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The Forms And Limits Of Medical Ethics, Barry Hoffmaster
The Forms And Limits Of Medical Ethics, Barry Hoffmaster
C. Barry Hoffmaster
As medical ethics has evolved over the past several decades, it has come to be regarded as a domain of applied ethics, that is, the application of a rationally based, philosophical theory to moral problems in health care. But an array of difficulties arise in the attempt to apply general moral theories or norms to concrete problems, difficulties that expose the incompleteness and indeterminacy of philosophical moral theory. The doubtful ability of applied ethics to be practically helpful has led to the development of two main competitors. One is the attempt to reprise and rehabilitate the tradition of moral casuistry, …
Primogeniture, Monogamy, And Reproductive Success In A Stratified Society, Ted Bergstrom
Primogeniture, Monogamy, And Reproductive Success In A Stratified Society, Ted Bergstrom
Ted C Bergstrom
This paper explores the workings of stratified societies in which there is primogeniture and where the nobility practice monogamous marriage with a double standard of sexual fidelity. We model a simple stratified society and define the reproductive values of the male and female nobility relative to that of commoners. We then explore implications of the hypothesis that preferences have evolved to favor maximization of reproductive value. The hypothesis is tested against fragmentary data from ancient civilizations and quite detailed information about the British aristocracy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
On The Economics Of Polygyny, Ted Bergstrom
On The Economics Of Polygyny, Ted Bergstrom
Ted C Bergstrom
About 80% of all societies recorded by anthropologists are polygynous (men have many wives). Even our own society is less monogamous than claimed. This paper attempts to explain such mysteries as why bride prices and dowries are not ``opposites'', why polygamous societies are usually characterized by positive bride prices and dowry is mainly confined to monogamous societies, why polyandry (women having multiple husbands) is rare, but not extinct, and why the more you have to pay for a wife the better you will treat her.
Analyse Spatiale Des Crimes Commis Sur La Rue A L'Interieur Des Marches De Drogues, David Weisburd, Lorraine Green, Debra Ross
Analyse Spatiale Des Crimes Commis Sur La Rue A L'Interieur Des Marches De Drogues, David Weisburd, Lorraine Green, Debra Ross
Debra E. Ross
In this paper we utilize data from the Drug Market Analysis Program (DMAP) in Jersey City, New Jersey, to provide some preliminary insight into the spatial relationship between street level drug markets and crime. We begin our paper with a description of how the DMAP information system was used to define drug markets and the characteristics of the markets that were identified. We then turn to an analysis of the incidence of reported crime within drug market boundaries. We find that drug market areas include a disproportionate share of arrests and crime related emergency calls for service in Jersey City. …
What Should The Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?, Timothy Bartik
What Should The Federal Government Be Doing About Urban Economic Development?, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Women In The Politics Of Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Marilyn Rueschemeyer
Women In The Politics Of Post-Communist Eastern Europe, Marilyn Rueschemeyer
Marilyn Rueschemeyer
No abstract provided.
The Effects Of Metropolitan Job Growth On The Size Distribution Of Family Income, Timothy Bartik
The Effects Of Metropolitan Job Growth On The Size Distribution Of Family Income, Timothy Bartik
Timothy J. Bartik
No abstract provided.
Change In Eastern Europe, Robert Weiner
Change In Eastern Europe, Robert Weiner
Robert Weiner
An up-to-date examination of the causes and consequences of the East European Revolutions of 1989.