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Banks, insurance companies, and discrimination [PDF]
This article examines some of the reasons why banks and insurance companies have been accused of discrimination, and shows that this is by and large a false accusation.
Block, Walter +2 more
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, 2003 In this essay, I argue in favor of so-called defense-oriented judges. Instead of the increasingly prosecution-oriented judicial aspirants who ascend to the bench, we need more judges who care about protecting the rights of the accused, who will put the
Smith, Abbe
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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The Ustaše and the Roman Catholic Church in the Independent State of Croatia
, 2020 On April 6, 1941, the Axis—German, Italian, Bulgarian and Hungarian military forces- invaded, occupied and partitioned Yugoslavia. Four days later, Slavko Kvaternik, the commander of the Ustaša forces, assumed power in Zagreb and proclaimed the New ...
Retchkiman, Golda
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Conspiracy and the Fantasy Defense: The Strange Case of the Cannibal Cop [PDF]
, 2015 In the notorious Cannibal Cop case, New York police officer Gilberto Valle was accused of conspiring to kidnap, kill, and eat various women of his acquaintance.
Ek, Kaitlin
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The Alignment Risks of AI Overconfidence about Consciousness
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many contemporary AI systems (as of May 2025) have expressed extreme confidence in current and near‐future AI lacking consciousness and moral patiency. This article argues that artificially reinforcing such confidence, even if pragmatically useful, poses a novel alignment risk: as coherence‐seeking AIs become more epistemically principled ...
Sharon Berry
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Cogent Social SciencesThe plea of accused persons, whether guilty or not, forms a central part of the legal process. Such a decision must exclusively rest with the accused person and be devoid of judicial and extrajudicial influence.
Elijah Tukwariba Yin +2 more
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Stacking the Deck? An Empirical Analysis of Agreement Rates Between Pro Tempore Justices and Chief Justices of California, 1977-2003 [PDF]
, 2006 The chief justice of California is empowered to select a pro tempore justice when one or more of the court\u27s regular justices are absent. Chief Justice Rose Bird was accused of using this power to manipulate case outcomes.
Brent, James
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JCPP Advances, EarlyView.This paper unravels relationships between adolescent mental health and family environment factors. We find that emotional problems in adolescence predict both hyperactivity/inattention and sibling problems over time. Abstract Background Adolescents experiencing mental health problems have an elevated risk of persisting difficulties as they transition ...
Ludvig Daae Bjørndal +2 more
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Strategies and Process of Trade Secret Misappropriation Mitigation: The Case of UK
Strategic Change, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Trade Secrets (TS) are vital for innovation‐driven companies, and their loss can inflict significant financial and reputational damage, particularly in the absence of established policies to mitigate misappropriation in the UK. The current academic literature lacks detailed strategies for firms to effectively address these threats.
Oleksandra Ozcan, David Pickernell
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