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John Rawls, The Conception Of A Liberal Self, And The Communitarian Critique, Johnathan Edward Mansfield

Dissertations and Theses

John Rawls' A Theory of Justice stands as the single most important work in the Anglo-American liberal tradition after World War II. In A Theory of Justice, Rawls revives the social contract doctrine in order to determine principles of justice that would be chosen by persons who are free and equal moral individuals. Since Rawls believes that no single conception of the good can establish justice in a pluralistic society, he posits a set of principles of right which are prior to any particular good. Thus his theory, which he calls "justice as fairness," is deontological. Since its publication in ...

A Survey Of Diplomatic And Commercial Relations Between The United States And Oman In Zanzibar, 1828-1856, Mohammed Al-Mukadam

Dissertations and Theses

Informal relations between American merchant traders and the Sultanate of Oman in the port of Zanzibar began with the landing of the first American merchants about 1828. At the same approximate time, Sultan Said bin Sultan moved his official residence from Muscat, Oman, to Zanzibar, underlining the importance of Zanzibar to the administration of his territories on the East African coast. Relations were formalized by the Treaty of 1833 between the United States and Oman, and the U.S. established a consular mission in Zanzibar in 1837 and in Muscat in 1838.

The growth of the Omani Empire under Sultan ...

Written Narratives Of Language Disordered And Normal Adolescents On Two Tasks, Antigone Howick Brown

Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to describe written narratives of language disordered adolescents by comparing their written narratives via story grammar analysis with those of normal adolescents. The written narratives were obtained by administering two tasks as required assignments within the English or communications classes of the two groups. Task A was to write about a personal experience and Task B was about an imaginary experience. This study used Merritt and Liles' adaptations (1987) of Stein and Glenn's procedures (1979) for story grammar analysis to describe the content of the narratives.

Burns'eko Etxekoandreak: Basque Women Boarding House Keepers Of Burns, Oregon, Paquita Lucia Garatea

Dissertations and Theses

The migration of the Basques to the Pacific Northwest at the turn of the century was due to a number of factors including economic, cultural and political. The Basques constitute a distinct ethnic group from northern Spain and southern France, whose origins have not yet been determined by historical, linguistic, or archaeological studies. From ancient times, the Basques have fought to maintain their cultural identity and political freedom against invaders, developing in this struggle a strong sense of racial group solidarity. The lack of opportunity for advancement and the obligation to serve in the military were added reasons for the ...

Symbolic Action And Persuasion In The Book Of Mormon, Keith H. Lane

All Theses and Dissertations

This thesis contends that the Book of Mormon can be profitably read from a rhetorical perspective. It employs Kenneth Burke's ideas concerning language, texts, and his method of dramatistic analysis, to reveal certain persuasive aspects of the Book of Mormon, and to urge action in response to the persuasion of the Book of Mormon.

Chapter one discusses common ways of reading scripture, and explains some of the inadequacies of these approaches. It gives a rationale of a rhetorical approach that concerns itself with action, and recommends this approach for the Book of Mormon. Chapter two applies a rhetorical reading ...

Surrogacy, Slavery, And The Ownership Of Life, Anita L. Allen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Age, Gender, And Religious Differences In Moral Perspective, Samuel L. Clay

All Theses and Dissertations

An investigation was conducted to see if age and gender are related to a preference for a caring versus a justice morality. The World View Questionnaire with 40 word pairs was used to measure a preference for a caring morality. It was found that there was a significant gender difference in the caring score, with the females scoring higher than the males. There also was a significant religious difference in the caring score with religious and especially Mormon subjects scoring higher than non-religious subjects. There was not, however, a significant age difference as was predicted.

The Burden Of Responsibility In The Libro De Buen Amor, Lynn Williams

All Faculty Publications

In three of the early sections of the Libro de buen amor, Juan Ruiz explains to his public how, for various reasons, he is conditioned to love women. In stanzas 71-76 he uses the unimpeachable authority of Aristotle to argue that men and animals are biologically determined to seek 'juntamiento con fenbra plazentera' (st. 71d), and since he is a man like any other, it is natural, perhaps even inevitable, that from time to time he too should feel the attraction of the opposite sex. Paraphrasing St Paul (I Thessalonians 5.21), the Archpriest tells us rather cheekily that one ...

The Development Of The Smelting Industry In The Central Salt Lake Valley Communities Of Midvale, Murray, And Sandy Prior To 1900, Charles E. Hughes

All Theses and Dissertations

This thesis found that the three communities of Midvale, Murray, and Sandy were the center of the smelting industry in the Salt Lake Valley. These communities became the center of smelting because of their central location, the readily available water supply, and the availability of an inexpensive, efficient transportation system to ship the bullion. The smelters were surrounded by two major mountain ranges which provided a ready supply of good lead, silver, and copper ore.

The development of the smelting industry followed three separate phases or periods. The first phase was one of experimentation or period of discovery, in which ...

Voices From Twentieth-Century Africa: Griots And Towncriers By Chinweizu, Pamela Jo Thompson

Foreign Languages and Literature Faculty Publications

Voices from Twentieth-Century Africa, a comprehensive, one-volume introduction to African literature, is a spinoff of Chinweizu's (et alia) previous work, Toward the Decolonization of African Literature (1983; see WLT 58:2, p. 313), and a forerunner to the "anthology of 5000 years of Pan-african Literature promised therein.

Aspects De La Scriptologie Des Chansonniers Français Des Xine Et Xive Siècles, Christopher Callahan

Christopher Callahan

No abstract provided.

Review. Re-Making It New: Contemporary American Poetry And The Modernist Tradition, By Lynn Keller. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1987. Review In The Modern Language Review 85. 172-73., Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Tea & Lockets, Denise Buhr

Denise Buhr

A stop at an Indiana inn along the national Road in 1831 leads to lost lockets, found cousins, and an over-indulgence in a very special "tea" in this all-female one-act melodrama.

Matthew's Gospel And Formative Judaism : The Social World Of The Matthean Community, J. Andrew Overman

J. Andrew Overman

No abstract provided.

Loose Can(N)On On The Deck: Curriculum Wars Of The '90s, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

From Puzzle To Persona: The Development Of The Detective Novel, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Jeffers, Anti-Modernism, And A Thousand Years, Alan Soldofsky

Alan Soldofsky

No abstract provided.

The Liberal Tradition In Russian Orthodox Theology, Paul Valliere

Paul Valliere

No abstract available.

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Giovanni Battista Gaulli, Il Baciccio, Dorothy Habel

Dorothy Metzger Habel

No abstract provided.

Conversation With Frank Pommersheim, Frank Pommersheim

Frank Pommersheim

No abstract provided.

Introduction, Robert Bray

Robert Bray

No abstract provided.

Esl Composers' Sense Of Audience, Kate Mangelsdorf, Duane Roen, Victoria Taylor

Kate Mangelsdorf

No abstract provided.

Triumph Of The Name Of Jesus, Il Gesù Ceiling, Dorothy Habel

Dorothy Metzger Habel

No abstract provided.

Deleuze's Film Theory, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Triumph Of St. Ignatius, S. Ignazio Ceiling, Dorothy Habel

Dorothy Metzger Habel

No abstract provided.

Gazing On Secret Sights: Spenser, Classical Imitation, And The Decorums Of Vision, Theresa Krier

Theresa Krier, Retired

No abstract provided.

Looking Back From Zora: Or Talking Out Both Sides My Mouth For Those Who Have Two Ears, P. Foreman

P. Gabrielle Foreman

Issues of representation and problematic address are considered in the works of several black women writers, including Zora Neale Hurston and Nella Larsen. These writers "talk out both sides" of their mouths and mediate their messages about representing race, gender and power.

The Body In Space-Time: Deleuze And Bergson, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Vitalism Once More?: Deleuze's Bergson And The Post-Structuralist Turn, Paul Douglass

Paul Douglass

No abstract provided.

Symbolic Logic : Classical And Advanced Systems, Harry Gensler, S.J.

Harry J. Gensler, S.J.

This book covers the classical systems (propositional and quantificational logic), more advanced philosophical systems (modal, deontic, and belief logic), the formalization of an ethical theory, and a short introduction to metalogic.