The Ethics of Authoritarianism in Christian Perspective
ABSTRACT We look here at the characteristics of authoritarian government in the context of constitutional democracies and argue that its operative ethical system in public policy is egoism, with its supporters constituting a collective ego complicit in the undemocratic and Machiavellian practices used to sustain power and the authority of leadership to
James M. Childs
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Rapid in vitro activity of telavancin against Bacillus anthracis and in vivo protection against inhalation anthrax infection in the rabbit model. [PDF]
Lawrence WS +9 more
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Kant's Dialectic of Enlightenment
Abstract Kant's moral thought emphasizes both our ability to make adequate, immediate moral judgment, as well as our deep‐seated forms of self‐entrapment. Strikingly, these forms of self‐entrapment are not simply the result of reason being overpowered by forces external to it, but arise out of reason itself, as pathological versions of otherwise ...
Laurenz Ramsauer
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A Comprehensive Molecular Modeling Study of Phenyltriazolinone Derivatives as Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase (PPO) Inhibitors. [PDF]
de Faria AC +3 more
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ABSTRACT In 1955, Hisayuki Miyakawa published an article that sought to introduce American and European scholars to the work of the Japanese Sinologist Naitō Konan (1866–1934). Miyakawa drew particular attention to what he called the “Naitō hypothesis”—that is, Naitō’s argument that China became modern during the Song dynasty (960–1279).
CHRISTIAN DE PEE
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Establishment and transcriptomic characterization of canine organoids from multiple tissues. [PDF]
Zdyrski C +19 more
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Processive ring-opening metathesis polymerization of low ring strain cycloalkenes via molecularly confined catalyst. [PDF]
Zhou Z +12 more
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(Re)Defining language pedagogy activity: A sociomaterialist perspective
Abstract Language pedagogy activity (LPA) is central to the functioning of language classrooms worldwide, and this article (re)defines LPA. While prevailing applied linguistics conceptualizations of “activity” are often theoretical and anthropocentric, our definition of LPA is empirically supported and foregrounds material agency.
Anne Marie Guerrettaz +3 more
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Author Correction: Self-administered mindfulness interventions reduce stress in a large, randomized controlled multi-site study. [PDF]
Sparacio A +61 more
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What Can the State of Nature Justify?
ABSTRACT Social contract theory is one of the most popular approaches to political justification. While the state of nature account in social contract theory is generally invoked to justify the state's authority, I argue in this paper that no extant account succeeds in doing so.
Arthur (Hongyang) Yang
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