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Impact of Geography on Institutions in Agricultural and Nomadic Societies
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT How geography affects the choice of institutions is studied in a theoretical model. In this model, nations are located around a circle. Rulers compete through choosing tax rates, the level of military spending, and the degree of formality of institutions. Geographic condition is captured by population density.
Haiwen Zhou
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Mental-Health Help-Seeking Among Muslims in the Liverpool City Region: A System-Informed Qualitative Study of Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices. [PDF]
Health ExpectTannerah A +5 more
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The Non‐Professional Virtues of the Hospice Volunteer
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Volunteers have long played a significant role in hospice care. Much of the care volunteers provide consists of weekly hour‐long in‐home visits. Home‐visiting hospice volunteers are not professionals, nor are they strangers or intimates. Hospice volunteers will not typically face moral dilemmas, nor be called upon to make dramatic decisions ...
Michael B. Gill
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Stigma and silence: the menstrual taboo in Spain. [PDF]
Int J Equity HealthSánchez López S +3 more
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The Alignment Risks of AI Overconfidence about Consciousness
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Many contemporary AI systems (as of May 2025) have expressed extreme confidence in current and near‐future AI lacking consciousness and moral patiency. This article argues that artificially reinforcing such confidence, even if pragmatically useful, poses a novel alignment risk: as coherence‐seeking AIs become more epistemically principled ...
Sharon Berry
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"Be explicit to be educated": using thematic analysis and co-design to investigate and understand sexuality education in Australian high schools. [PDF]
Reprod HealthMedley A +11 more
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Do Linking‐Expression Substitutions Mitigate Deterministic Interpretations of Genetic Information?
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT It is a common concern that broader audiences interpret scientific information about the genetic correlates and causes of complex human traits in an overly deterministic manner. A frequently proposed way to address this issue is to carefully select the linking expressions used to describe gene–trait relationships when communicating genetic ...
Riin Kõiv
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Death literacy: Tensions between theory and practice. [PDF]
Palliat Care Soc PractRogerson J, Holland-Hart D, Edwards M.
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Why Fun Aunties Matter: A Modest Account
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, I offer a child‐centred account of the value of company‐keeping relationships between children and adults. These are relationships enjoyed by a child and an adult who is neither a mere acquaintance nor integrally involved in that child's care or upbringing.
Lesley Jamieson
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