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De la República a la Democracia
Revista Internacional de Pensamiento Político, 2016 Reworking the republican tradition is a basis of a contemporary philosophy of government. This paper attempts to give a sense of the direction in which a reworked republicanism would take democratic theory. The paper is in three sections.
Philip Pettit
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Proving torture: demanding the impossible
Forced Migration Review, 2017 New research demonstrates that errors by Home Office asylum caseworkers in their handling of expert medical evidence of torture can make it almost impossible for survivors of torture seeking asylum in the UK to prove that they were tortured.
Lucy Gregg, Jo Pettitt
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Building Trades Pre-Apprenticeship Program: Job Training Program for Disadvantaged Workers [PDF]
, 2012 This pilot program in Buffalo trains entry level workers for successful placement in the building trades and skilled trades’ apprenticeship programs. As a pre-apprenticeship program, BTPAP does not attempt to replicate the specialized training that is ...
Cimasi, Michael Charles
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Dietary Methionine Restriction Regulates Liver Protein Synthesis and Gene Expression Independently of Eukaryotic Initiation Factor 2 Phosphorylation in Mice [PDF]
, 2017 Background: The phosphorylation of eukaryotic initiation factor 2 (p-eIF2) during dietary amino acid insufficiency reduces protein synthesis and alters gene expression via the integrated stress response (ISR).Objective: We explored whether a Met ...
Anthony, Tracy G. +11 more
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What political theory can learn from conceptual engineering: The case of “corruption”
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Conceptual change is commonplace in political theory. Recent scholarship argues that improving a concept, or “engineering” it, can sharpen its normative and explanatory power. This article illustrates what political theory can learn from conceptual engineering (CE) by examining the evolution of “corruption” as a case study.
Emanuela Ceva, Patrizia Pedrini
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Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Can AI‐driven capitalism sustain the moral preconditions of market order? We stage a dialogue between Adam Smith and a steel‐manned “EconAI” to test four Moral‐Market‐Fitness criteria: trustworthiness, fairness, non‐domination, and contestability, across 11 dilemmas.
Alexandra‐Codruța Bîzoi +1 more
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Moving and Children’s Social Connections: The Critical Importance of Context [PDF]
Moving during childhood is associated with declines in educational achievement, educational attainment, and early adult occupational outcomes. Coleman (1988,1990) and others have argued that the negative effects of moving for children may be due to the ...
Becky Pettit
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The Present and Future of Judgement Aggregation Theory. A Law and Economics Perspective [PDF]
, 1994 This chapter briefly reviews the present state of judgment aggregation theory and tentatively suggests a future direction for that theory. In the review, we start by emphasizing the difference between the doctrinal paradox and the discursive dilemma, two
Mongin, Philippe
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Ethics review of research projects involving human subjects [PDF]
, 2002 Maltreatment of subjects has led to the introduction of an ethics review process for research involving humans. There is a feeling that the bureaucratization of the process is too restrictive and that it may be hampering research.
Olivier, Steve
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British Journal of Pharmacology, EarlyView.Theorized mechanism of dopamine homeostasis restoration in the nucleus accumbens core induced by a psychedelic intervention. Abstract Psychedelics have garnered great attention in recent years as treatments for major depressive disorder (MDD) and treatment‐resistant depression because of their ability to alter consciousness and afflicted cognitive ...
Lucas Wittenkeller +3 more
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