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The Internet: Emergent Technologies In Two West African Countries, Jim Rogers

English Faculty Publications

Being connected for most Africans means something completely different from most of us in more (technologically) "developed" countries. Compared to those who have virtually unlimited and relatively cheap access to e-mail and the World Wide Web (WWW), most Africans have limited access to e-mail only. Outside of South Africa, which hosts 70 full Internet Service Providers (ISPs); Egypt, which hosts 25; and Morocco, which hosts 15, most African countries have well under 10 ISPs, the average being loser to 1 or 2 (Jensen, 1998). This example demonstrates the diversity of the African continent; one cannot simply typify the African example. …

Creation Care And Character: The Nature And Necessity Of The Ecological Virtues, Steven C. Bouma-Prediger

Faculty Publications

This article explores a neglected but significant area of research in ecological ethics, namely, virtue theory. More precisely, the author attempts to answer this cluster of questions: What exactly is a virtue? Are there particular virtues which arise from a biblically informed Christian ecological ethic? If so, what are those virtues? How important are they? Are they merely nice to have or are they necessary? The thesis is that certain virtues--like frugality, humility, and wisdom--are indispensable if Christians are to responsibly fulfill their calling to be earthkeepers. In short, certain character traits are central to creation care.

"Handicapped" Or "Handi-Capable"?: The Effects Of Language About Persons With Disabilities On Perceptions Of Source Credibility And Persuasiveness, John S. Seiter, Jarrod Larsen, Jacey Skinner

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

This study examined how four types of language about people with disabilities affected perceptions of communicators’ credibility and persuasiveness. Students read scenarios in which a communicator depicted people with disabilities as heroic, disabled, normal, or pathetic. Students then rated communicator's credibility and persuasiveness. Results indicated that communicators describing people with disabilities as pathetic were perceived to be less trustworthy and competent than the other three communicators, less sociable than the communicator who depicted people as heroic, and less persuasive than communicators who depicted people as heroic and disabled.

Kant's Reply To Hume In The Second Analogy, Gorden Steinhoff

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

In the Second Analogy, Kant argues that we must presuppose, a priori, that each event is determined to occur by some preceding event in accordance with a causal law. Although there have been numerous interpretations of this argument, we have not been able to show that it is valid. In this paper, I develop my own interpretation of this argument. I borrow an insight offered by Robert Paul Wolff. In Kant's argument, our need to presuppose that the causal determination of each event rests not upon our need to impose a 'necessary' and 'irreversible' temporal order upon representations of the …

Review Of Earth Community Earth Ethics, By Larry Rasmussen, Steven C. Bouma-Prediger

Faculty Publications

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Cclhp: Data As Microsoft Access File, Newton Key, Chris Waldrep, Michael Kroll, Mark Voss-Hubbard

Coles County Legal History

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Cclhp: Case Types As Csv, Newton Key, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Michael Kroll, Chris Waldrep

Coles County Legal History

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Cclhp: Cases As Csv, Newton Key, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Chris Waldrep, Michael Kroll

Coles County Legal History

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Cclhp: Parties As Csv, Newton Key, Mark Voss-Hubbard, Michael Kroll, Chris Waldrep

Coles County Legal History

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Split-Screen Versus Single-Screen Formats In Televised Debates: Does Access To An Opponent's Nonverbal Behaviors Affect Viewers' Perceptions Of A Speaker's Credibility?, John S. Seiter, Jeffery A. Abraham, Brent T. Nakagama

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

Compared to televised debates using a single-screen format, those using a split screen, ie., those showing both debaters simultaneously, provide viewers greater access to the nonverbal reactions of a debater's opponent. This study examined the effect of such nonverbal reactions on viewer's perceptions of a speaker's credibility. Students watched one of four versions of a televised debate. One version used a single-screen format, showing only the speaker, while the other three verions used a split-screen format in which the speaker's opponent displayed constant, occasional, or no nonverbal disagreement with the speaker. After watching the videos, students rated the speaker's credibility. …

Why Care For Creation?: From Prudence To Piety, Steven C. Bouma-Prediger

Faculty Publications

Why should people, and Christians in particular, care for creation? What reasons, what arguments, are there for taking our ecological responsibilities more seriously? In this article Steven Bouma-Prediger presents and evaluates ten arguments for caring for creation. His main claim is that for a variety of good reasons, like Dr. Seuss's Lorax, Christians should speak for the trees---they should care for non-human creation. Mr. Bouma-Prediger teaches in the religion department at Hope College.