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ABSTRACT Based on theories of deliberative democracy, this article explores the substantive content of reasons as a conceptual tool. Although most studies focus on procedural dimensions, we argue that identifying and mapping substantive reasons contributes to advancing empirical investigation in a theoretically informed and normatively relevant way ...
Rousiley C. M. Maia +3 more
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Abstract The thermoregulatory system of homeothermic endotherms operates to attain thermal equilibrium, that is no net loss or gain of heat, where possible, under a thermal challenge, and not to attain a set‐point or any other target body temperature.
Duncan Mitchell +5 more
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Abstract This study examines the use of participatory mapping as a method to represent the values of non‐human entities (more‐than‐humans) in socio‐ecological landscapes. This research seeks to bridge the gap between theoretical developments in more‐than‐human geographies and their practical landscape‐level applications.
Ayla De Grandpré, Jon M. Corbett
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Convex Portrait in a Self‐Mirror: Social Dissonance and Social Synthesis
ABSTRACT Social dissonance is both a form of practice, an effect of that practice‐ the furthering of the already present socially dissonant effect/affect‐, and a specific score, proposing possible kinds of action to an audience to bring about the consciousness of their own unfreedom‐ or, more radically, the consciousness of their unconsciousness.
Jean‐Pierre Caron
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Insights on human−wildlife coexistence from social science and Indigenous and traditional knowledge
Abstract Much work on human−wildlife conflict focuses on safeguarding wildlife from humans and vice versa, protecting humans, their crops, livestock, and property from wildlife, and mitigating negative, sometimes lethal encounters. The emphasis is on conflict, a framing that reinforces human−nature dualisms and instills the notion of humans and wild ...
Helina Jolly, Amanda Stronza
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An interdisciplinary approach to improving conservation outcomes for parasites
Abstract Parasites represent a significant proportion of Earth's biodiversity and play important roles in the ecology and biology of ecosystems and hosts, making them an important target for conservation. Despite increasing calls to prioritize protection for parasites in the academic literature, they remain undervalued and underrepresented in global ...
Timothy M. Brown +5 more
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Welfare of horses at slaughter
Abstract The objective of this Scientific Opinion is to assess the hazards and welfare consequences associated with the slaughter of horses for human consumption. The entire slaughter procedure, from arrival at the slaughterhouse until death, is divided into three phases: Phase 1 – pre‐stunning, Phase 2 – stunning and Phase 3 – bleeding.
EFSA Panel on Animal Health and Welfare (AHAW) +21 more
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Formation and Finitude: Jean‐Luc Nancy on the Arts as Ontological Doorways
Abstract In this article Chris Higgins considers two works by Jean‐Luc Nancy — “On Being Singular Plural” and “Why Are There Several Arts and Not Just One?” — in light of the formative task to do justice to the diverse dimensions of oneself given the offerings and demands of the world, a task made difficult by our finitude and the existence of ...
Chris Higgins
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Love's realism: Iris Murdoch and the importance of being human
Abstract Defenders of two Rationality Views of love—the Qualities View and the Personhood View—have drawn on Iris Murdoch's philosophical writings to highlight a connection between love and a “realistic” perspective on the beloved. Murdoch does not inform the basic structure of these views—she is rather introduced as a supplement who shows that in love,
Lesley Jamieson
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Cows, Communities, and Religious Responses to the 1865–66 British Rinderpest Outbreak*
The devastating outbreak of rinderpest in the British Isles in 1865–66 — the so‐called “cattle plague” — was a significant event in Victorian Britain, one that did much to shape British agriculture, animal disease control, and veterinary medicine. This article argues that the cattle plague also had long‐term significance for the relationship between ...
Joseph Hardwick
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