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The Truth Claims Of Online Higher Education A Social Constructionist Analysis, Thomas Wells Brignall Iii
The Truth Claims Of Online Higher Education A Social Constructionist Analysis, Thomas Wells Brignall Iii
Dissertations
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When Hope Unblooms: Chance And Moral Luck In The Fiction Of Thomas Hardy, Jil Larson
When Hope Unblooms: Chance And Moral Luck In The Fiction Of Thomas Hardy, Jil Larson
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, September 20, 2001.
Bringing Liberalism And Communitarianism Closer, Paul Frazier
Bringing Liberalism And Communitarianism Closer, Paul Frazier
Masters Theses
The question that divides liberalism and communitarianism is: should the state exist to protect individuals and individual rights or for the good of society as a whole? This thesis suggests that this is the wrong question to ask. Individuals are not isolated and different from their communities, but are products of social settings. This does not mean, however, that individual freedom and individual rights are compromised. Rather, the only way for an individual to be an autonomous agent and to make free choices is within a society. Rights for individuals, then, must come from within a social setting. Therefore, the …
The Ethics Of Making The Body Beautiful: Lessons From Cosmetic Surgery For A Future Of Cosmetic Genetics, Sara Goering
The Ethics Of Making The Body Beautiful: Lessons From Cosmetic Surgery For A Future Of Cosmetic Genetics, Sara Goering
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
This piece was originally published in the Philosophy and Public Policy Quarterly, Spring 2001 issue (from the Maryland Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy).
An Analysis Of The Impact Of An Outlier On Correlation Coefficients Across Small Sample Data Where Rho Is Non-Zero, Maria A. Suchowski
An Analysis Of The Impact Of An Outlier On Correlation Coefficients Across Small Sample Data Where Rho Is Non-Zero, Maria A. Suchowski
Dissertations
This study addressed the problem o f the probable effectiveness o f the Pearson correlation coefficient (r) as an estimator o f moderate or strong population correlation (rho) when that estimate is based on small sample data which contains an outlier. In such a situation, three components contribute to the size o f a sample correlation coefficient, and so to the subsequent effectiveness o f the resulting estimation decision. These components are 1) rho, 2) sample size, and 3) outlier. Considered in this study were: two conditions o f rho (.5 and .8), three sample sizes (10, 30 and 50) …
Morality And God, John Hare
Morality And God, John Hare
Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers
Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, January 18,2001 with the title, "Does Morality Need God?"