In Markets with Limits James Stacey Taylor argues that current debates over the moral limits of markets have derailed. He argues that they focus on a market-critical position that almost nobody holds: That certain goods and services can be freely given away but should never be bought or sold. And he argues that they focus on a type of argument for this position that there is reason to believe that nobody holds: That trade in certain goods or services is wrongful solely because of what it would communicate. Taylor puts the debates over the moral limits of markets back on track. He develops a taxonomy of the positions that are actually held by critics of markets, and clarifies the role played in current moral and political philosophy by arguments that justify (or condemn) certain actions owing in part to what they communicate. Taylor argues that the debates have derailed because they were conducted in accord with market, rather than academic, norms—and that this demonstrates that market thinking should not govern academic research. Markets with Limits concludes with suggestions as to how to encourage academics to conduct research in accord with academic norms and hence improve its quality. Key features Provides original suggestions concerning how to improve the exegetical quality of academic research Systematically identifies the primary exegetical errors—and the ways in which these errors have adversely influenced current debates—that Jason Brennan and Peter Jaworski made in their influential book, Markets Without Limits Argues that despite the current, widespread view that semiotic objections to markets are widespread in the literature, they are in actuality rare to nonexistent Offers an up-to-date taxonomy of the current arguments in the various debates over both the ontological and the moral limits of markets Provides an extensive overview of mistaken claims that have been made and propagated in various academic literatures
The Medicine Men are the officers and operatives of the American Medical Association, engaged in a fierce battle for control of the organization and its political and health policy agenda. One is Al Bracken, bent on protecting his boss, Dr. William Turner, from a cabal (including White House aides) determined to destroy him. In the end, Bracken serves Turner by assisting his suicide, bringing a tragic end to the downfall of a decent man. Set in the Oval Office, the corridors of Congress, and the precincts of K Street, this novel of political intrigue within organized medicine offers an inside view of a major players lobbying operation in Washington.
In a work of deliverance and healing from 26 years of schizophrenia, Stacey seeks to honor the unbounded possibilities of prayer, and glorifies the ability of God to answer every need.
This no-holds-barred book includes a new chapter presenting a comprehensive, politically achievable, private-public solution to the health care dilemma-one that preserves the best of the present system, eliminates the worst current problems, and represents our nation's last best chance to contain costs without a government takeover of medicine.
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For each chapter in the textbook, the Study Guide offers a summary; an expanded chronology followed by multiple-choice questions; a defining terms exercise; multiple-choice and short-answer questions; and map, illustration, and source exercises that help students synthesize the material they have learned as well as understand the skills historians use to make sense of the past. Answers for all exercises are provided.
With thirty-five years of clinical experience as a Canadian family physician and a master's degree in bioethics, Barry explores the practice of medicine like a scientist studying a new-found species: Homo sapiens. Using countless anonymized clinical stories, he leads the reader through an exploration not only of the health care system but the human condition as well. Going right back to the big bang, he takes the reader on a search for how we got here, who we are now and where we might be heading as human beings attempting to care for one another in a complex world. Be warned: Barry breaks down a lot of barriers in his investigation of what makes us tick. Expect to be surprised, entertained, and challenged. And be prepared for outside-the-box thinking, where nothing is out of bounds, not even death. All profits of this book are being donated to individuals needing financial assistance to attend addiction rehabilitation facilities.
Having majored in history at the University of Miami while writing for two campus journals and subsequently working for two weekly newspapers, the author wrote columns and editorials based on his research and knowledge of Black History.. Saving his newspaper clippings from his college days and having saved his research and term papers over the years, he decided to write what he had learned about the history of Black people that he wasn''t taught in school. As he begin his research, he quickly found out that there was a lot of information that he didn''t know, and he thought he was "pretty up to date on history," he decided to write a book of some of the facts that were missing from the pages of our history. He surmised that if he didn''t know it, there had to be so many others that didn''t know it either, and he felt personally pressured to write a book on what he had learned, and after consultation with both friends and family, he set out amassing his research material and newspaper stories, columns and other historical data. The title was taken from a column he wrote for The Florida Courier, an affiliate of the nationally acclaimed John Sengstacke''s Chicago Defender, while he was a student at The University of Miami, in which his research had discovered some Black facts that had been previously left out the mainstream history books. This book doesn''t list greater known facts, but those people, places and things that have little or no mention in various other history books, so as not to overdo certain occurrences. Unless you have been vacationing on Mars for the last half-century, you know who Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is and that he begin his non-violent civil rights career atMontgomery bus boycott in 1956, so that fact is not mentioned in this book. Some of History''s Missing Pages has those historical facts, people, places and things that have been overlooked, not mentioned, forgotten and/or misplaced, historically.
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