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  • 1
    ISBN: 9789401798228
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 438 p. 52 illus, online resource)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 11
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Braillard, Pierre-Alain Explanation in biology
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Philosophy ; Philosophy
    Abstract: Patterns of explanation in biology have long been recognized as different from those deployed in other scientific disciplines, especially physics. Celebrating the diversity of explanatory models found in biology, this volume details their varying types as well as their relationships to one another. It covers the key current debates in the philosophy of biology over the nature of explanation, and its apparent diversity that stems from a variety of historical, causal, mechanistic, or mathmatical explanatory practices. Offering a wealth of fresh analyses on the nature of explanation in contemporary biology chapters examine aspects ranging from the role of mathematics in explaining cell development to the complexities thrown up by evolutionary-developmental biology, where explanation is altered by multidisciplinarity itself. They cover major domains such as ecology and systems biology, as well as contemporary trends, such as the mechanistic explanations spawned by progress in molecular biology. With contributions from researchers of many different nationalities, the book provides a many-angled perspective on a revealing feature of the discipline of biology
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    ISBN: 9789400724457
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (VI, 377 p. 5 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 2
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Vitalism and the scientific image in Post-Enlightenment life science, 1800-2010
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science History ; Biology Philosophy ; Medicine ; Biological models ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science History ; Biology Philosophy ; Medicine ; Biological models ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Vitalismus ; Wissenschaftstheorie ; Geschichte 1800-2010
    Abstract: Vitalism is understood as impacting the history of the life sciences, medicine and philosophy, representing an epistemological challenge to the dominance of mechanism over the last 200 years, and partly revived with organicism in early theoretical biology. The contributions in this volume portray the history of vitalism from the end of the Enlightenment to the modern day, suggesting some reassessment of what it means both historically and conceptually. As such it includes a wide range of material, employing both historical and philosophical methodologies, and it is divided fairly evenly between 19th and 20th century historical treatments and more contemporary analysis. This volume presents a significant contribution to the current literature in the history and philosophy of science and the history of medicine
    Description / Table of Contents: Contents; Chapter 1: V italism and the Scientific Image: An Introduction; 1 Vitalism: Origin, History, and Transformation; 2 Final Thoughts; References; Part I: Revisiting Vitalist Themes in Nineteenth-Century Science; Chapter 2: Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and the Place of Irritability in the History of Life and Death; 1 The History of Life and Death; 2 A "Flood of Light": The Notion of Intussusception in Lamarck's Account of Organic Change; 3 Irritability in Lamarck's Theory of the Animal Being; 4 The Interplay of Life and Nature in Lamarck's Work
    Description / Table of Contents: 5 Irritability and Evolution in Lamarck's System of NatureReferences; Chapter 3: Rethinking Organic Vitality in Germany at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century; 1 Introduction; 2 Vital Principles and a Science of Life; 3 Investigating the Material Conditions of Organic Vitality; 4 New Conceptions of Organic Vitality; References; Chapter 4: The "Novel of Medicine"; 1 The Physiological Obsession; 2 The Life of the Social Body; 3 The Body of Thought; 4 The Style of Physiology; 5 Romances of Physiology; References; Chapter 5: Life and the Mind in Nineteenth-Century Britain; 1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 Phrenology: George Combe Versus William Hamilton3 Reflex Action: Marshall Hall Versus the World; 4 Cerebral Reflex Function: Thomas Laycock Versus "Vindex"; 5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Twentieth-Century Debates on Vitalism in Science and Philosophy; Chapter 6: Vitalism Versus Emergent Materialism; 1 Introduction; 2 Amnesia Versus Evolution; 3 Emergentism Cures Vitalism; 4 Hans Driesch's Vitalism; 5 Teleology and Mechanism; 6 How Does Entelechy Work?; 7 Some Responses to Driesch's Vitalism; 8 The Emergentists; 9 J. Arthur Thomson on the Autonomy of Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Arthur Lovejoy on the Disunity of Science11 Jennings on Downward Causation; 12 Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Life as an Emergent Phenomenon: From an Alternative to Vitalism to an Alternative to Reductionism; 1 Introduction; 2 Life as an Emergent Phenomenon: A Nineteenth-Century Legacy; 3 Emergence as an Alternative to Vitalism and Mechanism; 4 Scientific Setbacks to Emergence; 5 Philosophical Setbacks to Emergence; 6 The Special Sciences and the Criticism of Logical Empiricism Regarding the Rescue of "Emergence"
    Description / Table of Contents: 7 Unexpected Support from the Physical Sciences: Complex-Systems Studies and Artificial Life8 The Re-emergence of Emergence in the Life Sciences; 9 Emergence, Life and the Origin of Life; 10 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Wilhelm Reich: Vitalism and Its Discontents; 1 Reich and the History of Vitalism; 2 Orgone Energy: A "Vital Force"?; 3 Reich, Revolution and Politics; 4 Reich, the Counter-Culture and the Popular Consciousness; 5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 9: Vitalism and Teleology in Kurt Goldstein's Organismic Approach; 1 Introduction
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 Goldstein's Organicism at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
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    ISBN: 9789400753747 , 1283634422 , 9781283634427
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XI, 136 p. 3 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: SpringerBriefs in Ethics
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Krieg, Andreas Motivations for humanitarian intervention
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Humanitäre Intervention ; Motivation ; Legitimität ; Legitimation ; Innenpolitik ; Außenpolitik ; Nationales Interesse ; Idealismus ; Rechtfertigung ; Krieg ; Moral ; Einflussgröße ; Erde ; Humanitäre Intervention
    Abstract: This Brief sheds light on the motivation of humanitarian intervention from a theoretical and empirical point of view. An in-depth analysis of the theoretical arguments surrounding the issue of a legitimate motivation for humanitarian intervention demonstrate to what extent either altruism or national/self-interests are considered a righteous stimulus. The question about what constitutes a just intervention has been at the core of debates in Just War Theory for centuries. In particular in regards to humanitarian intervention it is oftentimes difficult to define the criteria for a righteous intervention. More than in conventional military interventions, the motivation and intention behind humanitarian intervention is a crucial factor. Whether the humanitarian intervention cases of the post-Cold War era were driven by altruistic or by self-interested considerations is a question is covered within and enables a comprehensive and holistic evaluation of the question of what motivates Western democracies to intervene or to abstain from intervention in humanitarian crises.
    Description / Table of Contents: Motivations forHumanitarian Intervention; Contents; Abbreviations; Introduction; Part IThe Normative Debate; 1 The Legal and Moral Legitimacy of Intervention; 1.1…The Impact of Globalization on the International State System; 1.2…Intervention in International Law Since 1945; 1.2.1 Definition of Intervention; 1.2.2 The Principles of Sovereignty and Non-Intervention in the UN System; 1.2.3 Intervention in International Law Since 1990; 1.3…The Ethics of Humanitarian Intervention; 1.3.1 Intervention in Just War Theory; 1.3.2 The Criterion of 'Right intention'; References
    Description / Table of Contents: 2 National Interests and Altruism in Humanitarian Intervention2.1…Humanitarian Intervention and National Interest; 2.1.1 Definition of National Interest/Self-Interest; 2.1.2 National Interest and Social Contractarianism; 2.1.3 The Role of Self-Interest in Humanitarian Intervention; 2.1.4 National Interests and the Fear of the Trojan Horse; 2.2…Humanitarian Intervention and Altruism; 2.2.1 Definition of Altruism; 2.2.2 Idealist Approach to Humanitarian Intervention; References; Part IIThe Empirical Analysis; 3 The Motivation for Humanitarian Intervention; 3.1…Research Design and Method
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2…Case Analysis3.2.1 Northern Iraq (Operation Provide Comfort, 1991); 3.2.2 Somalia (Operation Restore Hope, 1992); 3.2.3 Haiti (Operation Uphold Democracy, 1994); 3.2.4 Rwanda (Operation Turquoise, 1994); 3.2.5 Bosnia (Operation Deliberate Force, 1995); 3.2.6 Kosovo (Operation Allied Force, 1999); 3.2.7 East Timor (Operation Stabilise/INTERFET, 1999); 3.2.8 Sierra Leone (Operation Palliser, 2000); 3.2.9 Afghanistan (Operation Enduring Freedom, 2001); 3.2.10 Iraq (Operation Iraqi Freedom, 2003); 3.2.11 Rwanda (Non-Intervention, 1994); 3.2.12 Darfur (Non-Intervention, 2003 ff.)
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.2.13 Overview of Intervention and Non-Intervention CasesReferences; 4 Quantitative Analysis; 4.1…General Findings; 4.2…The Aggregate Strength of Altruism and National Interests in Humanitarian Crises; 4.3…Discussion; References; 5 Conclusion;
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    ISBN: 9789400765375
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XVII, 762 p. 17 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences 1
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Kampourakis, Kostas The Philosophy of Biology
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Study and teaching ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Biology Philosophy ; Science Study and teaching
    Abstract: This book brings together for the first time philosophers of biology to write about some of the most central concepts and issues in their field from the perspective of biology education. The chapters of the book cover a variety of topics ranging from traditional ones, such as biological explanation, biology and religion or biology and ethics, to contemporary ones, such as genomics, systems biology or evolutionary developmental biology. Each of the 30 chapters covers the respective philosophical literature in detail and makes specific suggestions for biology education. The aim of this book is to inform biology educators, undergraduate and graduate students in biology and related fields, students in teacher training programs, and curriculum developers about the current state of discussion on the major topics in the philosophy of biology and its implications for teaching biology. In addition, the book can be valuable to philosophers of biology as an introductory text in undergraduate and graduate courses
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Contents; Contributors; Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education: An Introduction; 1 Prolegomena: The Rationale and Aims of this Book; 2 The Science of Life; 3 The Nature of Evolutionary Theory; 4 Evolutionary Theory and Religion; 5 Evolution at the Molecular Level; 6 Evolution and Development; 7 Integrating Levels: Taking Ecology and Microbiology Seriously into Account; 8 Conceptual Obstacles to Understanding Evolution: Essentialism and Teleology; 9 "Proximate" Phenomena: Functions, Mechanisms, Information and the Systemic Approach in Biology
    Description / Table of Contents: 10 Genetics: Beyond Mendel and Genetic Determinism11 Biology and Ethics; What Is Life?; 1 Introduction; 2 Concepts and Definitions: From Philosophy to Science; 3 Limitations of Our Current Understanding of Life; 4 Searching for Alternative Forms of Life; 5 Conclusion; References; Biological Explanation; 1 Introduction; 2 Biology and Philosophical Accounts of Explanation; 3 Explanation and Scientific Practice; 4 Conclusion: Teaching About Biological Explanation; 4.1 Suggestion 1: Do Not Overly Emphasize Laws When Thinking About Biology Explanations
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.2 Suggestion 2: Explicitly Motivate Forms of Explanation That Are Common in Biology4.3 Suggestion 3: Resist the Temptation to Simplify the Diversity of Approaches in Biology and Their Apparent Incompatibility; 4.4 Suggestion 4: Explicitly Consider the Role of Models-Partial, Unrealistic Representation; 4.5 Suggestion 5: Emphasize Methodological Differences Over Seemingly Ideological Differences; Teach That a Plurality of Approaches Is Here to Stay; References; What Would Natural Laws in the Life Sciences Be?; 1 Introduction; 2 Laws of Nature: The Standard Picture
    Description / Table of Contents: 3 The Problem of Exceptions4 The Problem of Accidentalness; 5 Evolutionary Accidents as Laws of Certain Fields of Biology; 6 Conclusion; References; The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: At the Borderlands Between Historical and Experimental Science; 1 On the Scientific Status of Evolutionary Theory; 2 The Fisher-Wright Debates and the Importance of Stochastic Events in Evolution; 3 Gould and the Project for a Nomothetic Evolutionary Biology; 4 The Modern Study of Chance vs. Necessity; 5 The Philosophical Context: Cleland's Analysis
    Description / Table of Contents: 6 Conclusion: Chance and Necessity Within the Extended SynthesisReferences; Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science; 1 Introduction; 2 Epistemological Background; 2.1 The Traditional Account of Knowledge; 2.2 Evidence and Knowledge; 3 Objections to Evolutionary Theory; 3.1 Evolution Is a Mere Theory; 3.2 Evolution Is not Falsifiable; 3.3 Evolution Makes no Predictions; 3.4 Evolution Has Been Falsified; 4 The Evidence for Evolution; 5 Conclusions; References; Conceptual Change and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory: 'Force Talk' as a Case Study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy
    Description / Table of Contents: 1 Conceptual Schemes and Darwin's Interacting Metaphors
    Description / Table of Contents: Foreword; Michael Ruse -- Philosophy of Biology and Biology Education: An Introduction; Kostas Kampourakis -- What is life?; Carol Cleland and Michael Zerella -- Biological Explanation; Angela Potochnik -- What would Natural Laws in the Life Sciences be?;  Marc Lange -- The Nature of Evolutionary Biology: at the borderlands between Historical and Experimental Science; Massimo Pigliucci -- Evolutionary Theory and the Epistemology of Science; Kevin McCain & Brad Weslake -- Conceptual Change and the Rhetoric of Evolutionary Theory: ‘Force Talk’ as a case study and Challenge for Science Pedagogy; David Depew -- Debating the Power and Scope of Adaptation; Patrick Forber -- Biology and Religion: The Case for Evolution, Francisco Ayala -- The Implications of Evolutionary Biology for Religious Belief; Denis Alexander -- Intelligent Design and the Nature of Science: Philosophical and Pedagogical Points, Ingo Brigandt -- Molecular Evolution, Michael Dietrich -- Educational Lessons from Evolutionary Properties of the Sexual Genome; John Avise -- Non-genetic Inheritance and Evolution; Tobias Uller -- Homology, Alessandro Minelli & Giuseppe Fusco -- Teaching Evolutionary Developmental Biology: Concepts, Problems and Controversy; Alan Love -- Philosophical Issues in Ecology, James Justus -- Small Things, Big Consequences: Microbiological Perspectives on Biology; Michael J. Duncan, Pierrick Bourrat, Jennifer DeBerardinis, & Maureen O’ Malley -- Essentialism in Biology; John Wilkins -- Biological Teleology: the Need for History; James Lennox & Kostas Kampourakis -- Biology's Functional Perspective: Roles, Advantages and Organization; Arno Wouters -- Understanding Biological Mechanisms: Using Illustrations from Circadian Rhythm Research; William Bechtel -- Information in the Biological Sciences; Alfredo Marcos and Robert Arp -- Systems Biology and Education; Pierre Alain Braillard -- Putting Mendel in His Place: How Curriculum Reform in Genetics and Counterfactual History of Science Can Work Together; Annie Jamieson & Gregory Radick -- Against “Genes For”: Could an Inclusive Concept of Genetic Material Effectively Replace Gene Concepts?; Richard Burian & Kostas Kampourakis -- Current Thinking about Nature and Nurture, David Moore -- Genomics and Society: Why “Discovery” Matters; Lisa Gannett -- Philosophical Issues in Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research; Andrew Siegel -- Ethics in Biomedical Research and Practice; Anya Plutynski -- Environmental Ethics; Roberta Millstein.
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  • 5
    ISBN: 9789400751927
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XXXVI, 226 p. 6 illus, digital)
    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 105
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Leibniz: logico-philosophical puzzles in the law
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy, modern ; Philosophy of law ; Law ; Law ; Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy, modern ; Philosophy of law ; Quelle ; Kommentar ; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 1646-1716 Specimen certitudinis seu demonstrationum in iure exhibitum in doctrina conditionum ; Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm 1646-1716 ; Rechtsphilosophie ; Logik ; Rechtsfall
    Abstract: This volume presents two Leibnizian writings, the Specimen of Philosophical Questions Collected from the Law and the Dissertation on Perplexing Cases. These works, originally published in 1664 and 1666, constitute, respectively, Leibniz’s thesis for the title of Master of Philosophy and his doctoral dissertation in law. Besides providing evidence of the earliest development of Leibniz’s thought and amazing anticipations of his mature views, they present a genuine intellectual interest, for the freshness and originality of Leibniz’s reflections on a striking variety of logico-philosophical puzzles drawn from the law. The Specimen addresses puzzling issues resulting from apparent conflicts between law and philosophy (the latter broadly understood as comprising also mathematics, as well as empirical sciences). The Dissertation addresses cases whose solution is puzzling because of the convoluted logical form of legal dispositions and contractual clauses, or because of conflicting priorities between concurring parties. In each case, Leibniz dissects the problems with the greatest ingenuity, disentangling their different aspects, and proposing solutions always reasonable and sometimes surprising. And he does not refrain from peppering his intellectual acrobatics with some humorous comments. bbbbbb
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    ISBN: 9789400747432 , 1283698013 , 9781283698016
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    Pages: Online-Ressource (X, 190 p, digital)
    Series Statement: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice 18
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    Parallel Title: Buchausg. u.d.T. Law, liberty, and the rule of law
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy of law ; Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Philosophy of law ; Konferenzschrift 2009 ; Konferenzschrift ; Staatsrecht ; Rechtsstaatsprinzip ; Menschenrecht ; Rechtsstaat ; Rechtsphilosophie ; Rechtstheorie
    Abstract: In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in concern for the rule of law. Not only have there been a multitude of articles and books on the essence, nature, scope and limitation of the law, but citizens, elected officials, law enforcement officers and the judiciary have all been actively engaged in this debate. Thus, the concept of the rule of law is as multifaceted and contested as it's ever been, and this book explores the essence of that concept, including its core principles, its rules, and the necessity of defining, or even redefining, the basic concept. Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law offers timely and unique insights on numerous themes relevant to the rule of law. It discusses in detail the proper scope and limitations of adjudication and legislation, including the challenges not only of limiting legislative and executive power via judicial review but also of restraining active judicial lawmaking while simultaneously guaranteeing an independent judiciary interested in maintaining a balance of power. It also addresses the relationship not only between the rule of law, human rights and separation of powers but also the rule of law, constitutionalism and democracy
    Abstract: In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in concern for the rule of law. Not only have there been a multitude of articles and books on the essence, nature, scope and limitation of the law, but citizens, elected officials, law enforcement officers and the judiciary have all been actively engaged in this debate. Thus, the concept of the rule of law is as multifaceted and contested as its ever been, and this book explores the essence of that concept, including its core principles, its rules, and the necessity of defining, or even redefining, the basic concept.Law, Liberty, and the Rule of Law offers timely and unique insights on numerous themes relevant to the rule of law. It discusses in detail the proper scope and limitations of adjudication and legislation, including the challenges not only of limiting legislative and executive power via judicial review but also of restraining active judicial lawmaking while simultaneously guaranteeing an independent judiciary interested in maintaining a balance of power. It also addresses the relationship not only between the rule of law, human rights and separation of powers but also the rule of law, constitutionalism and democracy.
    Description / Table of Contents: Law, Liberty,and the Rule of Law; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; References; Chapter 2: The Concept of the Rule of Law; 2.1 Introduction: Pervasive Disagreement in Rule of Law Discourse; 2.2 Increasing Consensus Through Conceptual Analysis; 2.3 The Rule of Law: Current and Historical Usage of the Concept; 2.4 External and Internal Conceptual Coherence; 2.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3: Plato and the Rule of Law; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Place of Plato in Modern Legal Philosophy; 3.2.1 Metaphysics; 3.2.2 Anachronisms; 3.2.3 Plato and General Jurisprudence
    Description / Table of Contents: 3.3 The Rule of Law3.3.1 The Rule of Law as an Existence Condition qua Descriptive Label (1a); 3.3.2 The Rule of Law as an Existence Condition qua Justi fi cation (1b); 3.3.3 The Rule of Law as a Practical Constraint on a Legal System (2); 3.3.4 The Rule of Law as a Procedural Principle or Set of Procedural Principles (3); 3.3.5 The Rule of Law as an Object-Level Practice of Enforcing and Justifying the Law (4); 3.4 A Final Topic for Discussion: Education; References
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 4: Kantian Re-construction of Intersubjectivity Forms: The Logic of the Transition from Natural State to the Threshold of the Civic State4.1 Introduction; 4.2 A Priori Versus Empirical Knowledge of the Forms of Intersubjectivity; 4.3 Intersubjectivity Viewed in Terms of "State" and "Polity"; 4.4 Law and Freedom as the Fundamental Categories of Determining Intersubjectivity; 4.5 The Basic Forms of Intersubjectivity in Natural State; 4.5.1 Fundamental Freedom and Its Rational "Adjustment"; 4.5.2 Acquisition and Its Principle - The Need for a Transition to Legal Status
    Description / Table of Contents: 4.5.3 Peculiar Duality of Legal State4.5.4 Departing from the State of Private Law and Arriving at the State of Public Law (Explanation of Peculiarities); 4.6 The Basic Forms of Intersubjectivity in Civic State; 4.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5: Radbruch's Formula, Conceptual Analysis, and the Rule of Law; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Radbruch's Formula(s); 5.3 The Formula and the Rule of Law; 5.4 The Formula and Conceptual Analysis; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: Law, Liberty and the Rule of Law (in a Constitutional Democracy); 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 "Rule" + "Law" ≠ "Rule of Law"
    Description / Table of Contents: 6.3 Rule of Law6.4 Principles of the Rule of Law; 6.5 Constitutional Rule of Law; 6.6 Constitutional Democracy and the Rule of Law; 6.7 Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: The Rule of Law: Is the Line Between the Formal and the Moral Blurred?; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 The Rule of Law on the Borderline; 7.3 The Moral Non-neutrality of the Rule of Law; 7.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 8: Political Deliberation and Constitutional Review; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Constitutional Courts as "Custodians" of Public Deliberation; 8.3 Constitutional Courts as "Public Reasoners" and "Interlocutors"
    Description / Table of Contents: 8.4 Constitutional Courts as "Deliberators"
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    ISBN: 9781402062810
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy ; Law Medicine ; Humanities ; Philosophy (General) ; Medicine ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Menschenwürde
    Abstract: The idea of human dignity is central to any reflection on the nature of human worth, and has become a key concept in international and national law, in medical ethics, and in much philosophical and political theory. However, the idea is a complex one that also takes on many different forms. This collection explores the idea of human dignity as it arises within these many different domains, opening up the possibility of a multidisciplinary conversation that illuminates the concept itself, as well as the idea of the human to which it stands in an essential relation. The book is not only an intri
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Introduction to a Conversation; Human Dignity and Human Worth; Human Dignity and Human Being; On Human Dignity: Fragments of an Exploration; Two Conceptions of Dignity: Honour and Self-Determination; Human Dignity and Charity; Human Dignity: Functions and Meanings; A Brief History of Human Dignity: Idea and Application; A Journey Towards Understanding: True and False Dignity; The Question of Dignity: Doubts and Loves and a Whisper from Where the Ruined House Once Stood; Religion and Dignity: Assent and Dissent; Giving the Past Its Dignity; Dignity and Indignity
    Description / Table of Contents: Human Dignity and the LawOn the International Legal Aspects of Human Dignity; Doing Justice to Dignity in the Criminal Law; Human Dignity: The New Phase in International Law; Dignity and Health; Human Dignity: The Perspective of a Gynaecological Oncologist; The Social Origins of Dignity in Medical Care at the End of Life; Dying with Dignity: The Story Reveals Its Meaning; Back Matter;
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    ISBN: 9781402058417
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    Series Statement: International Library Of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 36
    Series Statement: International library of ethics, law, and the new medicine
    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Autonomy and Human Rights in Health Care
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    Keywords: Ethics ; medicine Public health laws ; Philosophy (General) ; Public health laws ; Internationality ; Personal Autonomy ; Bioethics ; Human Rights ; Cultural Diversity ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Gesundheitsrecht ; Menschenrecht ; Internationales Recht
    Abstract: This book offers a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to ground a universal bioethics in the context of the conflicted world of combative cultures and perspectives.
    Abstract: Autonomy and Human Rights in Healthcare: An International Perspective is a group of essays published in memory of David Thomasma, one of the leading humanists in the field of bioethics during the twentieth century. A pioneer in the field of multidisciplinary research, having integrated major theological and philosophical traditions in the west with modern science, Thomasma was a role model to the authors who have devoted essays to his major avenues of inquiry. The authors represent many different countries and disciplines throughout the globe. The volume deals with the pressing issue of how to
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Evolving Bioethics and International Human Rights; Dignity, Rights, Health Care, and Human Flourishing; Human Rights: The Ethics Of Globalization; Human Rights And The Right To Health Care; Religion, International Human Rights And Women's Health: Synthesizing Principles And Politics; The Limitations And Accomplishments Of Autonomy As A Basic Principle In Bioethics And Biolaw; Person And Human Being In Bioethics And Biolaw; Welfare Rights And Health Care; Autonomy And The Rights Of Minors; Domestic Violence
    Description / Table of Contents: Balancing Autonomy And Traditional Values In Treating Terminally Ill Patients: Towards Locating The Right Questions For JapanCulture, Community Or Rights; Bioethics Between Nature And Culture; Medical Practice As The Primary Context For Medical Ethics; Euthanasia And Multiculturalism; International Law And Genetic Counselling; International Perspective On Organ Donation; Justice In The Distribution Of Transplant Organs; Human Cloning And Human Dignity; Accessing Health Care Resources: Economic, Medical, Ethical And Socio-Legal Challenges
    Description / Table of Contents: Mental Health Rights: The Relation Between Constitution And BioethicsThe "Vulnerability" Quagmire In International Research; Human Rights, Health Care And Biomedical Innovation: Confronting The Research Imperative; The Rights To Die And The Duty To Save: A Reflection On Ethical Presuppositions In Suicide Research; The Right To Bodily Security Vis-À-Vis The Needs Of Others; Back Matter;
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    Series Statement: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine 34
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    Parallel Title: Druckausg. Hashiloni-Dolev, Yael A life (un)worthy of living
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Reproductive Medicine ; Human genetics ; Sociology ; Philosophy (General) ; Reproductive Techniques ; Genetic Screening ; Genetic Screening ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Prenatal Diagnosis ; Reproductive Techniques ; Israel ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik ; Deutschland ; Humangenetik ; Reproduktionsmedizin ; Ethik
    Abstract: This book presents the findings of a study into the social shaping of reproductive genetics in Germany and Israel. The study reveals dramatic differences between German and Israeli societies in addressing the question of a life (un)worthy of living. A close analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates controversies over reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way.
    Abstract: Based on a variety of empirical materials the study reveals dramatic differences between the way that the German and Israeli societies address the question of a life (un)worthy of living: while in Germany, social, cultural, religious and legal conditions restrict the selection of embryos based on prenatal diagnosis, in Israel they strongly encourage it. A close comparative analysis of the ways that these two societies handle the delicate balance between the quality and sanctity of life illuminates the controversy around reproductive genetics in an original and provocative way. The study is also innovative in its use of contemporary social theory concerning the politics of life in comprehending the differences between two societies positioned at opposite extremes in their adoption of reproductive genetics. It thus offers an original cross-cultural discussion concerning present-day techno-medical manipulations of life itself.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; Theoretical Background; Methodology; Getting to Know the Field of Reproductive Genetics in Israel and Germany; Genetic Counselors' Moral Practices; Abortions on Embryopathic Grounds: Policy and Practice in Israel and Germany; Sex Chromosome Anomalies (SCAs) in Israel and Germany: Assessing "Birth Defects" and edical Risks According to the Importance of Fertility*; "Wrongful Life", in the eyes of the law, the counselors and the disabled; The Conflicts Between Individuals, Families and Society, as Well as Between Different Family Members, Embodied in Reproductive Genetics
    Description / Table of Contents: Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402057458
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 80
    DDC: 340.11
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    Keywords: Philosophy of law ; Political science ; Political science Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Rechtsstaat
    Abstract: Authors Costa and Zolo share the conviction that a proper understanding of the rule of law today requires reference to a global problematic horizon. This book offers some relevant guides for orienting the reader through a political and legal debate where the rule of law (and the doctrine of human rights) is a concept both controversial and significant at the national and international levels.
    Abstract: Costa and Zolo share the conviction that a proper understanding of the rule of law today requires referring to a global problematic horizon. It seems unavoidable to investigate into the relationship between Europe and the United States, on the one hand, and the rest of the world, on the other. Over the last centuries this relationship developed in terms of conquest and colonisation, on the widespread view that Western civilisation should be opposed as a whole to barbaric others. Today, however, the notion of rule of law is still rousing a debate that cannot be said to have come to an end. The reason is quite simple: if the origins of the rule of law are in Western societies and cultures, and if until recently the West took the lion s share in the debate on our subject matter, it remains true that today other societies and other cultures take an active and creative part into a sustained philosophical-political debate. This is by no means a merely intellectual or academic question: the Arab-Islamic world, India, China, are not far away planets whose orbits never crossed the European and American West. On the contrary, in fairly recent times the encounters have been close and traumatic. In sum, the book intends to offer some relevant guides for orienting the reader through a political and legal debate where the rule of law (and the doctrine of human rights ) is a concept both controversial and significant at the national and international levels.
    Description / Table of Contents: Front Matter; The Rule of Law: A Critical Reappraisal; The Rule of Law: A Historical Introduction; The Rule of Law and the "Liberties of the English": The Interpretation of Albert Venn Dicey; Popular Sovereignty, the Rule of Law, and the "Rule of Judges" in the United States; Rechtsstaat and Individual Rights in German Constitutional History; État de Droit and National Sovereignty in France; Rechtsstaat and Constitutional Justice in Austria: Hans Kelsen's Contribution; The Past and the Future of the Rule of Law; Beyond the Rule of Law: Judges' Tyranny or Lawyers' Anarchy?
    Description / Table of Contents: The Rule of Law and Gender DifferenceMachiavelli, the Republican Tradition, and the Rule of Law; Leoni's and Hayek's Critique of the Rule of Law in Continental Europe; The Rule of Law and the Legal Treatment of Native Americans; The Colonial Model of the Rule of Law in Africa: The Example of Guinea; Is Constitutionalism Compatible with Islam?; The Rule of Morally Constrained Law: The Case of Contemporary Egypt; "Asian Values" and the Rule of Law; The Rule of Law and Indian Society: From Colonialism to Post-Colonialism; The Chinese Legal Tradition and the European View of the Rule of Law
    Description / Table of Contents: Modern Constitutionalism in ChinaHuman Rights and the Rule of Law in Contemporary China; Back Matter
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    ISBN: 9781402041488
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    Edition: Third Edition
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    Series Statement: Library of Ethics and Applied Philosophy 9
    DDC: 170
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Ontology ; Criminology ; Philosophy (General) ; Ethik ; Strafe
    Abstract: Responsibility and Punishment, Third Edition presents a clear-headed defense of retributivism against several long-standing criticisms. In the end, a viable version of retributivism emerges as one which withstands more criticism than competing theories of responsibility and punishment. Extending the problem of wrong doing to collectives and compensation, Corlett explores the matter of reparations for past wrongs in the case of the crimes committed against Native Americans by the United States Government. No other philosophical work on responsibility and punishment exhibits this breadth of scope, as it delves deeply into particular concerns with retributivism, responsibility, and certain areas of compensation. Academicians and professionals in ethics, moral, social, political, and legal philosophy are likely to benefit from this analytical treatment of responsibility and punishment.
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; The Problem of Responsibility; The Problem of Punishment; Foundations of a Kantian Retributivism; Assessing Retributivism; Forgiveness, Apology, and Retributive Punishment; Capital Punishment; The Problem of Collective Responsibility; Corporate Responsibility and Punishment; Collective Wrongdoing, Reparations, and Native Americans; Conclusion
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    Series Statement: Archimedes (Dordrecht, Netherlands) v. 15
    DDC: 580.22209033
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Humanities ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Pflanzen ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800 ; Botanik ; Illustration ; Geschichte 1700-1800
    Abstract: This book is the first in-depth study of eighteenth-century botanical illustrations. Its findings offer a completely new insight into the working practices of the botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. The author describes the different production stages of these illustrations. For the first time, the author presents a convincing description of how botanical illustrations developed, ascertaining the criteria that drove this process.
    Abstract: Presents a study of 18th-century botanical illustrations, offering insight into the working practices of botanists and scientific draughtsmen of this period. This book describes the different production stages of these illustrations, traces their uses, and explores their visual language, with particular emphasis on the difficult issue of colour
    Description / Table of Contents: Introduction; The Making of Botanical Illustrations; The Content of Botanical Illustrations; The Role of Botanical Illustrations; Visual Language; Links with Tradition; The Construction of Botanical Illustrations; Methods and Materials
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    ISBN: 9781402049194
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 77
    DDC: 342.085
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    Keywords: Philosophy of Law ; Public Law ; Philosophy (General) ; Law Philosophy ; Comparative law ; Philosophy, modern ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Grundrecht ; Rechtstheorie
    Abstract: Erik Oddvar Eriksen
    Abstract: Explores the path-breaking Theory of Constitutional Rights of Robert Alexy. This work combines the critical analysis of the structural elements of Alexy's theory with an assessment of its applied relevance, with special attention being paid to the UK Human Rights Act and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
    Description / Table of Contents: Discourse Theory and Fundamental Rights; Fundamental Rights Principles: Disciplining the Instrumentalism of Policies; Nine Critiques to Alexy's Theory of Fundamental Rights; Democratic or Jurist-Made Law?; On Alexy's Weight Formula; Who's Afraid of the Total Constitution?; Fundamental Rights in the UK Human Rights Act; Some Elements of a Theory of European Fundamental Rights; The Work of Robert Alexy
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    ISBN: 9781402041051
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 74
    DDC: 170
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy of Law ; Philosophy (General) ; medicine Philosophy ; Technology Philosophy ; Political science Philosophy ; Angewandte Ethik ; Dilemma ; Recht
    Abstract: OVADIA EZRA
    Abstract: Aims to supply ways of thinking of, and dealing with, the ins and outs of ethical argument. Applied ethics is that intellectual locale where theory meets praxis. This book is designed to make that meeting point explicit, by presenting a series of issues in philosophical formulations
    Description / Table of Contents: CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface; A. INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS AND PUBLIC DUTIES; 1. Privacy and the Public Sphere; 2. The Obligation of the State toward Individuals; 3. Public Security vs. the Right to "Be Let Alone"; 4. Freedom of Expression in Academia and the Media; B. MEDICAL ETHICS; 5. Mercy Death or Killing; 6. Donating or Selling Organs; 7. Genetic Engineering and Reproduction; C. PARENTHOOD AND THE FAMILY; 8. Rights of Relatives and Generations; 9. Procreation after Death; 10. Babies as Commodities; D. PUNISHMENT; 11. Punishment of Sex Offenders; 12. Punishment and Domestic Violence
    Description / Table of Contents: 13. Capital Punishment and the Mentally RetardedIndex
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    ISBN: 9781402039775
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 73
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Philosophy of Law ; Philosophy (General) ; Political science Philosophy ; Rechtsbegriff ; Rechtssubjekt ; Rechtstheorie
    Abstract: What does it mean to have a right? Previous answers to this question fall into two groups: interest/benefit theories of rights and choice/will theories. This book proposes an alternative to these traditional views: the justified-constraint theory of rights, which avoids the pitfalls of earlier theories, and solves the puzzle of the relational nature of rights. The analysis shows that this theory applies without modification to past, present and future beings.
    Abstract: What is it to have a right? This book defends an alternative to traditional views, the justified-constraint theory of rights. It also solves the puzzle of the relational nature of rights. It gives a systematic account of an important alternative to the best theories of rights in the literature
    Description / Table of Contents: Rights and Hohfeldian Analysis; Normative Constraints; Deontic and Alethic Concepts; The Relational Nature of Rights; Rights, Reasons, and Persons; Rights Conflict; Right Holders: Present; Right Holders: Past and Future; A Final Comparison
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    ISBN: 9781402029042
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    DDC: 570.1
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    Keywords: Biology Mathematical models ; Biology Philosophy ; Philosophy (General) ; Science Philosophy ; Models, Biological ; Philosophy ; Theoretische Biologie ; Forschungsgegenstand
    Abstract: This book originated as a Festschrift to mark the publication of Volume 50 of the journal `Acta Biotheoretica' in 2002 and the journal's 70th anniversary in 2005. In it, eleven previously unpublished research papers have been collected that reflect the entire scope of topics on which `Acta Biotheoretica' publishes. `Acta Biotheoretica' is a journal on theoretical biology, published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, that has its roots in the Dutch tradition of theoretical biology. From the perspective of this tradition, theoretical biology is understood as encompassing a broad spectrum of disciplines ranging from mathematical biology to philosophy of biology. To reflect the Dutch roots of the journal, all papers have been invited from authors that work in The Netherlands. This book is aimed at an audience of theoretical and mathematical biologists, philosophers of biology and philosophers of science, and biologists in general.
    Description / Table of Contents: Preliminaries; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 The History of Acta Biotheoretica and the Nature of Theoretical Biology; Chapter 2 Images of the Genome; Chapter 3 The Functional Perspective of Organismal Biology; Chapter 4 Infectious Biology; Chapter 5 The Composite Species Concept; Chapter 6 The Wonderful Crucible of Life's Creation; Chapter 7 The Symbiontic Nature of Metabolic Evolution; Chapter 8 The Founder and Allee Effects in the Patch Occupancy Metapopulation Model; Chapter 9 Balancing Statistics and Ecology
    Description / Table of Contents: Chapter 10 Resilience and Persistence in the Context of Stochastic Population ModelsChapter 11 Evolution of Specialization and Ecological Character Displacement: Metabolic Plasticity; List of Contributors
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    ISBN: 9781402038235
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    Series Statement: Law and Philosophy Library 72
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    Keywords: Ethics ; Political science Law_xPolitical science ; Political Science ; Philosophy (General) ; Law Philosophy ; Rechtsphilosophie ; Territorialer Anspruch ; Geschichte
    Abstract: Liberal defences of nationalism have become prevalent since the mid-1980's. Curiously, they have largely neglected the fact that nationalism is primarily about land. Should liberals throw up their hands in despair when confronting conflicting claims stemming from incommensurable national narratives and holy texts? Should they dismiss conflicting demands that stem solely from particular cultures, religions and mythologies in favour of a supposedly neutral set of guidelines? Does history matter? Should ancient injustices interest us today? Should we care who reached the territory first and who were its prior inhabitants? Should principles of utility play a part in resolving territorial disputes? Was John Locke right to argue that the utilisation of land counts in favour of its acquisition? And should western style settlement projects work in favour or against a nation's territorial demands? When and how should principles of equality and equal distribution come into play? Territorial Rights examines the generic types of territorial claims customarily put forward by national groups as justification for their territorial demands, within the framework of what has come to be known as 'liberal nationalism'. The final outcome is a multifarious theory on the ethics of territorial boundaries that supplies a workable set of guidelines for evaluating territorial disputes from a liberal-national perspective, and offers a common ground for discussion (including disagreement) and for the mediation of claims.
    Description / Table of Contents: IntroductionThe collective nature of territorial entitlement -- 'Historical rights' to land -- 'Looking forward to the past' : an analysis of territorial claims based on principles of corrective justice -- 'A land without a people' : an evaluation of nations' efficiency-based claims -- The ethical significance of settlement -- Global justice and principles of equal distribution -- Earth : the final frontier.
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    ISBN: 9789400915909
    Language: English
    Pages: Online-Ressource (XIX, 318 Seiten)
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    Series Statement: Philosophy and Medicine 52
    Series Statement: Philosophy and medicine
    Parallel Title: Erscheint auch als Sanctity of life and human dignity
    DDC: 170
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    Keywords: Philosophy (General) ; Ethics ; Phenomenology ; Public health laws ; Konferenzschrift 1992 ; Aufsatzsammlung ; Menschenwürde
    Abstract: `Sanctity of life' and `human dignity' are two bioethical concepts that play an important role in bioethical discussions. Despite their separate history and content, they have similar functions in these discussions. In many cases they are used to bring a difficult or controversial debate to an end. They serve as unquestionable cornerstones of morality, as rocks able to weather the storms of moral pluralism. This book provides the reader with analyses of these two concepts from different philosophical, professional and cultural points of view. Sanctity of Life and Human Dignity presents a comparative analysis of both concepts
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