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Please read the following for a definition of a "wicked" social problem. Rittel and Webber, 1973, Dilemmas in a General Theory of Planning Abstract The search for scientific bases for...
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In any society, there are massive market failures. What are the guiding principles for the benevolent central technocrat (planner, bureaucrat, civil servant, or government official) in decision...
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In a heterogeneous society, with many conflicting values and preferences, how do we achieve a consensus on the "common good" or the "good society"? Philosophers use a classic trick: the veil of...
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In many U.S. cities, homelessness is a huge problem. Some people believe that the government cannot solve the problem because it is a moral and spiritual issue. It is not simply an issue of economics.
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The second amendment states: "A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed."
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Many people use their electronic devices while walking and crossing the road. New York City (NYC) is thinking of making it illegal.
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Many citizens do not trust the price mechanisms for allocating resources even when it is effective. What are possible strategies for mitigating the mistrust?
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Citizens have "nosy preferences". In public policy, how do we take into account the nosy preferences?
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Until very recently, the idea of knowledge-related cultures had little currency. Knowledge creation seemed a matter of rational, cognitive, and technical procedures undertaken by scientists; it...
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Do you Philosophy can be seen as a means of understanding religion..Or vice versa?
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In my experience, policy makers are reluctant to use the price mechanism to allocate resources even when they know that the price mechanism can achieve the desired policy objectives. It is a puzzle.
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Or they could pool their resources and hire a private security company.
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In many countries, it is legal to offer foot massage.
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Which is the most accurate method?
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Or should we prohibit such trades and transactions even if they are Pareto-improvements? Do they need approval from any supreme global body?
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How do we distinguish real democracy from fake democracy? Pretty difficult to tell.
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G.B. Shaw said it best: When humans kill an animal, it is sport. When an animal kills a human, it is murder.
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From practical experience, we often observe that the waiting times for using the toilets (or bathrooms) is much longer for women than for men. Often we see long lines outside the women's toilets....
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Walter Kasper and the second Schelling The interest of the young Kasper, who took as his basis of reference and discussion the philosophy of the second Schelling, follows by and large the path...
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Is science tantamount to being only another religion (a system of beliefs that is not predicated on justifiable physical facts)? Or, is it more? Can science accurately interpret the meaning of...
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Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.): Licence to teach or give opinion in your subject/particular field or expertise. Doctor (Noun): One who has received from a university the highest degree in any...
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It has been found while reading these philosophies.
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Please note my question does not ask about human psychology, philosophy, sociology or theology! It's primarily a physics question ...
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What would be the social implications of this new discovery? Given the most urgent problems humanity faces right now--international militant terrorism, refugee crisis, rising of the right-wing...
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