The Good Society Volume 19‚ Number 1‚ 2010 E-ISSN: 1538-9731 Print ISSN: 1089-0017 DOI: 10.1353/gso.0.0097 Some Moral Minima Lenn E. Goodman Some years ago I took part in an international meeting of philosophers. Around 180 thinkers attended. Many took the occasion to showcase their values. Socialism was still much bruited in those days‚ and several speakers scrapped their prepared remarks to sing its praises. I admired Hilary Putnam’s courageous confession when he branded the socialist ideal
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History and Theory of Planning Objective The objective of this course is to understand the broad trajectories of urban spatial planning globally and how they have shaped the discourse of planning Indian cities. Who is a planner? How has the role of the planner changed? What are the historical traditions of planning that seem to influence contemporary planning practice? What are the emerging paradigms in urban spatial planning? Through seminars‚ case studies‚ response papers and assignments
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I – Utilitarianism/Consequentialism A – Definition: The greatest good for the greatest number of people; sacrifices are OK B – Justifications: Life is a pre-requisite to ethics Bostrom1 Continuity is as important to our commitment to the project of the future of humanity as it is to our commitment to the projects of our own personal futures. Just as the shape of my whole life‚ and its connection with my present and past‚ have an interest that goes beyond that of any isolated experience
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CA BRIAN SILVERSTEIN University of Arizona DISCIPLINES OF PRESENCE IN MODERN TURKEY: Discourse‚ Companionship‚ and the Mass Mediation of Islamic Practice O ye who believe! Fear Allah and be with those who are true in word and deed. —Quran IX.119 Whoever makes himself like unto a people is one of them. —Hadith Discourse involved in practice is not the same as that involved in speaking about practice. It is a modern idea that a practitioner cannot know how to live religiously without being
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HRD NOTES [BBA-2nd YEAR UNIT-1 Kolb learning styles David Kolb’s learning styles model and experiential learning theory (ELT) Having developed the model over many years prior‚ David Kolb published his learning styles model in 1984. The model gave rise to related terms such as Kolb’s experiential learning theory (ELT)‚ and Kolb’s learning styles inventory (LSI). In his publications - notably his 1984 book ’Experiential Learning: Experience As The Source Of Learning And Development’ Kolb acknowledges
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The G8-G20 Roles and Relationship John Kirton Director‚ G8 Research Group; Co-director‚ G20 Research Group john.kirton@utoronto.ca Paper prepared for a panel on “The Future of the G8 and G20 – Possible Scenarios” at an expert seminar on “The Future of the G8 and G20‚” sponsored by the Universiteit Gent and Egmont‚ Fondation Universitaire/Universitaire Stichting‚ Brussels‚ April 26‚ 2010. Version of May 13‚ 2010. Introduction Now that the Group of Twenty (G20) summit has arisen as the self-proclaimed
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COMMUNICATION 1. Communication Introduction: Communication is a process whereby information is enclosed in a package and is channelled and imparted by a sender to a receiver via some medium. The receiver then decodes the message and gives the sender a feedback. All forms of communication require a sender‚ a message‚ and an intended recipient‚ however the receiver need not be present or aware of the sender’s intent to communicate at the time of communication in order for the act of communication
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better systems‚ better health i nfo@HealthSystems2020.org w w w. H e a l t h S y s t e m s 2 0 2 0 . o r g Public Budgeting and Expenditure Management in Three Nigerian States: Challenges for Health Governance April 2012 IntroductIon Financial data and management are critical to effective health governance. Access to‚ and use of‚ timely and accurate health budgeting and expenditure data are key to public health officials’ capacity to make future investment decisions‚ understand the effectiveness
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ROBOT ETHICS AND ETHICAL ISSUES ABSTRACT Robot ethics is a branch of applied ethics which endeavours to isolate and analyse ethical issues arising in connection with present and prospective uses of robots. These issues span human autonomy protection and promotion‚ moral responsibility and liability‚ privacy‚ fair access to technological resources‚ social and cultural discrimination‚ in addition to the ethical dimensions of personhood. INTRODUCTION Robots are machines endowed with sensing‚ information
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PE R SP EC TI V ES O N P SY CH O L O G I CA L S CIE N CE Free Will in Scientific Psychology Roy F. Baumeister Florida State University ABSTRACT—Some actions are freer than others‚ and the difference is palpably important in terms of inner process‚ subjective perception‚ and social consequences. Psychology can study the difference between freer and less free actions without making dubious metaphysical commitments. Human evolution seems to have created a relatively new‚ more complex form of
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