Essays about: "Weakness of will"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 79 essays containing the words Weakness of will.
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1. What’s the Point of State-of-Nature Models?
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för filosofi, lingvistik och vetenskapsteoriAbstract : Practical explanations are tools which aim to clarify the evolution and function of our conceptual practices. There is current discussion about how we ought to construct and interpret practical explanations, and more specifically if state-of-nature models are useful when doing this. READ MORE
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2. Akrasia and Addiction in the age of Social Media
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Filosofiska institutionenAbstract : The concept of weakness of will, or Akrasia, relates to questions regarding the rationality of our choices. Philosophers such as Richard Holton and Alfred Mele have spearheaded the debate since the turn of the century, but quite recently arguments put forth by Nick Heather and Edmund Henden have catapulted the question into a subgenre between the medical, psychological, and philosophical fields. READ MORE
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3. Enhanced Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments as an organisational learning bridge for resilience building? A case study of Red Cross National Societies in the Caribbean
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och SamhällssäkerhetAbstract : Adaptive capacity based on organisational learning (OL) is at once a critical imperative facing humanitarian organisations in their mission to save lives and support communities most at risk; and inherently evidenced as an enduring weakness over the past decades. Vulnerability and Capacity Assessments (VCA) are community-based risk assessments established for their utility in supporting communities’ iterative learning. READ MORE
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4. The potential of certifying carbon removals in the EU : A feedback examination regarding the proposed regulation on a Union certification framework for carbon removals
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : The EU has set out a goal to become climate neutral by 2050. The IPCC has recognized carbon dioxide removal (CDR) as being an essential technology in order to achieve net zero CO2 emissions. READ MORE
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5. Piranesi’s Opere at the Gothenburg Museum of Art
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvårdAbstract : The collection of the Gothenburg Museum of Art contains a set of 18 bindings described as being a near-complete edition of 18th century etcher Giovanni Battista Piranesi’s work, as a whole titled the Opere. Previous documentation is sparse. READ MORE