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Phenomenology and the Species Problem: The Need for Dialogue Between Traditions
This chapter explores the relevance of insights drawn from the Continental tradition of PhenomenologyPhenomenology for the solution of the...
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Locating Heidegger’s Kotoba between Actuality and Hollowness: the Way towards a Thinking Conversation with Japanese Philosophy
What is the philosophical significance of Heidegger’s interpretation of the Japanese notion of kotoba (言葉) for Japanese philosophy? Was his...
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Rethinking success, integrity, and culture in research (part 2) — a multi-actor qualitative study on problems of science
BackgroundResearch misconduct and questionable research practices have been the subject of increasing attention in the past few years. But despite...
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Meaning-Adequacy and Social Critique: Toward a Phenomenological Critical Theory
In the present paper, I analyze the complex relationship of tension between Critical Theory and phenomenology from a sociological-theoretical...
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Rethinking success, integrity, and culture in research (part 1) — a multi-actor qualitative study on success in science
BackgroundSuccess shapes the lives and careers of scientists. But success in science is difficult to define, let alone to translate in indicators...
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Working toward Global Justice: Confucian and Christian Ethics in Dialogue
Faced with the ongoing tragedy of poverty in our world today, many have long called for a common standard of global justice. Such a standard should...
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Contemplating the principles of the UNESCO declaration on bioethics and human rights: a bioaesthetic experience
The purpose of our article is to contemplate, from an aesthetic-artistic vision, the principles of the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human...
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Cueing in Theatre: Timing and Temporal Variance in Rehearsals of Scene Transitions
This video-ethnographic study explores how professional actors and a director at the end of a theatrical rehearsal process coordinate transitions...
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Evolutionary Economics and the Theory of Cultural Evolution
“Evolutionary economics” is a heterogeneous field of economic research that still lacks a coherent theoretical foundation. Some contributions dealing...
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Gandhi, Oceanic Circle, and Participatory Democracy
Gandhi’s thoughts on democracy are not merely relevant in a postcolonial nation. His criticism of Western civilisation for reproducing alienating...
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‘Recognizing’ Human Rights: an Argument for the Applicability of Recognition Theory Within the Sociology of Human Rights
Beginning with Margaret Somers and Christopher Roberts’ review of the sociology of human rights and Bryan Turner and Malcolm Waters’ debate therein,...
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Methodological Implications of the Schutzian Postulate of Adequacy for Economic Research
For a few decades, the debate about the dominant economic theory has focused on the epistemological problems caused by the use of objective...
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Sustainability assessment of short food supply chains (SFSC): develo** and testing a rapid assessment tool in one African and three European city regions
Recent literature demonstrates the contribution of short food supply chains (SFSC) to regional economies and sustainable food systems, and...
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The Total Art of Hybrid Cinema
All the preceding specifications of film and film genres pertain to pure cinema, that is, to motion pictures independently of any admixture of other...
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From a critique of the principle of autonomy to an ethic of heteronomy
Etymologically, autonomy is the ability to give oneself rules and follow them. It is an important principle of medical ethics, which can sometimes...
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John Rawls’ Concept of the Reasonable: A Study of Stakeholder Action and Reaction Between British Petroleum and the Victims of the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico
In his political philosophy, John Rawls has a normative notion of reasonable behaviour expected of citizens in a pluralist society. We interpret the...
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Ethics at the Centre of Global and Local Challenges: Thoughts on the Future of Business Ethics
To commemorate 40 years since the founding of the Journal of Business Ethics, the editors in chief of the journal have invited the editors to provide...
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Emplaced Partnerships and the Ethics of Care, Recognition and Resilience
The aim of the SI is to bring to the fore the places in which cross-sector partnerships (CSPs) are formed; how place shapes the dynamics of CSPs, and...
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Let the people decide: citizen deliberation on the role of GMOs in Mali’s agriculture
This paper describes and critically reflects on a participatory policy process which resulted in a government decision not to introduce genetically...
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Social and Technological Innovation: Cross-Fertilization Needed
A growing interest in the use of technology to solve societal problems has raised in recent years. However, technological applications that aim to...