How Malleable is an “Ethic”? A Dose of Systems Thinking Reality Michele Battle-Fisher Philosophy, Science & Medicine Before I begin, what do I mean by “ethic”? Ethics are, in the end, a study of moral justification of our actions (or inaction). Most simply put, ethics are a set of moral judgments that can influence and...
Human Agency and the Social Nodes Michele Battle-Fisher Politics & Economics, Society & Culture According to Anthony Giddens (1979), human agency must include an acting subject that deals with action linearly. In this duality of structure, on the most basic level people make up society but are inherently...
The Beauty of Ethereal Social Networks Michele Battle-Fisher Arts & Culture, Sociology A social network is “simply” bound as a set of objects, such as riders of an elevator lift, or even geese that are linked in some meaningful, measurable fashion. A gaggle of geese is a gaggle of geese but...
