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Author : Cecelia Frances Page
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2009-06
Relevant Interests written by Cecelia Frances Page and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-06 with Literary Collections categories.
RELEVANT INTERESTS is a dynamic book of 56 short stories and articles about a wide variety of topics and interests. Exciting topics include Revelations That Will Astound You!, Shamballa, The Value Of Crystals, Lemurian And Atlantean Temples and Seven Root Races On Earth. More fascinating topics are Ocean Mysteries, Butterflies, Umbrellas And Parasols, Stained Glass Objects, The Etheric Universe, Chemical And Alchemical Affinity and A True Story. Golden Days, Avatars Exist, Santa Claus, Porcelain Paraphernalia, Frame Your Photos And Paintings, Creekside Adventures and Japanese Baths are stimulating topics. Russian Village Life, Edgar Cayce Insights, Avoid Accidents, Into The Light, Effects Of Painkillers, Echoes From The Past, Use Of VCRs And DVD Players, Lighthouses Beacon, Old Victorian Houses, Experiencing Diabetes, Seashore Painting, Games And Puzzles, Up In The Attic, Scavengers Exist and Ballroom Dancing are more worthwhile topics. Keeping A Current Address Book, The Charity Dinner, Llamas From South America, Wearing Dark Glasses, Theogenesis Revealed, Elephants Still Live, My High School P.E. Teachers, Pencils And Pens, The Forest Dwellers, A Campfire Story, Office Chatter, Movie And Stage Play Goers and Electricity Counts are diverse and dynamic topics. Candlelight Services, The Garden Party, Beverly Sills, A Famous Opera Star, The Importance Of Early Childhood Education, Parapsychology, Toronto, A Cosmopolitan City, The Louvre In Paris, France, Unlocking The Genetic Code and The Science Of Dreams will enlighten you.
The Oxford Handbook Of Environmental Ethics
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Author : Stephen Mark Gardiner
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2017
The Oxford Handbook Of Environmental Ethics written by Stephen Mark Gardiner and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Philosophy categories.
This handbook is currently in development, with individual articles publishing online in advance of print publication. At this time, we cannot add information about unpublished articles in this handbook, however the table of contents will continue to grow as additional articles pass through the review process and are added to the site. Please note that the online publication date for this handbook is the date that the first article in the title was published online.
Artificial Intelligence Applications And Innovations
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Author : Harris Papadopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2013-09-03
Artificial Intelligence Applications And Innovations written by Harris Papadopoulos and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-03 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th IFIP WG 12.5 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, AIAI 2013, held in Paphos, Cyprus, in September/October 2013. The 26 revised full papers presented together with a keynote speech at the main event and 44 papers of 8 collocated workshops were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume. The papers of the main event are organized in topical sections on data mining, medical informatics and biomedical engineering, problem solving and scheduling, modeling and decision support systems, robotics, and intelligent signal and image processing.
Corporate Behavior And Sustainability
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Author : Güler Aras
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-10-04
Corporate Behavior And Sustainability written by Güler Aras and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with Business & Economics categories.
Companies can no longer expect to engage in dubious or unethical corporate behaviour without risking their reputation and damaging, perhaps irrevocably, their market position. Irresponsible corporate behavior not only deprives shareholders of long-term returns but also ultimately imposes a cost on society as a whole. Sustainable business is about ensuring that entities contribute toward positive social, environmental, and economic outcomes. Bad business behaviour is costly for stakeholders, for markets, for society, and the economy alike. To ensure that a company behaves well, the buy-in of the leadership team is crucial. The full commitment of the board of directors, in conjunction with the senior managers of the organization, is required if an organization is to be socially responsible. In this sense, leadership does not reside with an individual (the CEO) within the organization but with all of those at the apex of corporate power and control. Effective change management requires enlightened and capable leadership to instigate and drive the process of embedding a sustainable and socially responsible corporate philosophy and culture that supports good business decision-making. A profound understanding of the requirements of such a leadership process will help corporate managers become highly effective change agents. Governance will be the main driver of this change. For the economy and financial markets to become sustainable and resilient, radical changes in corporate leadership need to take place. Integrated reporting, government regulation, and international standards will all be important factors in bringing about this change. As well as understanding the effects of corporate behavior on financial markets, such an understanding is also now imperative in relation to the social and environmental contexts.
Immovable Laws Irresistible Rights
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Author : Christine Pierce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000
Immovable Laws Irresistible Rights written by Christine Pierce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Law categories.
Same-sex partnerships. Pregnancy through in vitro fertilization. Ending one's own life in dignity. All are deemed inherently wrong by the standards of natural law ethics, but for many people they represent legitimate life choices that are morally right. Now a leading feminist critic of the natural law tradition explores the ongoing confrontation between natural law and moral rights to argue that rights constitute a more solid grounding for ethics in human affairs—and for feminist thought. In this volume, Christine Pierce's important essays—including the celebrated "Natural Law Language and Women"—expand, reflect, and refine this central controversy. Reaching back to Aristotle and Aquinas and drawing on modern papal encyclicals and Supreme Court cases, Pierce demonstrates that the natural law tradition, with its doctrine of a supposed hierarchy of natural purpose, has served to mystify women's nature and thereby justify restricting women to a predetermined social stratum. Addressing issues that concern not only feminism but legal theory as well, she defends her views on equality and universalization against a growing postmodern critique and presents rights theory as an alternative to an ethics of responsibility based on Aristotelian notions of friendship and trust. Through tightly constructed arguments presented in engaging prose, Pierce conveys her deep knowledge of legal philosophy and her passion for rights as she takes on such issues as AIDS, gay marriage, animal liberation, and feminist separatism. She combats the prevailing view of Plato as sexist and explores Sartre's views of "holes and slime." She also examines the work of contemporary authors in ecology, biology, sociobiology, and religion to reveal their reliance on nature for ethical conclusions, and she criticizes recent efforts to root a feminist natural law in Thomism. With natural law concepts now in fashion with many conservatives and even some Supreme Court justices, Pierce's essays offer a necessary perspective on where current legal and ethical thinking is headed. Immovable Laws, Irresistible Rights is invigorating reading for all scholars, students, and interested readers who seek a better understanding of these arguments and the issues affected by them.
Philosophy And Technology
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Author : P.T. Durbin
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Philosophy And Technology written by P.T. Durbin and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Only recently has the phenomenon of technology become an object of in terest for philosophers. The first attempts at a philosophy of technology date back scarcely a hundred years - a span of time extremely short when com pared with the antiquity of philosophical reflections on nature, science, and society. Over that hundred-year span, speculative, critical, and empiricist approaches of various sorts have been put forward. Nevertheless, even now there remains a broad gap between the importance of technology in the real world and the sparse number of philosophical works dedicated to the under standing of modern technology. As a result of the complex structure of modern technology, it can be dealt with in very different ways. These range from metaphysical exposition to efforts aimed at political consensus. Quite naturally, within such a broad range, certain national accents can be discovered-; they are shaped by a com mon language, accepted philosophical traditions, and concrete problems requiring consideration. Even so, the worldwide impact of technology, its penetration into all spheres of individual, social, and cultural life, together with the urgency of the problems raised in this context - all these demand a joint philosophical discussion that transcends the barriers of language and cultural differences. The papers printed here are intended to exemplify such an effort at culture-transcending philosophical discussion.
Punishment Sentencing
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Author : Mirko Bageric
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2001-07
Punishment Sentencing written by Mirko Bageric and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-07 with Law categories.
First published in 2001. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Capital Failure
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Author : Nicholas Morris
language : en
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Release Date : 2014-08-07
Capital Failure written by Nicholas Morris and has been published by OUP Oxford this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-07 with Business & Economics categories.
Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' relied on the self-interest of individuals to produce good outcomes. Economists' belief in efficient markets took this idea further by assuming that all individuals are selfish. This belief underpinned financial deregulation, and the theories on incentives and performance which supported it. However, although Adam Smith argued that although individuals may be self-interested, he argued that they also have other-regarding motivations, including a desire for the approbation of others. This book argues that the trust-intensive nature of financial services makes it essential to cultivate such other-regarding motivations, and it provides proposals on how this might be done. Trustworthiness in the financial services industry was eroded by deregulation and by the changes to industry structure which followed. Incentive structures encouraged managers to disguise risky products as yielding high returns, and regulation failed to curb this risk-taking, rent-seeking behaviour. The book makes a number of proposals for reforms of governance, and of legal and regulatory arrangements, to address these issues. The proposals seek to harness values and norms that would reinforce 'other-regarding' behaviour, so that the firms and individuals in the financial services act in a more trustworthy manner. Four requirements are identified which together might secure more strongly trustworthy behaviour: the definition of obligations, the identification of responsibilities, the creation of mechanisms which encourage trustworthiness, and the holding to account of those involved in an appropriate manner. Financial reforms at present lack sufficient focus on these requirements, and the book proposes a range of further actions for specific parts of the financial industry.
A Primer In Positive Psychology
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Author : Christopher Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-07-27
A Primer In Positive Psychology written by Christopher Peterson and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-27 with Psychology categories.
Positive psychology is the scientific study of what goes right in life, from birth to death and at all stops in between. It is a newly-christened approach within psychology that takes seriously the examination of that which makes life most worth living. Everyone's life has peaks and valleys, and positive psychology does not deny the valleys. Its signature premise is more nuanced, but nonetheless important: what is good about life is as genuine as what is bad and, therefore, deserves equal attention from psychologists. Positive psychology as an explicit perspective has existed only since 1998, but enough relevant theory and research now exist to fill a textbook suitable for a semester-long college course.A Primer in Positive Psychology is thoroughly grounded in scientific research and covers major topics of concern to the field: positive experiences such as pleasure and flow; positive traits such as character strengths, values, and talents; and the social institutions that enable these subjects as well as what recent research might contribute to this knowledge. Every chapter contains exercises that illustrate positive psychology, a glossary, suggestions of articles and books for further reading, and lists of films, websites, and popular songs that embody chapter themes.A comprehensive overview of positive psychology by one of the acknowledged leaders in the field, this textbook provides students with a thorough introduction to an important area of psychology.
Contest For Constitutional Authority
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Author : Susan Burgess
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Contest For Constitutional Authority written by Susan Burgess and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Law categories.
Is the judiciary the ultimate authority on constitutional questions? Susan Burgess says no. Basing her argument on the theory of "departmental review", Burgess contends that each branch of government has the right to interpret the Constitution and that no branch has final authority. Through close study of the abortion and war powers debates, Burgess illustrates that the practice of departmental review improves the quality of constitutional debate, deepens "constitutional consciousness", and enhances respect for the rule of law. First, she investigates the constitutional issues relating to the debates over Roe v. Wade and, in its wake, the 1981 human life bill, the 1985 Abortion Funding Restriction Act, and contemporaneous court cases. She follows with a comparative analysis of the constitutional debates that focused on the infamous 1964 Gulf of Tonkin Resolution and the Persian Gulf crisis of the late 1980s--one before and the other after the passage of the 1973 War Powers Act. Burgess demonstrates the considerable potential (and possible drawbacks) of departmental review for creating a common constitutional language that transcends the polemical impasses characterizing much current debate, for recapturing active and thoughtful citizen participation, and for renewing our faith in the authority of the Constitution.