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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"intrinsic worth"”.
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Civility: Its Distinctness and Significance
… from other concepts and holds great value, both intrinsically and instrumentally. I claim that we show civility toward others when we dispute their ideas in ways that respect those persons' intrinsic worth. My account pays particular attention to the connections between civility, clarity and …
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Could the values or value system of a competent person, disclosed in a living will, play a role in medical treatment decision-making processes under the Mental Capacity Act 2005?
… person by placing a lesser value on [their] intrinsic worth and vitality’.3 So as the title to this thesis suggests I am primarily concerned with legal provisions governing medical treatment decision-making processes in respect of formerly competent adult patients. More specifically it …
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The hedonic valuation of South African wine brands
… as those with consistently higher levels of intrinsic quality as proxied by their blind tasting scores, and (2) placebo-type ‘symbolic’ wine brands as those with statistically significant positive predictive differences between their blind and sighted scores. Through a series of econometric …
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Proverb lore in Don Quixote.
… proverbs has made clear his exploitation of the intrinsic worth of the proverb and his esteem of the adage for its own sake, not as a gem to be scattered judiciously as an adornment of style. His use of proverbs is not limited to the mere “quoting” of axioms to accentuate his ideas; on the …
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Rhetoric, reason, and the problem of rule : Aristotle and J.S. Mill on speech and politics.
… good. In contrast to Mill, Aristotle affirms the intrinsic worth of political rule for the ruler and denies that political rule should be reduced to an instrument exercised in accordance with technical expertise. While ascribing such dignity to politics complicates any answer to the central …
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Educating for freedom: Northern whites and the origins of Black education in the South, 1862-1875
… become what he chose, limited only by his own intrinsic worth and effort. Others, however, expected black men and women to form a distinct subordinate caste in southern society.</p> <p>This study attempts to delineate the conflicting sets of ideas that motivated northerners to raise millions of …
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Theological Foundations for an Ethics of Cosmocentric Transfiguration: Navigating the Eco-Theological Poles of Conservation, Transfiguration, Anthropocentrism, and Cosmocentrism with Regard to the Relationship Between Humans and Individual Nonhuman Animals
… that humanity is part of a cosmic community of intrinsic worth that demands protection and preservation, not human manipulation or eschatological redemption. The third is anthropocentric transfiguration, represented by Orthodox theologians such as Dumitru Staniloae. It maintains that humans are …
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Understanding the dignity experience and exploring the impact of dignity therapy and guided imagery on patients with advanced disease - a South African perspective
… Dignity Therapy and Guided Imagery (focused on intrinsic dignity), were implemented to enhance the dignity experience of these patients and its impact explored. Method: This was a qualitative study where a semi-structured interview guide was used in the exploration of the understanding of the …
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Aristotle's Theory of Principles: A Rationalistic-Empirical Bipolarity
… conclusions from self-evident principles. These "worthy" and "noble" first principles (ἀξιώματα) are the source of intellectual delight and contain more intrinsic worth than the conclusions that are drawn from them.</p> <p>The second kind of demonstration is termed "hypothetical demonstration." …
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The past in the present : a study of some aspects of the politics of music in Belfast
… question as to which has the greater intrinsic worth. Only once in this work do I allude to this issue: in discussion of Bourdieu's views on 'the objective limits of objectivism' (Bourdieu 1977:1 ); in that instance I am more concerned with the problems raised by the author, than with …