Keywords: Poland; EU referendum; Politics; European Union; European Union membership; Leszek Miller; Slovakia; Lithuania; Eastern Europe; Central Europe
Voters in the largest candidate country repeat the pattern seen in other EU referendums, saying a loud yes.
More...Keywords: dividend policy models; engineering industry; Multiple Regression Analysis; Dividend Payout Modeling
Hindsight of literature, last decadal studies and de facto corporate trends as studied in our empirical research conducted in hand revealed the fact that dividend payouts by the companies and their relative firms’ value are based on the two theories i.e.
More...Keywords: morality of secession; remedial right; primary right; just-cause theories; national self-determination theories; plebiscitary theories; Allen Buchanan; David Miller; Harry Beran
The following article explores an until-recently forgotten topic in political philosophy: the morality of secession. The normative theories of just secession will be explored in the text. The political conception of Allen Buchanan is explored in the case of just-cause theories, David Miller's approach for the case of national self-determination theories, and, finally, Harry Beran's suggestions for plebiscitary theories. Then, I analyze the advantages and disadvantages of all mainstream theories of secession. My conclusion is that for the contemporary liberal democratic states, the most justified approach is the one which combines the good sides of plebiscitary and national self-determination theories. I favor primary right secession because most of the contemporary state borders were drawn during undemocratic conditions and should be open to changes under democratic conditions if the majority desires them. However, I discovered that the theories of secession avoided paying attention to the third world countries where secessionist potential is far higher.
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Întotdeauna s-a crezut că poezia şi proza se traduc diferit. În poezie e nevoie de un soi de intimitate cu limba în care scrii, dar pentru aceasta trebuie să fi copilărit în limba respectivă, aşa a spus unul dintre cei mai mari traducători din română în sârbă, Pentru Cârdu. De faţă avem două reviste, Rukovet şi Koraci care conţin traduceri efectuate de traducători bilingvi, încât textul se poate simţi şi poate face cititorul să înţeleagă bine textul dat dar şi să cunoască literatura română mai de-aproape. Prin astfel de traduceri cititorii sârbi fac mai bine cunoştinţă cu literatura română şi cu frumuseţea ei.
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The article explores the life and work of poet Alice Călugăru, as a paradigmatic example of the passage of the Romanian literature from the traditional cycle, rurally inspired, to the modernist cycle. After a recap of the adventurous life of the poet, the article traces the evolution of her poetry, from the so-called ‘samanatorist’ stage to the phase of modern emancipation, by focusing especially on the sensual and sensualist vision and the imaginative audacity of Alice Călugăru – which made her the most ‘erotic’ and ‘passionate’ poet of all the Romanian literature. The study also underlines the poet’s ambition to become a French writer, an ambition which failed, even though she did manage to publish a novel in France.
More...Säkularisierung (Weltlichung) ist ein Vorgang wodurch unsere Gesellschaft dorthin gelangen ist, dass Sie immer mehr entbehrt von Religion lebt. Auf diese Weise trägt das Profil der säkularisierten Menschen zu eine deutlichere Einsicht deren Mentalität bei. Die säkularisierten Menschen sind schwerer, betreffend die Religion erreichbar, weil Sie viele Vorurteile gegenüber jedwelche Religionsform haben. Die Griechen nahmen das Dasein als Raumart wahr, während die Juden es als Zeitart wahrnahmen. Im Mittelalter aber, hat das griechische phylosophysche Raumkonzept betreffend die Realität, den jüödischen Zeitkonzept ersetzt und die Bedeutung des Wortes (Saeculum) wurde die von profane Welt (unfromm), im Gegensatz mit dem Welt der Mönche, der Nonnen und der Klerus. In unsere Tage das Wort Säkular (Weltlich) bedeutet profan, weltlich, unfromm, im Gegensatz mit heiligh, himmlisch oder fromm. Als die tatsächliche Trennung zwischen der Papst und der Kaiser stattgefunden hat, gründete sich der Unterschied zwischen das fromme/ geistliche Gebiet und das säkular/greifbare Gebiet. Die Säkularisierung (Weltlichung) bestimmte die Versetzung einiger gewissen spezifischen Verantwortlichkeiten aus dem kirchlichen Gebiet an die politische Autoritäten. Auf diese Weise, durch das politische Säkularisierungsvorgang, ist die Religion privat Gebiet geworden, und Sie wurde aus die Staatsanstalten ausgeschlossen. Durch das intellektuelle Säkularisierungsvorgang wurden die Phylosophen, die Wissenschaftler und andere fromme Denker in einem privat Bereich gestellt. In unsere Tage, im Allgemeinen, beschreibt das Wort Säkularisierung die historische Handlung der Privatisierung oder Besonderung der Religion, indem der Privatbereich des Lebens, der Wertbereich und folglich der Religionsbereich in eine getrennte Abteilung gestellt ist und von der öffentliche Bereich, Tatsbereich und folglich der Wissenschaft, getrennt ist. Man muss anerkennen, dass der Säkularisierungsvorgang bei der Beseitigung mancher nichtentsprechenden Wege, wodurch die Religion und Gott definiert und begriffen wurden, diente, und vorteilhafte Bedingungen für die Religionsfreiheit erschaffen hat. Dennoch hat der Säkularisierungsvorgang auch Bedingungen für das Säkularism geschafft, was auch eine phylosophysche Stellung bedeutet, die eher gegen weltlich als gegen heilig orientiert ist, Einstellung die zu eine Abweisung der Übernatürlichen und zum Ausschluss der Religionswerte aus dem Leben der Menschen führt. Kurzum, ist das Wort Säkularisierung für die Beschreibung der Vorgang benutzt, wodurch viele Kultur – und Gesellschaftszweige von der Religionsbereich zum Frommbereich übergegangen sind oder unter das Zivilkontrolle, während Säkularism eine Denkungs – und Lebensweise ist, indem keine Beziehung zum Gott und Religion existiert.
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Keywords: PKN Orlen; Democratic Left Alliance; Leszek Miller; Zbigniew Wrobel; Marek Belka; Aleksander Kwasniewski; BusinessWeek; Unipetrol; MOL; Wieslaw Kaczmarek; Gazeta Wyborcza
Marek Belka hoped to depoliticize the country's biggest oil company by getting rid of its president, but the opposition has other plans.
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The society in which we live and do our work is the result of the conscious and deliberate behavior of those who compose it. In view of this approach, this does not mean that the individuals who compose it have signed contracts, conventions, agreements, by virtue of which they founded the human society. Social cooperation is nothing more than the fruit of some actions that reproduce it over and over, every day, seeking nothing else but the cooperation and help of others to achieve certain specific results. In other words, society is nothing but the ensemble of complex mutual relations created by such concerted actions. Society exchanges relationships in the sense that it prioritizes collaboration instead of the isolated existence of the individuals that compose it. At the same time, society is also a division and combination of work in different ways. The individual, the person, lives and acts in society, which is nothing but the association of individuals for joint activities or cooperation in various social projects.
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Keywords: Morality; Humanity
The formation of human morality and his affirmation as a morally free being, which fulfills acts in full knowledge of the cause, is considered to be one of the various expressions of human formation and affirmation, one of the complex modalities of the human being in general. Thus a conception of man must not only encompass what it is, but also what it can be or become, along with what it must be. The ethical subject, by its acts, principles and norms determines the materialization. The moral norms and the values that subscribe to them, ultimately concern the concrete action, respectively the moral deed. Moral principles and norms create a model of ideal, general and impersonal behavior. (Humă 1981, 94,137).
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Keywords: identity; nationalism; migration; European Union;
Identity and migration are often seen as descriptive concepts of dissentive qualities involving static, perene aspects versus dynamism and change. However, the opposite can be argued when looking at identity as a flowing, organically changing notion in contrast to a rigid and inflexible migration concept. This article highlights the points of intersectionality between national and European identity and analyzes the impact of the recent migration waves to Europe on the process of identity formation within the European Union.
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Keywords: dignity; freedom; sin; Paul; justice;
If the universality of salvation and righteousness is at the core of the Pauline apostolic sermon, sin represents the negative side of the Pauline discourse. In ancient times, the notion of sin referred to transgressing a social norm of coexistence that is a violation of social conventions (with an external meaning). On the other hand, the Old Testament defines sin as a religious or moral transgression. Thus, it either indicates a rebellion against God, against the order he has established, against his Law, either refers to intentional evil deeds, understood as transgressions or errors from ignorance.
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Keywords: band leader; bebop; big-band; trumpet group; jazz orchestra; swing; trumpet;
The trumpet has occupied a leading place in the composition of jazz orchestras, starting with the first bands that appearedat the end of the 19th century to the present day. Throughout these years, both the jazz orchestra and the trumpet part within it have evolved permanently, incorporating the characteristics of various styles and musical currents. The present article traces the historical evolution of the jazz orchestras reflected in the performances of the most famous bands, metioning their conductors, as well as the famous trumpeters who influenced the development of the orchestral art in the jazz field.
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Keywords: law; legal norm; custom;
We chose as a research topic for our study one of the most important components of society and the legal order: the “norm” and we propose an interdisciplinary analysis. For this reason, we stopped at the analysis of the legal norm in the period of ancient Rome and at the connection between jus (law), lex (law, legal norm), mos (custom, morality, morav) and fas (religious norm). The structure of our paper begins with the presentation of the meaning of legal norms in Roman law, the elements of the legal norm, their significance, and the effects that a legal norm (written or unwritten) produced in the ancient Roman world. Then we continued to analyze the classification of law (jus) and the connection between ius / jus and justice, respectively, the connection between law and justice, finding that the Romans never separated the right from morality, from what they considered to be just. Continuing the idea of the norm, our paper analyzes the oldest source of law, the custom (consuetudo or mos maiorum - the custom of the ancestors). During the Empire, more precisely, during the Principality (classical era), the custom or custom appears as the will of the people, which was considered to come from the gods. In terms of these perceptions, the rules were designated by the term fas, which meant the relationship between man and divinity, but also what people could do or what was forbidden by the supreme will of Jupiter (jus).
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Keywords: Etică; scientometrie; Clarivate analytics; Web of Science; VOS Viewer;
Current research on ethics is mostly punctual, trying to identify a problem or find a solution. Even scientometric research on ethics follows this pattern. We consider it necessary to take a closer look and work out an overview of what ethics represents today and what we are heading towards, in terms of specialized literature in recent years (2011-2021). Using the method of scientometric research, by querying the Web of Science (WoS) Core Collection database, we will establish the two research groups on which we will apply 10 analysis criteria, provided by the facilities of the new WoS interface (launched in 2021). The results of the study are presented in 22 figures which are interpreted by means of a qualitative approach. The novelty of the research is highlighted by the interpretation of the 31 articles in the S1 Table, which represent scientometric studies on ethics and are grouped within the article in 7 tables. The conclusions that emerge indicate a substantial increase in the interest in ethics, an almost general coverage of research domains and areas with ethical topics, a wide range of territorial (by country) and institutional (by affiliation) distribution of the authors, a substantial funding of research in this field but also an availability of journals and authors to free access to these studies. These results can be the basis for future scientometrically and/or qualitatively refined research, on any of the highlighted research domains and areas for any author who is interested in the ethics on their own research field.
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