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Volunteerism Develops Communities, Trains Leaders, And Guards Democracy: Odessa, Texas 1896-1948, Debra Noe Gibbs

Graduate Theses

Volunteers were an essential tool used to build our nation and communities. The creation and maintenance of communities across the United States relied heavily on the activities of volunteers and their organizations in order to meet the endless needs of both the citizens and the infrastructure. Furthermore, volunteer organizations provided an increase and stability in democracy and in building communities in a variety of ways. First, volunteer organizations filled needs that the government was not able to meet. Second, they were training grounds for developing the skills needed to manage communities. Volunteer associations, by providing avenues and developing skills, helped …

The Ethic Of Care And The Problem Of Wild Animals, Grace Clement

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Pluhar's Perfectionism: A Critique Of Her (Un)Egalitarian Ethic, Chris Crittenden

Between the Species

I intend to criticize Evelyn Pluhar’s allegedly egalitarian ethic, presented in her recent work Beyond Prejudice, partly by way of contrasting it with what she calls “perfectionism” and partly by demonstrating that, in fact, her ethic schizophrenically embraces a defective form of perfectionism. My analysis suggests that knotty animal-rights dilemmas are best approached not from a stance of viewing animals and humans as morally equal but rather from a framework more flexible and adaptive to the complexity of real-life scenarios. Such adaptability in a theory need not condone cruelty, and it avoids the unintuitive and absurdly demanding features of a …

Killing With Kindness: An Inquiry Into The Routinized Destruction Of Companion Animals, Lee Anne Fennell

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Animal Rights Theory And Utilitarianism: Relative Normative Guidance, Gary L. Francione

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Humans And Animals At The Divide: The Case Of Feral Children, H. Peter Steeves

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

World Day For Laboratory Animals, Marti Kheel

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Robbing Peta To Spay Paul: Do Animal Rights Include Reproductive Rights?, David Boonin

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

Trends. Intelligence And Weapons Of Mass Destruction In A World With No Truth, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses questions surrounding whether the Bush administration intentionally did not tell the truth about the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

Trends. The Political Psychology Of Deviance Regulation, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses deviation regulation in social context, commenting on the idea that deviance is intrinsic to us all.

What's Wrong With Computer-Generated Images Of Perfection In Advertising?, Earl W. Spurgin

Philosophy

ABSTRACT. Advertisers often use computers to create fantastic images. Generally, these are perfectly harmless images that are used for comic or dramatic effect. Sometimes, however, they are problematic human images that I call computer-generated images of perfection. Advertisers create these images by using computer technology to remove unwanted traits from models or to generate entire human bodies. They are images that portray ideal human beauty, bodies, or looks. In this paper, I argue that the use of such images is unethical. I begin by explaining the common objections against advertising and by demonstrating how critics might argue that those objections …

Scientific Methodologies In Medieval Islam, Jon Mcginnis

Philosophy Faculty Works

The present study considers Ibn Sînâ's (Lat. Avicenna) account of induction (istiqra') and experimentation (tajriba). For Ibn Sînâ induction purportedly provided the absolute, necessary and certain first principles of a science. Ibn Sînâ criticized induction, arguing that it can neither guarantee the necessity nor provide the primitiveness required of first principles. In it place, Ibn Sînâ developed a theory of experimentation, which avoids the pitfalls of induction by not providing absolute, but conditional, necessary and certain first principles. The theory of experimentation that emerges though not modern, does have elements that are similar to a modern conception of scientific method.

Quelques Problèmes Fondamentaux Dans Les Textes Tardifs De Husserl Sur La Réduction Phénoménologique, Sebastian Luft

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Review Of Time For Revolution, By Antonio Negri, John Conley

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

No abstract provided.

Review Of Designer Food: Mutant Harvest Or Breadbasket Of The World, Alison Bailey

Faculty Publications - Philosophy

Book review of Designer Food: Mutant Harvest or Breadbasket of the World by Gregory E. Pence

Existe Uma Distinção Relevante Entre Valores Cognitivos E Sociais?, Hugh Lacey

Philosophy Faculty Works

It is useful to work with a model of the practices of scientific research that proposes that there are three key moments at which choices must be made: the moments of (i) adopting a strategy (or methodological rules), (ii) accepting theories, and (iii) applying scientific knowledge. Social values may have legitimate and important roles at the first and third moments, but not the second, where only cognitive values and available empirical data have essential roles. The distinction between cognitive and social values is needed to maintain this model, and thus to sustain the view that impartial scientific knowledge can be …

Review Of Forgiveness And Revenge By Trudy Govier, Margaret Urban Walker

Philosophy Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 4, Issue 3, 2003, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Research Conduct by Dr. Caroline A. Whitbeck
• Director's Corner: Lying and Justification by Robert P. Lawry
• Leadership in the Global Perspective, Dr. Kazuo Inamori Speaks
• Ethnopsychiatry & American Immigration, Dr. Atwood Gaines Explores and Explains

Is There A Christian View Of Everything From Soup To Nuts?, Roy A. Clouser

Pro Rege

Dr. Roy Clouser gave three lectures (October 21-22) as part of Dordt's 2002 Fall Faculty Lecture Series. The article below, transcribed and revised from his lecture, was the first of three presentations. These included "Is There a Christian View of Everything from Soup to Nuts?"; "How to Teach Technical Courses in a Distinctively Christian Way"; and "How a Christian Perspective Matters in Class."

Hope Springs Eternal: The Psychology Of Deception, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

The author considers the idea of detecting deception, noted difficulties in doing so, and questions whether additional funding applied to detecting deception in the context of terrorism would be effective. The author refers to the efforts of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI) specifically.

Mixed Media May 2, 2003, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Mixed Media began as the student publication Your Name Here. The May 2, 2003 issue includes articles on the City of Providence wanting to tax RISD property, automated paper towel machines on campus, RISD Task Forces, and film and music reviews, along with the comics "Attack of the Paper Towel Mummy" by Adam Sacks, "Mixed Media" by Joe Tesauro, "Punt," "bird" by Erin, "Marvin's Monkey Moments" by Wessy, "Atlas and the Beast from Time Forgotten," "When Fish Spawn" by Adam Sacks, "Smack Down" by Joe Quinones, "Swimming" by Maris Wicks, "Stuff of Dreams" by Andrew Kaiko, and other comics, event …

[Book Review Of] The Healer's Calling: A Spirituality For Physicians And Other Health Care Professionals, By Daniel P. Sulmasy, Eric Kilbreath

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

[Book Review Of] When Killing Is Wrong: Physician-Assisted Suicide And The Courts, By Arthur J. Dyck, Richard S. Myers

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

The Ethics Of Apology And The Role Of An Ombuds From The Perspective Of A Lawyer, Sharan Lee Levine, Paula A. Aylward

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University, March 20, 2003.

Blackletter Spring 2003, Students Of Risd, Risd Archives

All Student Newspapers

Blackletter was a literary journal established by RISD students in Wintersession of 2003 as a forum for artistic expression through writing. The Spring 2003 issue features poetry, creative writing, and visual art.

Moral Visions And The New American Politics, J. Matthew Wilson

Occasional Papers

No abstract provided.

Special Article. A Statement On The Iraq War From Psychologists For Social Responsibility: Sense And Nonsense, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies problematic attributions in a statement by Psychologists for Social Responsibility on the United States-led military intervention in Iraq.

The First Honors Philosophy Colloquium, Philosophical Discussion Group, Armstrong State University

The Philosopher's Stone

No abstract provided.

Trends. Is Saddam Hussein Dead?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This Trends article discusses how we might know whether Saddam Hussein is dead, as well as his significance in the ongoing political narrative in Iraq.

A Way Of Life: Saranac Lake And The 'Fresh Air' Cure For Tuberculosis, Ellen Damsky

Graduate Dissertations and Theses

In 1884, Edward Livingston Trudeau officially opened The Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium for the treatment of tuberculosis in Saranac Lake, New York. For the next seventy years, what became known as the Trudeau Sanatorium was the model of American sanatoria, promoting fresh air, rest, and nutritious food in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. The introduction and use of antibiotic drugs in the treatment of disease effectively ended the sanatorium movement as well as demarcates an important juncture in American medical and scientific history. Trudeau's treatment and the Sanatorium are interpreted as social and ideological constructs from the perspectives of verbal expression, …