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  1. Politicians and their promises in an uncertain world
    evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in India
    Author: Banerjee, Prasenjit; Iversen, Vegard; Mitra, Sandip; Nicolò, Antonio; Sen, Kunal
    Published: April 2018
    Publisher:  Economics School of Social Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester

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    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Series: Economics discussion paper series ; EDP-18, 06
    Subjects: politicians; experiments; intrinsic motivation; promise; reputation; India
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 36 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. A Transcendental Argument against Utilitarianism
    Author: Müller, Olaf L.
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Philosophische Fakultät I, Berlin

    Der Handlungs-Utilitarismus lässt sich mithilfe eines neuen, transzendentalen Arguments widerlegen: Wer stets den Nutzen maximiert, auch beim Reden, der kann seine moralische Position (aus interpretationstheoretischen Gründen) weder formulieren noch... more

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    Der Handlungs-Utilitarismus lässt sich mithilfe eines neuen, transzendentalen Arguments widerlegen: Wer stets den Nutzen maximiert, auch beim Reden, der kann seine moralische Position (aus interpretationstheoretischen Gründen) weder formulieren noch haben – der Utilitarismus unterminiert die Bedingungen der Möglichkeit seiner eigenen Artikulation. In Abschnitt I charakterisiere ich die Form von Utilitarismus, um die es gehen wird – Handlungs-Utilitarismus auf der idealen Ebene des ethischen Denkens. In Abschnitt II werde ich einen älteren Widerlegungsversuch dieses idealen Akt-Utilitarismus vorstellen und entkräften. Er stammt von Hodgson und ähnelt meinem Argument. Wer Hodgsons Widerlegungsversuch entrinnen will, ist gut beraten, sich auf eine Sprachphilosophie à la Quine einzulassen. Im Abschnitt III tritt Quines Prinzip des Wohlwollens ("principle of charity") auf den Plan. Hier werde ich mithilfe dreier Gedankenexperimente die Beweistechniken vorführen, die meinem Argument zugrundeliegen. Das Argument selber formuliere ich in Abschnitt IV. Ich werde zeigen, dass handlungsutilitaristische Akteure weder Versprechen noch Behauptungen formulieren können. Diese These werde ich in Abschnitt V gegen sechs kleinere Einwände und in Abschnitt VI gegen einen gewichtigen Einwand verteidigen. Im Abschnitt VII werde ich das Argument vervollständigen. I want to explore a new way of refuting act-utilitarianism. My claim is that nobody maximizing utility can possibly be said to believe in act-utilitarianism. In section I, I shall circumscribe the sort of utilitarianism with which we'll be concerned: Act-utilitarianism on the ideal level of ethical thought. Section II is devoted to an earlier attempt of refuting act-utilitarianism, which resembles the argument from this paper. I shall try to show that the proposed refutation (due to Hodgson) is not convincing because it leaves out half of the story. In that section, I shall also motivate the theoretical (Quinean) background of my own argument. The main hero of section III will be Quine's principle of charity; we'll be concerned with three preliminary thought experiments so as to become familiar with the dialectical techniques that will be needed for refuting act-utilitarianism. The core of my paper can be found in section IV. I shall demonstrate that act-utilitarian agents can express neither promises nor assertions. After having defended the latter claim (as regards assertions) against six small objections (section V) and one big objection (section VI), I shall complete my argument in section VII. Peer Reviewed

     
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    ISSN: 0038-4283
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    Parent title: The Southern Journal of Philosophy; , 2003; 41,1998,2, Seiten 241-259
    Other subjects: Utilitarismus; ideale Ebene des ethischen Denkens; Idealnorm; idealer Akteur; radikale Übersetzung; radikale Interpretation; Prinzip des Wohlwollens; Externalismus; transzendentales Argument; Möglichkeitsbedingung; Behauptung; Lüge; Versprechen; Gehirn im Tank; Skeptizismus; Hilary Putnam; W.V.O. Quine; Donald Davidson; Dieter Birnbacher; Richard Hare; D.H. Hodgson; David Lewis; Peter Singer; utilitarianism; ideal level of ethical thought; ideal agent; radical interpretation; principle of charity; externalism; transcendental argument; assertion; lying; promise; brain in a vat; skepticism; Hilary Putnam; W.V.O. Quine; Donald Davidson; Dieter Birnbacher; Richard Hare; D.H. Hodgson; David Lewis; Peter Singer; Philosophie
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    This is a modified version of a paper originally presented on September 16th at the "Fifth Karlovy Vary Symposion on Analytic Philosophy (Swimming in XYZ, Supervised by Hilary Putnam, September 14th-18th, 1998)." A shortened version appeared in The Southern Journal of Philosophy, 41 No. 2 (June 2003), pp. 241-259.
  3. A Transcendental Argument against Utilitarianism
    Author: Müller, Olaf L.
    Published: 1998
    Publisher:  Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin

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  4. God’s Promise to Hagar in Genesis 16
    Rethinking a Problematic Text
    Author: Krayer, Patrick
    Published: 2022

    God made an incredible promise to Hagar in Gen 16.12; however, the beauty of the promise gets lost in translation. Our English Bibles typically render this promise in a pejorative manner, which has led to centuries of stigmatizing Arabs, primarily... more

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    God made an incredible promise to Hagar in Gen 16.12; however, the beauty of the promise gets lost in translation. Our English Bibles typically render this promise in a pejorative manner, which has led to centuries of stigmatizing Arabs, primarily Muslim Arabs. The polyvalence of the Hebrew in the verse opens the door for significantly different renderings of God’s promise. Thus, the assumptions translators bring to the text can easily shape their understandings. This paper works through the Hebrew and proposes a suitable alternative to traditional renderings, one that is sensitive to the immediate narrative context and to the broader biblical record. Fresh reflection on this verse can lead to corrected translations and the intentional elimination of any sacred justification for this stigmatization.

     
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    Parent title: Enthalten in: The Bible translator; London : Sage, 1950; 73(2022), 1, Seite 73-88

    Subjects: polyvalence; translation; promise; Ishmael; Hagar