Testimonies and secrets Mennel, Robert
Testimonies and secrets,
2013, 20131030, 2019, 2013, 2013-10-30
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A story of vivid personalities and episodes, by turns sad, conflicted, joyful, bitter, funny and reflective, Testimonies and Secrets will be read with pleasure by scholars and general readers alike.
In Serbian law, a valid will can be revoked based on the will of the testator, more precisely through the revocation of the will or based on a court decision. This paper analyzes the solutions of the ...Law on Inheritance of Serbia, dedicated to the mentioned ways of revoking a last will, and at the same time examines the legal regulation of that issue in other legal systems in Europe. The author finds that in the realization of the right to revoke a will, the legislation of Serbia undoubtedly affirms the freedom of will, and that in that respect, it is in principle harmonized with the legal solutions observed on European legal soil. In the aspect of the purpose for which it is prescribed, a special advantage of domestic regulation is the possibility of declaring a will ineffective through a court decision. The author further considers that certain solutions that can be found in comparative law, such as the possibility to invalidate testamentary dispositions made in favour of former spouse, could be accepted in Serbian inheritance law as well. Finally, according to the author, some existing legal solutions dedicated to the revocation of wills, need to be specified and completed de lege ferenda, in order to achieve legal certainty.
The current work aimed to extend the burgeoning literature on working objectification by investigating the effects of particular job activities on self‐perception. By integrating relevant theoretical ...reflections with recent empirical evidence, we expected that performing objectifying (i.e., repetitive, fragmented, and other‐directed) tasks would affect participants' self‐objectification and, in turn, their belief in personal free will. In three studies, we consistently found that performing a manual (Study 1 and Study 2) or a computer (Study 3) objectifying task (vs. a non‐objectifying task and vs. the baseline condition) led participants to objectify themselves in terms of both decreased self‐attribution of human mental states (Study 1 and Study 3) and increased self‐perception of being instrument‐like (Study 2 and Study 3). Crucially, this increased self‐objectification mediated the relationship between performing an objectifying activity and the participants' decreased belief in personal free will. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are considered.
The phenomenon of action in which the mind moves the body has puzzled philosophers over the centuries. In this new edition of a classic work of analytical philosophy, Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates ...bodily action and attempts to resolve some of the main problems.
The phenomenon of action in which the mind moves the body has puzzled philosophers over the centuries. In this new edition of a classic work of analytical philosophy, Brian O'Shaughnessy investigates ...bodily action and attempts to resolve some of the main problems.
In 14 studies, we tested whether political conservatives' stronger free will beliefs were linked to stronger and broader tendencies to moralize and, thus, a greater motivation to assign blame. In ...Study 1 (meta-analysis of 5 studies, n = 308,499) we show that conservatives have stronger tendencies to moralize than liberals, even for moralization measures containing zero political content (e.g., moral badness ratings of faces and personality traits). In Study 2, we show that conservatives report higher free will belief, and this is statistically mediated by the belief that people should be held morally responsible for their bad behavior (n = 14,707). In Study 3, we show that political conservatism is associated with higher attributions of free will for specific events. Turning to experimental manipulations to test our hypotheses, we show the following: when conservatives and liberals see an action as equally wrong there is no difference in free will attributions (Study 4); when conservatives see an action as less wrong than liberals, they attribute less free will (Study 5); and specific perceptions of wrongness account for the relation between political ideology and free will attributions (Study 6a and 6b). Finally, we show that political conservatives and liberals even differentially attribute free will for the same action depending on who performed it (Studies 7a-d). These results are consistent with our theory that political differences in free will belief are at least partly explicable by conservatives' tendency to moralize, which strengthens motivation to justify blame with stronger belief in free will and personal accountability.
Volition refers to a capacity for endogenous action, particularly goal-directed endogenous action, shared by humans and some other animals. It has long been controversial whether a specific set of ...cognitive processes for volition exist in the human brain, and much scientific thinking on the topic continues to revolve around traditional metaphysical debates about free will. At its origins, scientific psychology had a strong engagement with volition. This was followed by a period of disenchantment, or even outright hostility, during the second half of the twentieth century. In this review, I aim to reinvigorate the scientific approach to volition by, first, proposing a range of different features that constitute a new, neurocognitively realistic working definition of volition. I then focus on three core features of human volition: its generativity (the capacity to trigger actions), its subjectivity (the conscious experiences associated with initiating voluntary actions), and its teleology (the goal-directed quality of some voluntary actions). I conclude that volition is a neurocognitive process of enormous societal importance and susceptible to scientific investigation.
"There is agency in all we do: thinking, doing, or making. We invent a tune, play, or use it to celebrate an occasion. Or we make a conceptual leap and ask more abstract questions about the ...conditions for agency. They include autonomy and self-appraisal, each contested by arguments immersing us in circumstances we don’t control. But can it be true we that have no personal responsibility for all we think and do? Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will proposes that deliberation, choice, and free will emerged within the evolutionary history of animals with a physical advantage: organisms having cell walls or exoskeletons had an internal space within which to protect themselves from external threats or encounters. This defense was both structural and active: such organisms could ignore intrusions or inhibit risky behavior. Their capacities evolved with time: inhibition became the power to deliberate and choose the manner of one’s responses. Hence the ability of humans and some other animals to determine their reactions to problematic situations or to information that alters values and choices. This is free will as a material power, not as the conclusion to a conceptual argument. Having it makes us morally responsible for much we do. It prefigures moral identity. Closely argued but plainly written, Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will speaks for autonomy and responsibility when both are eclipsed by ideas that embed us in history or tradition. Our sense of moral choice and freedom is accurate. We are not altogether the creatures of our circumstances. "
Humans from birth are destined to have property attached to themselves to be used as a means of carrying out life. These assets can be traded, donated, pledged, or even given to the heirs when he ...dies. A person may make a will before a notary as a general official who can record the final will of the testator and keep the will and report it to the register of the will center. The main purpose of making a will is related to the distribution of the property of the testator to the beneficiary so that there will be no disputes regarding inheritance in the future. In making a will, the notary plays a very important role from pre-making to the opening of the will before the heirs or testament. However, sometimes a notary can be negligent of the provisions of reporting each month to the list of will centers. This study examines the concept of a will more deeply, and how the notary's responsibility for negligence in registering a will with a will center register. The formulation of the problem in this legal research is the concept of a will and the role of a notary in storing and reporting to the center of the will list, the second problem formulation is the provision of sanctions against a notary who is negligent in reporting a will to the center of the will register. The conclusion in this study is that a will is a form of legal action carried out by the heir regarding the final will which in this case is assisted by a notary as a public official who is authorized to assist the process of issuing a will and keeping a will, as well as other obligations attached to reporting to list of will centers regarding the presence or absence of a will. The legal consequences for a notary who are negligent in reporting the presence or absence of a will in the central will list system, the notary must be responsible and accountable for his actions. With regard to the type of sanctions, that in PERMENKUMHAM No. 60 of 2016 does not clearly regulate what sanctions are given to a notary if he is negligent in carrying out his duties, therefore the inherent sanctions refer to the provisions of the Notary Position Act and may be subject to civil sanctions
Determinism Berofsky, Bernard
2015, 2015., 20150308, 1971, Letnik:
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Bernard Berofsky formulates a concept of determinism in terms that will be constructive for the continuing libertarian-determinist debate. His discussion will interest those who want a deeper ...understanding of this metaphysical doctrine, and anyone whose fundamental concern is with the nature of human responsibility and the possible threats to it posed by determinism.
Originally published in 1971.
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