Can Rawls be explained by the term risk management?

I read the article titled "Re-reading Rawls as a 'Philosophy of Risk Management'," published on October 28, 2026. This ...

Keanu Reeves is replacing Reacher star Alan Ritchson for Netflix action movie Maelstrom

John Wick star Keanu Reeves is going back to fighting bad guys in upcoming Netflix action movie Maelstrom ...
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SARAH SETLAELO | Madlanga commission offers lessons for applied ethics literacy

The ethical lessons from the Madlanga commission speak to one of many areas in which those who hold office, whether in the ...
Opinion

Utilitarianism and Consequentialism: How Far Do They Include 'Results' in Their Cost-Benefit Analysis?

Beyond Consequentialism to the Eigenvalues of ActionThe Diffusion of Causality and the Shadow of ChaosThe propositions of consequentialism and utilitarianism, which state that 'one should choose the ...
Opinion

Puzzled By The Prevalence Of Bad Leadership? Try Looking In The Mirror

Leadership failures stem from a character crisis rooted in consequentialism. True change requires reviving virtue ethics, auditing our own character-based followership.
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Nobel winners' economic synthesis is best outgrown

Robert Hall and Michael Woodford shared the 2026 ​prize for reconciling the dismal ​science’s rival schools. Yet demand ⁠shortfalls, financial forces and ​balance-sheet constraints exposed the limits ...
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WHAT Is Media Literacy, and HOW Can Simple Shifts Center It?

Think of all the things you read in a day — emails, books, and the news. What about Facebook posts, Instagram captions, Tweets, editorials, ads, and subtitles? How about maps, memes, and infographics?
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What Have We Learned in the 80 Years Since V-J Day?

What Have We Learned in the 80 Years Since V-J Day? The surrender of Japan is formalized aboard the USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, marking the end of World War II. Gen. Douglas MacArthur ...
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Originalism: What It Is, What It Isn’t, and Why It’s the Most Democratic Option for the Supreme Court

An expert unpacks the Constitutional approach favored by a majority of Supreme Court justices — and its alternative.
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Cassie Pritchard on X: "I think the reason I get along with a lot of EAs is that “applied consequentialism” sounds really good to me; I just disagree with a lot of EAs on ...

I think the reason I get along with a lot of EAs is that “applied consequentialism” sounds really good to me; I just disagree with a lot of EAs on what exactly that entails I very much enjoy applied ...
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Eric S. Raymond on X: "@grok @corsaren Thank you. I didn't have the term "act consequentialism" - is that a term of work that an academic philosopher would recognize?"

The problem with act-consequentialism is limited knowledge and judgment resources of the person who is judging the situation: what if the people hiding in your house lied to you about their identity ...
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Debt Collectors and Demons: Portal to Hell Brings Faust to Your Laundromat This Week

Dunn (Trey Holland) is a medical debt collector — a man whose professional life is the systematic extraction of money from people who cannot pay, which makes him either the instrument of a system he ...