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Bentham's Mugging

open access: yesUtilitas, 2022
AbstractA dialogue, in three parts, on utilitarian vulnerability to exploitation.
openaire   +1 more source

Ricardo, David (1772-1823) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A short presentation of David Ricardo's Utilitarian connection. It is argued that his relationship with James Mill and Bentham was complex, related to specific issues and with a strong 'practical' dimension.
Cremaschi, Sergio Volodia Marcello
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Pitardia resurrected: A new member of subtribe Menthinae (Lamiaceae)

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite tremendous progress towards clarifying phylogenetic relationships within the mint family (Lamiaceae), uncertainty remains regarding relationships among some major clades as well as the proper placement of some genera. While researching the genus Nepeta, a species from northeastern Morocco, N.
Abdelmonaim Homrani Bakali   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Bentham e a educação: Um projeto social [PDF]

open access: yesETD: Educação Temática Digital, 2013
In the nineteenth century, the utilitarian theorists wanted the reform of society by adopting the principle of “the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers” (principle of utility), as proposed by Jeremy Bentham, form which also advocated education as
Sílvio César Moral Marques
doaj  

Jeremy Bentham, social criticism and levels of meaning [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
Published in an e ...
Tyler, C.
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Adam Smith and Colonialism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
In the context of debates about liberalism and colonialism, the arguments of Adam Smith have been taken as illustrative of an important line of anti-colonial liberal thought. The reading of Smith presented here challenges this interpretation.
Armitage D   +24 more
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Typifications in the tribe Browallieae (Cestroideae: Solanaceae)

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract The tribe Browallieae is a monophyletic group comprising Browallia and Streptosolen. These genera are of significant interest in the horticulture industry due to their ornamental potential. Despite their clear placement in Solanaceae, the tribe presents several taxonomic, phylogenetic, and nomenclatural challenges.
David Hoyos, Sandra Knapp, Rocío Deanna
wiley   +1 more source

Putting the environmental impact assessment process into practice for woodland caribou in the Alberta Oil Sands Region

open access: yesRangifer, 2005
Since 1985, woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) have been designated as a threatened species in Alberta. Populations studied since the 1970s have been stable or declining, with no population increases documented.
Paula R. Bentham
doaj   +1 more source

A novel circumscription and classification for Neurolaeneae (Asteraceae)

open access: yesTAXON, EarlyView.
Abstract Neurolaeneae (Asteraceae) have a complicated taxonomic history. The tribe was described in 1927, but subsequently disregarded in 1977, and later reinstated as a tribe following a large‐scale phylogenetic analysis of Asteraceae in 2002. To date, this tribe has remained poorly studied and it has never been the subject of a comprehensive ...
Vinicius R. Bueno   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Fire-Raisers: Bentham and Torture

open access: yes19, 2012
Jeremy Bentham has frequently been regarded as the father of the ‘ticking bomb’ argument in defence of interrogational torture. The first part of this article draws attention to a transformation in his theory of torture between about 1777 and 1804.
Jeremy Davies
doaj   +2 more sources

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