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The Scales of Injustice

open access: yesThe Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2008
This paper criticises four major approaches to criminal law – consequentialism, retributivism, abolitionism, and “mixed” pluralism – each of which, in its own fashion, affirms the celebrated emblem of the “scales of justice.” The argument is that there ...
Charles Blattberg
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A Philosophy of Political Myth [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
In this book, originally published in 2007, Chiara Bottici argues for a philosophical understanding of political myth. Bottici demonstrates that myth is a process, one of continuous work on a basic narrative pattern that responds to a need for significance.
openaire   +2 more sources

Australian Activists as Storytellers in Digital Spaces: Acquiring Skills, Producing Content and Getting the Message Out

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As modes of activism rapidly evolve, activists—both seasoned and emerging—must increasingly navigate a hybrid terrain of both digital and non‐digital engagement. This paper draws on the personal narratives of 16 nascent activists based in Australia to explore how they develop competencies related to digital storytelling, which is critical to ...
Garth Stahl   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between security and belonging: state policy on religious extremism, political values and the politics of identity

open access: yesFrontiers in Political Science
State responses to religious extremism do not unfold in a political vacuum. They are shaped by, and in turn reshape, the constellation of political values that a given polity holds dear—liberty, security, equality, tolerance, and national cohesion—as ...
Natalya Seitakhmetova   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Animal Experience in Kant’s Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The role of animals in the philosophy of mind is primarily to help understand the human mind by serving as practical examples of cognition that differs from ours either in kind or in degree.
Ranki, Kreeta
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A National Survey of Informal Supporters' Experiences and Views of Behaviour Support Practitioners in the National Disability Insurance Scheme

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines informal supporters' experiences and views of NDIS behaviour support practitioners, including engagement, information needed to support selection, and perceptions of practitioners' knowledge, skill, and practice. It reports data from a cross‐sectional online survey of 123 informal support providers of participants receiving
Alinka Fisher   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Investigating Butterworth’s Interpretation of Islamic Political Philosophy [PDF]

open access: yesحکمت معاصر, 2013
The present paper is the first essay which investigates Charles E. Butterworth’s interpretation of Islamic political philosophy. Butterworth’s main concern is to understand and interpret Islamic political philosophy based on interpretive approach ...
Mohsen Rezvani
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Political philosophy between horizontal and verticality

open access: yes, 2005
This essay reflects on the exercise of political philosophy in order to shed light on its relationship to issues of public concern. I will discuss the appropriate position from which we may examine “the city” in order to evaluate its institutions and ...
Adele Lebano
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Medical students' perspectives on body donation to science within the Italian context

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Body donation is essential for medical education and research, supporting anatomical training and clinical competence. In Italy, national data on awareness of the legislation regulating body donation and factors shaping donation‐related decisions among healthcare trainees remain limited. This study investigated knowledge of the legal framework,
Antonietta Fazio   +20 more
wiley   +1 more source

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