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Showing 1 to 20 of 4941 for “"Freedom"”.
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Freedom and fatalism in Wittgenstein's “Lectures on Freedom of the Will”
… of Wittgenstein’s approach to the problem of freedom of the will, primarily as expounded in his “Lectures on Freedom of the Will” (LFW). My overall aim is to show how Wittgenstein works to reconfigure the debates about freedom of the will so that it can be confronted as the kind of problem he …
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Sport, tradition and freedom
"Sport, Tradition and Freedom" entails a philosophical examination of the relationship between traditions of rationality and understandings of freedom in sport. Chapter One introduces the ideas of freedom and virtue. Chapter Two involves a critical and historical exploration of the traditions of …
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Women, Azaadi, Shadhinota, Freedom
<p>This thesis investigates the intersections of performance, memory, race, and erasure through the lens of feminist, decolonial, and diasporic practice. Centering the body as both archive and site of resistance, I explore how performance intervenes in dominant historical narratives by …
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Press Freedom In Qatar
This thesis considers freedom of the press in Qatar pre1995 and post 1995 the year the Amir abolished press censorship. It uses a combination of different methods, a literature review, a questionnaire and unstructured interviews, to investigate the subject. It looks at different theories of the …
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Law, Love and Freedom
How does one lead a life of law, love and freedom? This inquiry has very deep roots in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Indeed, the divergent answers to this inquiry mark the transition from Judeo to Christian. This dissertation returns to those roots to trace the routes that these ideas have taken …
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Alcohol Misuse Among Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom Military Healthcare Professionals
… have deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). Nearly 40% of OEF/OIF service members meet criteria for an alcohol use disorder post-deployment. Minimal research has addressed alcohol misuse among military healthcare professionals despite the …
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BIVALENT SOCIAL FREEDOM: A DEFENCE
… level through the formulation of a concept of freedom that refers specifically to the social or interpersonal relation of prevention, a concept they have attempted to refine in a way that will prove plausible, logically consistent, and fruitful as a building block in the construction of …
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Freedom of expression under apartheid
… democracies is to look at their provisions on freedom of expression, one of the most precious and fragile rights of man. The right to freedom of expression was recognised by classical traditional liberal theory as from the eighteenth century. It considered it as a useful tool to enhance true …
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Future Contingents, Freedom, And Foreknowledge
<p>This essay is a contribution to the new trend and old tradition of analyzing theological fatalism in light of its relationship to logical fatalism. All results pertain to branching temporal systems that use the A-theory and assume presentism. The project focuses on two kinds of views about …
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Nietzsche's conceptual personae of freedom
… personae, which are strongly associated with freedom in Nietzsche’s oeuvre. The conceptual persona, drawn from the work of Deleuze and Guattari, is an integral part of the process of developing and articulating philosophical concepts. Nietzsche’s texts abound with figures, both anthropomorphic …
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The Politics of Media Freedom
… theories assume that democracy and media freedom go hand in hand. However, in democracies, politicians and individuals who have a stake in political battles often attack journalists. How can political and electoral incentives that are at the heart of democracy create a minefield for …
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Investigating the conflict between freedom of religion and Freedom of expression under the South African constitution
… which in turn affected the exercise of religious freedom as it violated the dignity of the bearers of the right to freedom of religion and therefore a conflict between the right to freedom of religion and freedom of expression exists. The above incidence of conflict between the right to freedom of …
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Predictors of help-seeking in returning Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans
… psychological variables. All Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) veterans and service members that registered with the Ann Arbor VA Healthcare System between 2001 and 2007 were contacted by mail and asked to participate in the Internet-based survey. Participants …
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Work and Freedom in Contemporary Capitalism
… employment by analyzing them in conjunction with freedom. In particular, it reveals the role of freedom in securing our allegiance to paid work, and performs an immanent critique on the basis of freedom. Chapter 1 analyzes freedom in neoliberal philosophy through the work of Friedrich Hayek. It …
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