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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Scanlon"”.
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Williams, Scanlon, and the Normativity of Morality
Most debates about the viability of a given moral theory are won and lost, or at least brought to an end, through resort to a familiar pattern of argument: if a theory calls for that course of action, can it really claim to offer a substantively correct account of morality? This debate operates on …
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A formative evaluation of the gainsharing system of a small, public-sector, research & development organization
… been in existence since the late 1930s when the Scanlon Plan was implemented by Joseph Scanlon at the Empire Steel and Tin Plate Company of Cleveland. Since that first implementation, gainsharing has spread to encompass 15% of American corporations with over 500 employees (N.Y.S.E., 1982 cited in …
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Contractarianism and Legitimacy
… The fourth chapter, appealing to recent work by Scanlon and Nagel, explores the implications of the idea of hypothetical unanimity for thinking about morally rightful political institutions. The final chapter articulates the uneasy relation between popular support and ideal justice, and discusses …
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Using sociocultural and cognitive lenses the nature of reading scaffolding provided by an experienced district literacy coach during an upper elementary small group reading intervention
… Wexler, Vaughn, & Ciullo, 2009; Vellutino, Scanlon, Small, & Fanuele, 2006 ). Few studies have described instructional strategies teachers provide during scientifically research-based reading interventions. Using sociocultural and cognitive perspectives, I conducted this study with the …
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The Lived Experiences of Males within a Committed Relationship Who Are the Primary Caregivers for a Partner Diagnosed with Frontotemporal Dementia
… <p><strong>Aniela Kathryn Scanlon</strong></p> <p><strong>August 2020</strong></p> <p><strong>Dissertation supervised by Dr. David Delmonico</strong></p> <p><strong> Spouses who are caregivers for their partner with dementia experience significant changes within the …
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Scanlon's Contractualism and Its Critics
<p>This dissertation examines whether Thomas Scanlon’s contractualism satisfactorily explains its intended domain of morality which he terms “what we owe to each other.” Scanlon proposes that such interpersonal morality is based on justifying one’s actions to others by behaving according to …
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Moral Realism – Time To Relax?
… (Dworkin, 1996; Kramer, 2009; Parfit, 2011; Scanlon, 2014). Relaxed realism promises a novel perspective on our normative practice. In particular, it aims for a view that is genuinely distinct from traditional non-naturalism on the one hand, and sophisticated forms of expressivism on the …
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A Defense of Mackie's Moral Error Theory: Essays on the Argument from Queerness and Formulation Problems
… queerness (Nagel 1997, Putnam 2004, Parfit 2011, Scanlon 2014). According to them, moral facts exist without ontological robustness, so they would not be queer. However, once the argument from queerness is more clearly articulated, it becomes apparent that the queerness of moral facts is not that …
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An investigation of Youth Work in Irish Youth Services
… of programmes for targeted young people (Scanlon et al 2010). Different in nature to historical, volunteer led youth work that focused on emancipating young people Lorenz (2009, p.8) identifies how contemporary targeted youth work “represents the interests of the system, which regards …
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The Effects of an Oral History Interview on Counselor Trainees' Confidence and Couples' Intimacy
… can inhibit their effectiveness with clients (Scanlon & Baille, 1994). Introducing counselor trainees to a relatively non-threatening interaction with couples might reduce the initial anxiety that characterizes the neophyte counselor venturing into new clinical territory. The interaction may …
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The Language Learning Activity of Individual Learners Using Online Tasks
… 2011; Lantolf and Poehner 2004; Chapelle 2001; Scanlon and Issroff 2005; Kaptelinin and Nardi 2006), activity theory (Vygotsky 1987; Leontiev 1978; Engeström 1987) was chosen as the most suitable theoretical framework and some of its key concepts, such as disturbances (Engeström and Sannino …
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Justifying Bioethical Case Decisions: Reflective Equilibrium and Mid-Level Moral Principles
… by the contractualist version put forth by T. M. Scanlon. In this deliberative process, a wide variety of factors are considered: moral theory, particular details, paradigm cases, information from policy boards or professional organizations, diverse points of view, and public input. From this …
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A Meta-Analysis of Research-Based Reading Interventions with English Language Learners
… & Rivera, 2006; Fuchs & Fuchs, 2006; Vellutino, Scanlon, Small, & Fanuele, 2006; Al Otaiba et al., 2009). Klingner and Edwards (2006) suggest that the needs of culturally and linguistically diverse students differ from the general population of students. Research indicates challenges with RTI …
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The Australian-American alliance: Holt, LBJ and the Vietnam War
The Australian-American alliance, since World War II, has served as Australia’s most important bilateral relationship, particularly in the field of security. Two decades later, the Australian government entered the war in Vietnam to secure an American military presence on the Asian mainland. This …
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The Literacy Experiences Of Ninth-graders And Their Teacher In An English Language Arts Workshop
The question guiding this qualitative study was: What are the literacy experiences of ninth-grade students in an English language arts workshop classroom? This study is an autoethnography and it chronicles six months in my ninth grade English classroom where I played the role of observant …
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Play and development of social skills in infant rhesus macaques
The purpose of this study was to monitor the development of playful and socially skilled behaviours in infant rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) in order to discover whether there was any relationship between them. Important factors of rhesus social organization: genetic relationship, dominance rank, …
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Pianism Reimagined: an analytical inquiry of left-hand piano through the career and commissions of Paul Wittgenstein
Proliferation of the concert repertoire for piano left-hand in the early 20th century is predominantly accredited to the one-armed pianist Paul Wittgenstein. Resolved to cultivate a musical career despite the amputation of his right arm in WWI, Wittgenstein commissioned some of the most eminent …
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Behavioural and Electrophysiological Correlates of Source Memory in Normal Ageing
Source memory recall involves remembering the context in which an event took place. Studies have shown that a decline in source memory is evident in older adults who have not shown deficits in other areas of memory or cognition. Using the interfering effect of intervening stimuli it is possible to …
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