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The Problem Of Moral Dirigisme: A New Argument Against Moralistic Legislation, Mario Rizzo Nov 2005

The Problem Of Moral Dirigisme: A New Argument Against Moralistic Legislation, Mario Rizzo

Mario Rizzo

This Article applies a theory of rational choice to moral decisionmaking. In this theory, agents act primarily on local and personal knowledge to instantiate moral principles, virtues and moral goods. The State may seek to prevent them from acting as they independently determine by prescribing or proscribing certain conduct by formal legal means. If its purpose is to ensure that people act morally or become better persons, we call this “moral dirigisme.” Our thesis is that the need to use decentralized knowledge to determine the moral status of an act makes the task of the moral dirigiste well-neigh impossible. The …


Missing Levite Paper, David Randall Jenkins Mar 2005

Missing Levite Paper, David Randall Jenkins

David Randall Jenkins

The Book of Numbers Chapters 1, 2 and 26 Twelve Tribe listings are derived from model operation and not reports of historical fact. The Numbers 3:22, 28 and 34 (7500, 8600, 6200) numerical references are Twelve Tribe encrypted missing Levite intra-triune position and census determinative methodology references.


Historia Del Cacao Guayaquileño, Guillermo Arosemena Jan 2005

Historia Del Cacao Guayaquileño, Guillermo Arosemena

Guillermo Arosemena

No abstract provided.


Review Of Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles To A Science Of Consciousness, Leslie Marsh Jan 2005

Review Of Sweet Dreams: Philosophical Obstacles To A Science Of Consciousness, Leslie Marsh

Leslie Marsh

The question of how a physical system gives rise to the phenomenal or experiential (olfactory, visual, somatosensitive, gestatory and auditory), is considered the most intractable of scientific and philosophical puzzles. Though this question has dominated the philosophy of mind over the last quarter century, it articulates a version of the age-old mind–body problem. The most famous response, Cartesian dualism, is on Daniel Dennett’s view still a corrosively residual and redundant feature of popular (and academic) thinking on these matters. Fifteen years on from his anti-Cartesian theory of consciousness (Consciousness Explained, 1991), Dennett’s frustration with this tradition is still palpable. This …


Involvement Of Porin N,N-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-Reactive Domain In Hexokinase Binding To The Outer Mitochondrial Membrane, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Involvement Of Porin N,N-Dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-Reactive Domain In Hexokinase Binding To The Outer Mitochondrial Membrane, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Modeling And Analysis Of An On Line Fms, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Modeling And Analysis Of An On Line Fms, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Novel Technique To Control The Premature Infant Incubator System Using Ann, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Novel Technique To Control The Premature Infant Incubator System Using Ann, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Rules Of Ownership Of Artificial Persons Of Intellectual Property Rights -Comparative Study Between Jordanian, & French Laws-, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Rules Of Ownership Of Artificial Persons Of Intellectual Property Rights -Comparative Study Between Jordanian, & French Laws-, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Knowledge Management In Enhancing The Competitiveness Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes), Philadelphia University Jan 2005

The Role Of Knowledge Management In Enhancing The Competitiveness Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises (Smes), Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Solar Cooker Utilizing Satellite Dish Technology, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Solar Cooker Utilizing Satellite Dish Technology, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Technique In The Spi-Calculus For Cryptographic Protocols, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

Evaluation Technique In The Spi-Calculus For Cryptographic Protocols, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


The State Of Engineering Postgraduate Studies In Iraqi Universities, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

The State Of Engineering Postgraduate Studies In Iraqi Universities, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.


An Approach Of Web Services Quality Attributes Specification, Philadelphia University Jan 2005

An Approach Of Web Services Quality Attributes Specification, Philadelphia University

Philadelphia University, Jordan

No abstract provided.