The Possibility and Utility of Religious Science in Nasr’s Discourse of Traditionalism by Mohammadreza Khakigharamaleki

“…To him, the characteristics of divine sciences are: disassociation between metaphysical dimension and the physical dimension, longitudinal outlook towards the hierarchies of universe, symbolism, traditional scientific language, and avoiding utilitarian outlook. In fact, to return to tradition means to invite to be equipped with the past scientific tradition, to get free from western domination, and to be immune from the invasion of technology waves, social structures, and modern sciences. …”
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Une plage à Genève. Oui, mais quelle plage ? by Simon Gaberell, Joëlle Salomon Cavin

“…Defined based on a qualitative survey conducted among naturalists involved in the controversy, three types of notions shed light on the values associated with nature in urban areas : (1) a defensive concept of nature in the city, associated with the idea of a suspended pontoon ; (2) an integrated notion embodied by the installation of a shore, constituting a transition between the beach and the lake ; (3) a utilitarian concept associated with the creation of a park with a lawn. …”
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The effects of the antecedents of ewom on tourists' decision-making: Perceived trust as a mediator by Saad AL-SAAD, Yahya A. ALZGHOUL, Ayman HARB

“…Purpose - This study aimed to examine the relationships between the utilitarian perceptions (information quality), hedonic perceptions (pleasure) and social perceptions (social interaction and homophily) of tourists in eWOM - on the one hand and their decision-making processes on the other. …”
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L’homme obscur et l’esprit du jeu vidéo by Michaël Crevoisier

“…Our hypothesis aims to think video games as a non-utilitarian man-machine relation whose aesthetic purpose implies the perception of this relation. …”
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“Pretty as a peach” by Nicola Jones, Sandra Pitcher

“…The paper analyses the stereotyped representation of Steenkamp and Pistorius in all three publications, and following the work of Clifford Christians (2009), uses these examples to highlight problems with the traditional utilitarian frameworks that govern modern news reporting. …”
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History and Philosophy of Science at the Crossroads of Doctoral Education’s Reforms: Polemical Notes by E. N. Ishchenko

“…The change of focus from educational training to research component should not lead to utilitarian approach implementation aimed at purely quantitative indicators. …”
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A Framework for a Capabilities-Based Approach to Copyright by Megha Jandhyala

“…It examines Mary Sue fan fiction through the lens of the Capabilities Approach to illustrate how the approach differs from the standard utilitarian approach to copyright. Furthermore, it argues that several factors associated with a country’s level of development, particularly its social, economic, and institutional contexts, affect the relationship between copyright and human capabilities. …”
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CONCEPTUALIZATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN RUSSIAN MEDIA DISCOURSE by Elena N. Galichkina

“…The conceptualization of artificial intelligence in the value dimension manifests itself through positive assessment or possible harm. The utilitarian properties are evaluated positively, whereas the hypothetical impact on humans, in the case of uncontrolled headway in this area, is assessed negatively.…”
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Ethics Underpinning Data Policy in Crisis Situations by Perihan Elif Ekmekci, Lili Zhang, Francis P. Crawley

“…It extensively analyzed ethical considerations during crisis data management, such as the seamless, trustworthy, and interoperable data flow, the dilemma and reciprocal interaction between right bases and utilitarian approaches, and possible ways of mapping Open Science core values into crisis data ethics. …”
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‘Gall and wormwood’ – The Compositors’ Chronicle (1840–43) as Collaborative Journal by Françoise Baillet

“…Like many early Victorian trade societies, the London Union of Compositors was strongly influenced by the various movements ‘for the improvement of the moral and social condition of the working classes’ and in the pages of the Chronicle, utilitarian connections were apparent, in particular through the journal’s treatment of social subjects. …”
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Engaging with AI painting: exploring motivations and challenges in laypeople's creative information practices by Xiaoyu Zhang, Sicheng Zhu, Yuxiang Chris Zhao, Mingxia Jia, Qinghua Zhu

“…Laypeople engage with AI painting for emotional motivations, personal utilitarian motivations, and social interaction. Notable challenges include image quality, technological limitations, and personal constraints. …”
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Intellectual property rights vs. public access rights: ethical aspects of the DeCSS decryptation program by Robert Vaagan, Wallace Koehler

“…The analysis depends on whether one ascribes to consequentialist (e.g., utilitarian) or de-ontological reflection, and also on which side of the digital gap is to be accorded most weight. …”
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VALUABLE AND ORIENTATION FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM OF THE COUNTRY by Vladimir I. Zagvyazinsky

“…The aim of the investigation is to show that in modern market conditions it is necessary to keep humanistic valuable and orientation installations of domestic education and not to allow its slipping on a line item of utilitarian, quickly achievable, but not long-term benefits. …”
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Youth Awareness of Facebook Users’ Data Commodification and its Business Model by Abigail Boima, Toks Oyedemi

“…Facebook (Meta) is one of the world’s richest corporations, with about 98% of its revenue generated from advertising. Beyond its utilitarian function of connecting billions of people, Facebook is a global advertising machine that basically functions by commodifying users’ information and monetising their behavioural data. …”
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The Diversity of Edible Flowers and Its Biocultural Role in Local Food System in Dali, Southwest China by Qing Zhang, Jihai Zhang, Congli Xu, Xianjin Wu, Chunlin Long

“…Edible flowers (EFs) form a special group of food plants that serve a pivotal role in local food systems, both in their utilitarian value and cultural significance. Dali, renowned for its rich biocultural diversity, is home to various ethnic groups with unique traditions regarding the consumption of EFs. …”
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Challenges in nature-based health and therapy research and critical considerations for application in musculoskeletal health by Richard Doran-Sherlock, Payal Sood, Nicole Anne Struthers, Filip Maric

“…In addition, engaging with natural environments which are vulnerable to the entwinned threats of climate change and biodiversity collapse requires consideration of the effects of ecological disturbance and the underlying anthropocentric/utilitarian view of the natural world. In this perspective, we outline a critique of NBHT literature and offer positive suggestions for how better-quality research can be conducted and implemented by focusing on local environmental, social, and political factors. …”
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Méritos e limites da teoria da escolha racional como ferramenta de interpretação do comportamento social e político by Mauro Macedo Campos, Hugo Borsani, Nilo Lima de Azevedo

“…In this sense, rationality is seen as a way of maximizing the preferences of agents who have utilitarian calculation capacity. Their preferences depend on their degree of knowledge or information about the set of opportunities available to them. …”
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Alchohol Consumption Practices in the Koryak Community by Lyudmila N. Khakhovskaya

“…It is possible that indigenous communities have difficulties in working out the required social regulations because of the complexities surrounding the non-utilitarian treatment of the unusual materiality of vodka.…”
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Pokój jako wartość by Mirosław Karwat

“…Then, however, it is not only the utilitarian, pragmatic value of peace as a favourable, secure state of affairs that comes into play, but above all the abstract, universalist idea of peace as a moral value dictated by humanism and humanitarianism. …”
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Dogmatic and Political-Legal Justification for the Protection of Positive Interest in the Recovery of Damages in Case of Breach of Contract by R. V. Makarova

“…Perdue, the author tries to find a philosophical, historical and utilitarian justification for a positive interest in recovering damages due to a breached contract and, using comparative and historical methods of scientific analysis, comes to the following conclusions. …”
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