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Injustice, relational violence, and the foster system

American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Political theorists have not paid sustained attention to the foster system or treated it as a political institution. Despite this, scholars and social movement advocates have identified the system as a site of social and political injustice. This paper develops an account of racial, class, and relational injustice in the contemporary US foster
Emma Ebowe
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The Immorality of Eating Meat [PDF]

, 2000
Unlike other ethical arguments for veganism, the argument advanced is not predicated on the wrongness of speciesism, nor does it depend on your believing that all animals are equal or that all animals have a right to life, nor is it predicated on some ...
Engel, Mylan
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Haunted by Houses: Built and Lived Absences in a Transnational Mexican Community

Anthropology of Consciousness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Globally, millions of migrants have sent money home to build a house. In early phases of migration, remittance houses are aspirational objects that materialize the continuous belonging of migrants to a community. In later stages, experiences of loss, estrangement, deportation, and death increasingly challenge these attachments.
Julia Pauli
wiley   +1 more source

Enacting Stakeholder Responsibility: Insights From a Structured Healthcare Program

Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Companies have traditionally been called upon to be responsible for their impact on stakeholders. However, little attention has been given to stakeholders' responsibility toward organizations and other stakeholders. While it is essential to hold firms accountable for the impact of their activities and for their role in the value creation ...
Simone R. Barakat, Andrew C. Wicks
wiley   +1 more source

Putting a Price on Whales To Save Them: What Do Morals Have To Do with It? [PDF]

, 2013
The author explores the moral implication of a proposal to create an international market in whale shares as an alternative to the dysfunctional International Whaling Commission.
Babcock, Hope M.
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Accountability and Hyperaccountability in Child Protection Scandals

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The number of child abuse–related deaths has decreased significantly in the United Kingdom over the past 50 years, but there remains public and political concern about the actual and perceived risk of child deaths, with resultant processes enacted to supervise child protection practice.
Robin Sen, John Devaney
wiley   +1 more source

Angels, beasts, machines, and men: Configuring the human and nonhuman in Judaeo-Christian tradition [PDF]

, 2008
This is the author's pdf version of the book chapter.This book chapter offers four snapshots from the Judaeo-Christian tradition of the theological significance of the distinction between human and nonhuman ...
Clough, David
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How investors account for the quick and the dead

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
Frederick F. Wherry
wiley   +1 more source

Hyperreality, Polarization and Prejudice: Social Media Descriptions of Swedish Child Welfare Services

Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines how the Swedish child welfare services (CWSs) are described in Arabic‐speaking social media, with a focus on the ‘LVU campaign.’ The material consists of Facebook and YouTube posts and comments about the Swedish CWSs' actions in child mistreatment cases involving migrant families.
Dana Sofi, Jonas Stier, Emmie Wahlström
wiley   +1 more source

Superintelligence as a Cause or Cure for Risks of Astronomical Suffering [PDF]

, 2017
Discussions about the possible consequences of creating superintelligence have included the possibility of existential risk, often understood mainly as the risk of human extinction. We argue that suffering risks (s-risks) , where an adverse outcome would
Gloor, Lukas, Sotala, Kaj
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