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The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy
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This article is published in Classical World.The article was published on 1987-01-01. It has received 1160 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Greek tragedy & Luck.read more
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Misery Loves Companies: Rethinking Social Initiatives by Business:
TL;DR: The authors argue that companies are increasingly asked to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery, even as economic theory instructs managers to focus on maximizing their shareholders' wealt.
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Handbook of Emotions
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Commensuration as a social process
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A Sociology of Quantification
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The Politics of the Environment: Ideas, Activism, Policy
TL;DR: The Politics of the Environment as mentioned in this paper provides students with a comprehensive comparative introduction to ideas, activism and policy, including discussion on climate justice, climate legislation and recent environmental struggles, such as demonstrations against fracking.