The Moral Majesty of Acts of Goodwill
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21253767 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laurence Thomas (American Political Science Association, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-16 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Global Journal of Archaeology & Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2575-8608 • E-ISSN: 2575-8608 |
| Publisher | Juniper Publishers (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.19080/gjaa.2018.04.555630 |
| OpenAlex | W2892920061 |
| Language | EN |
To begin with a very simple but yet ever so profound truth: Acts of goodwill are very wide ranging.Jumping into a river in order to save a person's life is certainly an act of goodwill.But we just as clearly have an act of goodwill when, for example, a healthy 25-year old passenger on a vehicle of public transportation gives up her or his seat to either an elderly person or a handicapped person who has just boarded the vehicle of transportation.Likewise, we clearly have an act of goodwill with the following situation.Unbeknownst to individual Alpha, money has fallen out of Alpha's pocket.The person walking behind Alpha sees what happened and that person (whom we may call Tarik) essentially has two choices
Business · Goodwill · Majesty · Political science · Intellectual Property Law · Law · Philosophy · Accounting
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |