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A few weeks ago I visited W B Yeats's grave and sat awhile in thought; no towers of adamant nor rings of steel, just a simple stone monument with the words, “Cast a cold eye/ On life, on death/Horseman pass by.” A few hours later and a few miles south, I was in a bar on the Atlantic coast, drinking a pint of the blackest porter, eating crab claws ...
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Procreative Generosity: Why We Should Not Have Children
We should not have children because (i) we have no child-regarding reasons to do so, (ii) we have child-regarding reasons not to do so, and (iii) although we have other-regarding reasons to do so, these reasons are not decisive. Objections to (i) include
Matti Häyry
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r; aG?j ANY attempts have been made to estimate the money value of human life, some of the most careful by members of this Association. The usual point of view is to consider that the money value of a life i represented by its value to its possessor, or to his 2kn!3 ~family.
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On the Subjective Value of Life
Claims (or the implicit assumption) of the inherent worth of life are pervasive and remain virtually unchallenged. I have already argued that these outright moral dictates are thinly veiled vestiges of theological ethics which, following the removal of their theological foundations, remain little more than nebulous claims supported only by fear of the ...
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Chair of landscape architecture : Estonian University of Life Sciences [PDF]
BookWelcome to the chair of Landscape Architecture at the Estonian University of Life Sciences. This book has been prepared as an introduction to our chair and should give you an insight into our teaching programme and examples of students’ works ...
Estonian University of Life Sciences. Chair of Landscape Architecture
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The Relationship Between Health Literacy and Sense of Purpose with Quality of Life: The Mediating Role of Self-Care Among Students at Islamic Azad University Branches in Tehran [PDF]
Introduction: The present study aimed to examine the relationship between health literacy and a sense of purpose with quality of life, and the mediating role of self-care among students at Islamic Azad University branches in Tehran.Methods: This study ...
Yalda Arshadi +3 more
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The Value of the Quality of Life [PDF]
This editorial refers to 'Quality of life in patients with chronic heart failure and their carers: a 3-year follow-up study assessing hospitalization and mortality' by J. Iqbal et al., published in this issue on pages 1002-1008.
Jaarsma, Tiny, Lesman-Leegte, Ivonne
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Plant vacuolar-type Na+, K+/H+ antiporters (NHXs) play important roles in pH and K+ homeostasis and osmotic balance under normal physiological conditions.
Boning Cao +9 more
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Values of Life: 40 years of The Value of Life
AbstractThis special section brings together international scholars celebrating the 40th anniversary of John Harris’ book, The Value of Life: An Introduction to Medical Ethics (1985), and John Harris and his contributions to the field of bioethics more generally.
Tuija Takala +3 more
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With the continuous expansion of urban areas, the treatment of urban sewage is facing significant challenges. Tens of thousands of tons of municipal sludge (MS) are produced annually, which not only occupies substantial land resources but also poses ...
Weiwei Yang +4 more
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