Rapid riparian ecosystem decline in Rocky Mountain National Park. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Understanding the drivers of ecosystem collapse is critical for resource management, particularly for protected areas mandated to preserve biodiversity. In Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, tall willows (Salix spp.) dominated riparian vegetation, and a beaver–willow state was the natural ecosystem type in the Colorado River headwaters ...
Cooper DJ +9 more
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The virtues of limits and environmental sustainability in healthcare. [PDF]
BioethicsAbstract The spectre of human‐induced climate change has drawn attention to the need to discover new, environmentally sustainable approaches to healthcare. This article draws upon David McPherson's The Virtues of Limits (2021) to develop a virtue ethics for sustainability in healthcare.
Symons X.
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Cultural theory and political philosophy: Why cognitive biases toward ambiguous risk explain both beliefs about nature's resilience and political preferences regarding the organization of society. [PDF]
Risk AnalAbstract Many studies have observed a correlation between beliefs regarding nature's resilience and (political) preferences regarding the organization of society. Liberal‐egalitarians, for example, generally believe nature to be much more fragile than libertarians, who believe nature to be much more resilient.
Davidson MD.
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Bentham and Mill on the "Quality" of Pleasures [PDF]
, 2011 John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham are often said to have held opposed views concerning the way “the value” of different pleasures should be estimated. Mill is accused of being an inconsistent utilitarian because he thought
Vergara, Francisco
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The Fire-Raisers: Bentham and Torture
19, 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
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Resonancias iusnaturalistas en el utilitarismo de Jeremy Bentham
Jurídicas, 2023 La obra Tratados de legislación civil y penal de Jeremías Bentham, en el marco de la escuela utilitarista, tuvo una influencia importante en la educación legal que le siguió al periodo de la Independencia en Colombia.
Anamaría Muñoz Rincón
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Samuel Bentham's Panopticon [PDF]
, 2012 Credit for devising the Panoptical ‘inspection principle’ for prison design is attributed, perhaps now irrevocably, to Jeremy Bentham. However Jeremy always insisted that the original conception came from his younger brother Samuel – ‘After all, I have ...
Steadman, P
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La mascarade des coupables : le jeu des masques dans Le Panoptique de Bentham [PDF]
, 2004 Dans le Panoptique, Jeremy Bentham expose ses vues sur la réhabilitation des criminels. Un important aspect de son projet repose sur l’idée que le regard du public sur le châtiment est nécessaire à l’éducation morale de la société.
Schmid, Muriel
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Bentham, Jeremy: «Nomografía o el Arte de Redactar Leyes» (Recensión)
Revista de las Cortes Generales, 2001 Recensión de la obra: Bentham, Jeremy. Nomografía o el arte de redactar leyes. Edición y estudio preliminar de Virgilio Zapatero. Traducción de Cristina Pabón. BOE / Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales. Madrid 2000.
Claro José Fernández-Carnicero
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From Bentham to Guadet: ‘auditory visibility’ in nineteenth-century theories on government offices [PDF]
, 2019 Architectural historiography is seldom concerned with the antithetical notions of ‘noise’ and ‘silence’. In this case study, I tentatively explore the theme in the context of nineteenth-century administrative buildings.
Van de Maele, Jens
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