss enforced upon others during acts of collective good. this shall necessitate that beneficence include both subjective and practical good simultaneously. as regards beneficence to an individual other, it is necessary that the act itself be wasteful or ...