How “Ought” the Best Interests of Children be Considered in Medical Decision-making?
This summary reports on the design and proceedings of a collaborative case-based workshop and panel on how we ‘ought’ to consider the best interests of children in medical decision-making, presented virtually at the Canadian Bioethics Society - Société ...
Zoe Ritchie+3 more
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Epistemological Distinctions Between Science and History [PDF]
This article describes epistemological distinctions between science and history. Science investigates models of natural law using repeatable experiments as the ultimate arbiter. In contrast, history investigates past events by considering physical evidence, documentary evidence, and eyewitness testimony.
arxiv
Abstract This article investigates the impact of various educational conditions, including educational tracking, aspirations and aspects of citizenship education, on the development of political trust among English youth, and assesses whether these effects last into early adulthood. Data from the Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study show a tendency
Ruoxi Sun, Jan Germen Janmaat
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Rethinking European Competition Law: From a Consumer Welfare to a Capability Approach
European competition law is predominantly focused on maximizing consumer welfare. This overarching purpose (which is supported by economic theory) leaves little place for safeguarding non-economic values, such as sustainability.
Rutger Claassen, Anna Gerbrandy
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Kepler's laws without calculus [PDF]
Kepler's laws are derived from the inverse square law without the use of calculus and are simplified over previous such derivations.
arxiv
International Order, Political Community, and the Search for a Eurpoean Public Philosophy [PDF]
The shaping of international order, and the place of concepts such as law and community within that order, has emerged as one of the most pressing issues in contemporary legal and political thought.
Ward, Ian
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Bluff your way in the second law of thermodynamics [PDF]
The aim of this article is to analyze the relation between the second law of thermodynamics and the so-called arrow of time. For this purpose, a number of different aspects in this arrow of time are distinguished, in particular those of time-(a)symmetry ...
Uffink, Jos
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Abstract Extant research has focused on the barriers faced by minority faculty in academia. Despite outward notions of commitment to diversity, higher education institutions remain largely exclusive to anyone who does not prescribe to the ‘ideal’ faculty. Recently, more attention has been given to minority faculty who possess intersectional identities,
Tessa Lukkien+2 more
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Handbook of Latin American Studies: 1942. No. 8. A Selective Guide to Material Published in 1942 on Anthropology, Archives, Art, Economics, Education, Folklore, Geography, Government, History, International Relations, Labor and Social Welfare, Language and Literature, Law, Libraries, Music, and Philosophy [PDF]
Carlos Eduardo Maldonado
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20th-Century Bulgarian Philosophy of Law: From Critical Acceptance of Kant’s Ideas to the Logic of Legal Reasoning [PDF]
My analysis here is an attempt to bring out the main through-line in the development of Bulgarian philosophy of law today. A proper account of Bulgarian philosophy of law in the 20th century requires an attempt to find, on the one hand, a ...
Bouzov, Vihren
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