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==Informality on the legal-illegal and ethical-unethical axes== | |||
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!Legal | |||
!Illegal | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|'''Ethical''' | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc; width: 45%"|A | |||
Informal practices that facilitate the workings of formal institutions and are overall socially acceptable | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#bebebe; width: 45%"|'''B''' | |||
'''Informal practices that are criminalised but socially acceptable in certain communities ([[Small-scale smuggling (Global)|small scale smuggling]], [[Aploksne (Latvia)|cash payments for services]] or [[Hálapénz, paraszolvencia (Hungary)|giving gifts to doctors and civil servants]])''' | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|'''Unethical''' | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#bebebe; width: 45%"|'''C''' | |||
'''Informal practices that are legal but socially unacceptable or morally questionable ([[Double Irish (Ireland)|corporate tax optimization]])''' | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; background-color:#dcdcdc; width: 45%"|D | |||
Informal practices that are criminalised and not socially acceptable overall | |||
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==Differences in Greek and Chinese intellectual traditions when dealing with logical antinomies== | |||
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!'''Greek''' | |||
!'''Chinese''' | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Mutual exclusivity (co-existence) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|No | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Normativity (there is ‘right’ or good pole in antinomy) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|No | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Analogy | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Not necessarily | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Tension | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Not necessarily (depends) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes (central) | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Polarity | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Not necessarily (depends) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes (yin and yang model) | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Symmetry (dominance or balance in a pair) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|No | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Mutual inclusivity (co-dependence) | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|No | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Yes | |||
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| style="vertical-align:middle;"|Perspective on change | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Formalisation, order, development of formal institutions, predictability, standardisation, reducing the role of ‘culture’ on institutional outputs | |||
|style="vertical-align:top; width: 33%"|Cyclical development, respect for the opposite forces in recession, even where the dominant forces are obvious | |||
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==Assignment 1== | ==Assignment 1== | ||
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Michael inserts the coupon back in the card, replaces the card at the bottom of the deck marked ‘Cases’, moves his marker two spaces back to a space marked ‘Lessons learned’ and collects $1 million from the Banker. His turn is now over. Anna rolls the dice. | Michael inserts the coupon back in the card, replaces the card at the bottom of the deck marked ‘Cases’, moves his marker two spaces back to a space marked ‘Lessons learned’ and collects $1 million from the Banker. His turn is now over. Anna rolls the dice. | ||