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Review Of Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Economy (1988), Harry Van Der Linden
Review Of Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Economy (1988), Harry Van Der Linden
Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS
Harry van der Linden's review of: Richard Dien Winfield, The Just Economy, New York/London: Routledge, 1988, 252 pp. Hardcover $35.00.
Le Teorie Del Segno Neoplatoniche, Riccardo Pelizzo
Le Teorie Del Segno Neoplatoniche, Riccardo Pelizzo
riccardo pelizzo
the paper investigates the theories of sign developed by three of the most important neoplatonic philosophers
A Chaotic Approach To Free Will And Determinism, Gregory J. Till
A Chaotic Approach To Free Will And Determinism, Gregory J. Till
Presidential Scholars Theses (1990 – 2006)
This paper approaches this ancient problem by incorporating the new science of chaos. Chaos is the name given to the discovery that even "simple deterministic systems with only a few elements can generate random behavior" {Crutchfield et al., 46). Chaos shows that deterministic systems can act in ways which are not predictable while at the same time showing that many seemingly random phenomena are more explainable than once thought. By doing so, chaos alters the laws of causation upon which much of this debate rests and indicates that perhaps not all theory is against freedom of the will, despite Dr. …
The Moral Foundations Of Tort Law, Stephen R. Perry
The Moral Foundations Of Tort Law, Stephen R. Perry
All Faculty Scholarship
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Towards The Development Of A Kantian Environmental Ethic, Sally Nelson Wiedmann
Towards The Development Of A Kantian Environmental Ethic, Sally Nelson Wiedmann
Dissertations and Theses @ UNI
This thesis is a response to Aldo Leopold's 1949 call for a new, wholistic environmental ethic. Leopold's call stemmed from his concern over the increasing degradation of the environment as a result of a utilitarian approach which judges nature as good only insofar as it is good for human economic and recreational benefit. This thesis is aimed at the development of a wholistic, non-utilitarian environmental ethic grounded in the philosophy. of Immanuel Kant. The thesis begins with a brief review of the utilitarian environmental ethic which Leopold opposed and some of the consequences it has wrought in the natural world. …