Eating Morality: Food and the Goodness of Care in Northern Aboriginal Australia

This article contributes to anthropological discussions about care, food and morality by considering the gastro-morality of Yolngu people living in Galiwin’ku in the 2000s. I develop the concept of ‘trans-material morality’ to capture the ways that food takes on material, emotive and ontological forms of morality. Food is central to articulating expressions of care, as well to experiencing feelings of being cared for and, inversely, feelings of not being cared for. This is done by way of the meanings of good and bad that are attached to the food itself and by way of eating and acts of sharing and not sharing. I argue that largely because of food’s capacity to exist as trans-material morality, it is a particularly compelling thing with which to moralise, both in the intimate interactions of day-to-day life and in the grander theorising that human beings undertake to paint a picture of moral change.     

浅析传统伦理思想在现代汉语教学研究中的应用--以对立词词序为例

汉语对立词词序不是任意安排的,对立词其构成分分线性排列规律和认知是与传统伦理、文化传统相一致的,即语言具有象似性。     

中西法律思想中法律与道德关系比较研究——兼论中国程序正义的理性选择

法律与道德的关系是法学问题研究不可回避的一个重要方面。通过对比探讨中国与西方在法律与道德关系研究上所持的不同的理论观点,提出应从制度层面上将人类的道德理想与原则外化为法律规范。同时,强调程序的重要性和公开性,从而为实现中国司法实践中真正意义上的程序正义提供良好的法制现代化环境。     

民主的伦理维度——兼论杜威政治哲学的当代意义

民主应该具有深厚的道德底蕴,这是杜威政治哲学独特性和深刻性体现的重要维度。他从彻底“道德理想”的视阈来看待民主的基本原则、实践方式和社会目的。因此其民主理论具有深厚的道德与人性基础。其民主思想的这个特点为我们理解当代社会改革提供了一个独特的参考视阈。     

"中国信心":当代中华民族凝聚力的现实解读

"中国信心"不仅仅是一个新闻词汇或政治口号,而是引领当代中国社会发展的民族精神和时代精神的精华.在内涵上,"中国信心"是民族性与时代性的辩证统一,是中国特色社会主义理论体系的重要内容;在本质上,"中国信心"是成就感与使命感的高度结合,是社会主义精神文明建设的时代展示;在功能定位上,"中国信心"是当代中华民族凝聚力增强的鲜明亮点,对提升国家文化软实力具有重要意义.     

文化软实力视野中的“礼义之邦”国家形象

"礼义之邦"的国家形象是中国古代文化软实力的核心符号与重要象征。礼义之邦国家形象的树立经历了漫长的过程,有着共同的价值选择和信仰基础。这一称号是在中国与其他周边国家之间的关系确立、认定中获得的。礼义之邦国家形象经由历代思想家、政治家和普通民众共同维护与完善。     

师书院教育精华，促高等教育发展——论中国古代书院教育对现代高等教育的借鉴意义

在中国历史上延续了千年之久的书院是我国封建社会中期兴起的,它是一种特有的教育组织和学术研究机构,为我国古代教育发展和学术繁荣做出了重要贡献.文章通过对其治学方法、治学态度等进行研究和批判性继承,从而探究其对现代高等教育的现实指导意义.     

中国国家软实力研究述评

约瑟夫·奈提出的软实力理论,丰富了国家综合实力的内涵,引起国内外理论界和决策部门的高度重视.国家软实力问题已成为近年来国内外研究的热点.国内学者在全球化、信息化和本土化的语境下,借鉴国外相关研究成果,主要探讨了国家软实力的概念、构成要素、文化软实力、区域软实力及其建设路径等重大理论和现实问题,实现了对约瑟夫·奈软实力理论的"中国化",增强了软实力理论对中国综合国力研究的解释力,对进一步促进我国软实力建设具有重要理论价值.全面提升我国软实力水平,应将文化软实力和区域软实力纳入国家软实力建设的总体框架之内,理性分析我国软实力建设的优势与约束条件,统筹国内外软实力建设,努力实现国家软实力与硬实力的协调发展.     

A robustness framework for monitoring real options under uncertainty

This paper presents a problem structuring methodology to assess real option decisions in the face of unpredictability. Based on principles of robustness analysis and scenario planning, we demonstrate how decision-aiding can facilitate participation in projects setting and achieve effective decision making through the use of real options reasoning. We argue that robustness heuristics developed in earlier studies can be practical proxies for real options performance, hence indicators of efficient flexible planning. The developed framework also highlights how to integrate real options solutions in firms’ strategic plans and operating actions. The use of the methodology in a location decision application is provided for illustration.     

Organic food and the plural moralities of food provisioning

The aim of this paper is twofold. The first aim is to unfold the moral complexity of organic food consumption as part of household food provisioning. By acknowledging this complexity, and the difficulty of determining what is ‘good’ and ‘right’ in food provisioning, the idea is to allow for a better understanding of how organic food may, or may not, fit in with the various concerns of food provisioning. The second aim is to analyse how food provisioners handle this complexity so that food provisioning can proceed as an ordinary everyday activity.The paper analyses empirical material from a study of household food provisioning in Denmark. Theoretically, it draws on French pragmatic sociology as represented by the work of Boltanski and Thévenot on moral conventions and regimes of engagement. The analysis illustrates that food provisioning involves several competing sets of moral conventions and that the status of organic food in relation to these is often uncertain and contested. However, it also identifies among provisioners different strategies for handling this moral complexity in ordinary everyday life. The paper calls for some modesty in trying to change consumer behaviour in favour of organic products. Providing consumers with more information about organic food may not make it easier to determine what is ‘good’ and ‘right’ when buying food. It may only add to the complexity of food provisioning and thus to the need for compromise and pragmatism.