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The question of “Justice” still divides social research, moral philosophy, and public discourse. Three principles of distributive justice (allocation rules) occupy center stage in the debate: merit ... , Buchanan JM ( 1985 ) The reason of rules: constitutional political economy . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Buchanan A , Mathieu D ( 1986 ) Philosophy and justice In: Cohen RL (ed) Justice: views from
Integrated Values Survey confirm that post-materialists are more market unfriendly when their proportion in society is high enough, but this negative effect is mitigated by their political identity, the ... identity, the expressiveness of the individuals themselves, the ideology of the political parties in their country, and culture. The argument casts some doubt on the claim that postmaterialism is a
has invited one political animal to take root inside—the bed bug, the bad-tempered badger, the porcupine, the hobo spider spewing poison through mouthparts shaped like boxing gloves. Or the honey bee
being uniquely contributes to the general welfare of society. Confining On Liberty to the field of political philosophy, economists have paid scant attention to the overall message of Mill’s essay, let ... collected works of John Stuart Mill . University of Toronto Press, Toronto Mill JS ( 1848 ; 2014) Principles of political economy with some of their applications to social philosophy . In: Robson JM (ed) The
the Saints from Illinois—and ultimately the United States. Relying on political theory and philosophy and his deep knowledge of politics in frontier Illinois, Simeone unpacks the paradox of a developing ... history of the Latter-day Saint experience in Nauvoo, Illinois, religious persecution and expulsion that is often rehearsed. In seven dense chapters, James Simeone, professor of political science at
. Oaks stressed the importance of the rule of law and the best ways to participate as citizens in political processes. Although he focused on the United States, President Oaks reassured his global audience
select government officials. The exams tested not only scholars’ abilities in history, philosophy, government, and literature, but also—in theory at least—their personal cultivation of moral virtues such ... European political thinkers, including Voltaire, admired China’s system for using meritocratic criteria, as opposed to aristocratic birth, to select government officials.2 The exams tested not only scholars
political history and an associate managing historian of the Joseph Smith Papers Project, firmly situates the early history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints within antebellum contexts. In ... political, legal, and economic responses to a culture that had failed them and, in doing so, underscores the unsettled nature of democracy in antebellum America. Similarly, McBride’s study challenges popular
. Ian Shaw (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000), 172. 2. K. S. B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period, c. 1800–1550 B.C. (Copenhagen: University of ... , and so establishing an incontrovertible chronology for Abraham’s life based on information from the Book of Abraham is not much more feasible beyond this. 3. Ryholt, Political Situation in Egypt during
other words, they defined it in preventive terms. And among Americans in the 1830s, per- haps the most poignant political discussion concerned the freedom to not be forcibly removed from the land on which ... was created, reflected a political philosophy that both drew from and appropriated America’s democratic tradition. “Whereas in all bodies laws are necessary for the permanent Safety and well being of
States, I found myself growing increasingly alarmed during the 2016 U.S. election cycle as I watched the great rifts in our political landscape widen and deepen, abetted by the divisive and often vitriolic ... to our concern about what was happening in the wider political world. On January 25, 2017, shortly after the above email exchange with Melissa, I announced to my Segullah sisters that I would be
transgressing religious or political boundaries and norms, sometimes done in a ritualistic or ceremonial manner. There is, in the words of one Egyptologist, “indisputable evidence for the practice of human ... , including foreigners who were seen as a threat to Egyptian political and social order.10 From this evidence, we can conclude that Egyptian “human sacrifice” during Abraham’s lifetime was more or less “ritual
.: Cambridge University Press, 2012), 160–61, emphasis in original; compare Genesis in Egypt: The Philosophy of Ancient Egyptian Creation Accounts (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1988), throughout, but
I am a political scientist, which means that I study patterns in politics. Most of the patterns in politics that I study are patterns of sexism. I work to accurately measure and carefully describe ... Being a Disciple of Hope Jessica Robinson Preece I Most of the patterns in politics that I study are patterns of sexism. am a political scientist, which means that I study patterns in politics. I work
,” 44. 6. Gee, “Shulem,” 384, quoting K. S. B. Ryholt, The Political Situation in Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period c. 1880–1550 B.C. (Copenhagen: Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern
thus to the political aspect of [the king’s] divine nature; her role as mother of Horus and sister-wife of Osiris binds her even more closely into the Egyptian kingship, in which the living King Horus
appears to have “adopted an archaizing political vocabulary which harked back to the time of the First Dynasty of Babylon and even to the Old Akkadian period. The perennial and unchanging nature of
Unavoidable ethical and moral decisions permeate our lives. From the personal (how we treat our family members and the people we interact with) to the political (what we do about the increasing ... , political science, economics, and sociology. The classical philosophy that provides the core foundation for all the social sciences is written primarily by men who have had the luxury of devoting their lives
original twelve Apostles left the church without authority or revelation to guide it. Further, the persecution of Christians (by both pagans and Jews) and the incorporation of Greek philosophy have also been ... political independence. Nephi’s focus comes then to rest on “a book” he sees “carried forth among them” (1 Ne. 13:20). Amy Easton-Flake has underscored the way the literary organization of Nephi’s vision
divinely inspired. I am, therefore, distressed at the way we are handling the national issues that divide us. We have always had to work through serious political conflicts, but today too many approach that ... Constitution, whose principles I believe were divinely inspired.1 I am, therefore, distressed at the way we are handling the national issues that divide us. We have always had to work through serious political
