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Does legal freedom satisfy?

Much political conflict in the world revolves around the issue of how much freedom to accord people. Liberal democracies are characterized by, e.g., the rule of law and a strong protection of civil ... , income and the political system in generating satisfaction with freedom. Freedom; Satisfaction; Well-being; Happiness; Civil rights; Rule of law 1 Introduction How much freedom to accord people is one

An Analysis of Burden Sharing in NATO and the Problem of Free Riding

Anthony Zannella is a Seton Hall University 2019 graduate and a student of the Honors Program. He majored in Political Science and Philosophy. After taking classes that focused on international ... Riding Anthony Zannella Anthony Zannella is a Seton Hall University 3456 graduate and a student of the Honors Program. He majored in Political Science and Philosophy. After taking classes that focused on

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of Torino , Turin , Italy 1 Karl Mittermaier Centre for Philosophy of Economics, University of Johannesburg , Johannesburg , South Africa 2 F. A. Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy

Rights redistribution and COVID-19 lockdown policy

-in-place policy as an interpersonal exchange of rights, but where the exchange occurs coercively instead of voluntarily. It compares, in positive political economy terms, the normative principles of ... exchanges in political theory . Social Philosophy and Policy , 22 ( 1 ), 286 - 313 . Fauci , A. , Lane , H. C. , & Redfield , R. R. ( 2020 ). COVID-19 -Navigating the uncharted . New England Journal of

Chinese Receptions of Western Philosophy

This paper provides an overview of some of the most significant engagements and appropriations of Western philosophy by Chinese intellectuals.  Both the process of translation of Western ... relationship between Chinese philosophy and Pragmatism, says it is like two “bosom friends within the four seas.” Liang Qichao梁启超 (1873-1929) was a student of political reformer Kang Youwei (1858-1927). Liang

Market power and journalistic quality

The political news media play an important role in the successful working of democratic societies. In order to fulfill this role, a sufficient level of journalistic quality is required. Most Western ... implies regulation of the media sector by competition law, which may take different attitudes towards market power. While it is undisputed that some aspects of competition between political news media firms

The Challenge of Teaching Chinese Philosophy: Some Thoughts on Method

In this essay I offer an alternative perspective on how to organize class material for courses in Chinese philosophy for predominately American students. Instead of selecting topics taken from common

Teaching Ancient Greek Philosophy as a Non-Western Tradition

when looking back through traditions. This is especially the case with ancient Greek philosophy understood as the foundation of the Western philosophical tradition. Unreflective application to ancient

Should Introductory Comparative ­Philosophy Courses Be Structured Around Topics or Traditions?

Should introductory courses in comparative philosophy be organized around traditions or around topics? Will students be better served by considering Indian, Chinese, African, and Native American

Zhang Shiying and Chinese Appreciation of Hegelian Philosophy

This essay discusses Zhang Shiying (张世英), Professor of Philosophy in Peking University, China, a well-known contemporary Chinese scholar's study of Hegelian philosophy. ... China in 1949 to the current day. Between 1948 and 1978, political forces in China fought to control and even suppress the study of philosophy for its own sake. The thinking was that philosophy, regarded

Constitutional overperformance: an empirical study of de facto protection of rights with no de jure equivalents

older and less comprehensive constitutions, a high degree of democratization and a more robust civil society, plagued by less political conflict. Spatial interdependence effects are also identified ... rights; Spruk, 2016 on political institutions; Lewczuk, 2019 on human rights protection) . More and more literature aiming to identify the factors explaining both types of rules has also emerged

Law, human capital, and the emergence of free city-states in medieval Italy

of new political entities. We investigate how the birth of the first universities in Italy and the consequent diffusion of new juridical We wish to thank the Editors of this journal and two anonymous ... institutional setting of cities with respect to the feudal regime. Whereas under feudalism the city was governed by rulers (lord or bishop), deriving their authority from a superior political entity (the Emperor

Volume XXI - 2020 Table of Contents

Department of Political Science and Public Affairs offers a wide range of academic TStates politics, comparative politics, international relations, political philosophy, and programs. Political Science majors ... opinions expressed in the Political Analysis Journal are solely those of the authors and should not be construed as those of Seton Hall University or any departmental subdivisions thereto, the Political

Book Review: A Guide to Asian Philosophy Classics

helpful entryway for newcomers into Asian philosophy. He has done so not by resorting to what are always doomed to be indefensible generalities about this vast and philosophically complex group of cultures ... a helpful discussion of Nagarjuna’s critique of substantial accounts of time. Li then turns to China, which forms the majority of the book. Confucian philosophy is presented through an explication

The Politics of Sports

Samantha Russo is a graduating senior majoring in Political Science with a minor in Criminal Justice. After graduation, she is seeking a career in the Criminal Justice field or in politics. The ... political opinions. Aabove San Francisco on the roof of a billboard larger than life stands tall city building while the most recent photos, icon, and header on the Twitter page of this company reflects the

This time is different?—on the use of emergency measures during the corona pandemic

liberties of individuals. Here, we analyze the use of emergency provisions during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and find that it can be largely explained by drawing on political economy. It does ... political economy. It does, hence, not constitute an exception. We show that many governments have (mis-)used the pandemic as a pretext to curtail media freedom. We further show that executive decrees are

Does criminalizing the purchase of sex reduce sex-buying? Evidence from a European survey on prostitution

also “share a consensus-oriented political culture” and “a historically dominant evangelical Lutheran state-church” (Bucken-Knapp et al., 2014) . All in all, I argue that these two countries are ... exploratory study . Psychology of Women Quarterly , 14 ( 1 ), 135 - 141 . https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471- 6402 . 1990 .tb00009.x Berinsky , A. J. ( 2002 ). Political context and the survey response: The

Measuring the presence of organized crime across Italian provinces: a sensitivity analysis

socioeconomic and political factors varies depending on the normative choices made in the construction of an organized crime index. ... Considering the interdependent links between organized crime and the political and socio-economic settings, the economic analysis of crime has grown to become an important research agenda (Gonzalez-Ruiz and