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2020
Abstract We can solve the Grandfather Paradox by arguing that, when I go back to kill my grandfather, I lose the ability to kill him. Call this incapacity theory. I do not believe this theory is correct. This chapter argues that this is David Lewis’s view. His argument for it focuses on how we analyse the words ‘can’ and ‘could’.
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Abstract We can solve the Grandfather Paradox by arguing that, when I go back to kill my grandfather, I lose the ability to kill him. Call this incapacity theory. I do not believe this theory is correct. This chapter argues that this is David Lewis’s view. His argument for it focuses on how we analyse the words ‘can’ and ‘could’.
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British Journal of Midwifery, 2007
The law regarding consent is well established, and most midwives will be entirely familiar with it. O'Boyle (2006) notes that there is a plethora of guidance supporting practitioners when considering this topic. Midwives mainly deal with women who are mentally competent and the question of over-ruling a woman's stated wishes rarely arises, at least ...
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The law regarding consent is well established, and most midwives will be entirely familiar with it. O'Boyle (2006) notes that there is a plethora of guidance supporting practitioners when considering this topic. Midwives mainly deal with women who are mentally competent and the question of over-ruling a woman's stated wishes rarely arises, at least ...
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Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East
Abstract In the 1920s and 1930s, the French colonial phosphate mining company in Gafsa, Tunisia, used X-ray images to decide which of its workers’ injuries were fake and which were real. Through an analysis of X-ray photography in Gafsa, this article argues that a capacious history of capitalism—one connecting wage labor exploitation ...
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Abstract In the 1920s and 1930s, the French colonial phosphate mining company in Gafsa, Tunisia, used X-ray images to decide which of its workers’ injuries were fake and which were real. Through an analysis of X-ray photography in Gafsa, this article argues that a capacious history of capitalism—one connecting wage labor exploitation ...
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