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Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society

Examples from Emerging Technologies, Public Health and Environment

By: Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist

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Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society

Examples from Emerging Technologies, Public Health and Environment

By: Jessica Nihlén Fahlquist

Risks, including health and technological, attract a lot of attention in modern societies, from individuals as well as policy-makers. Human beings have always had to deal with dangers, but contemporary societies conceptualise these dangers as risks, indicating that they are to some extent controllable and calculable. Conceiving of dangers in this way implies a need to analyse how we hold people responsible for risks and how we can and should take responsibility for risks. Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society combines philosophical discussion of different concepts and notions of responsibility with context-specific applications in the areas of health, technology and environment. The book consists of two parts addressing two crucial aspects of risks and responsibility: holding agents responsible, i.e. ascribing and distributing responsibility for risks, and taking responsibility for risk. More specifically, the book discusses the values of fairness and efficacy in responsibility distributions and makes distinctions between backward-looking and forward-looking responsibility as well as individual and collective responsibility. Additionally, it analyses what it means to take responsibility for technological risks, conceptualising this kind of responsibility as a virtue, and furthermore, explores the notion of responsible risk communication and the implications for adult-child relationships. This book will be of great interest to students and scholars of environmental ethics, bioethics, public health ethics, engineering ethics, philosophy of risk and moral philosophy.

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Routledge

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131727458X

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9781317274582

Fragile Grounds

Louisiana's Endangered Cemeteries

By: Jessica H. Schexnayder,Mary H. Manhein

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Fragile Grounds

Louisiana's Endangered Cemeteries

By: Jessica H. Schexnayder,Mary H. Manhein

Recipient of a 2018 Preserve Louisiana Award and a 2018 Coastal Stewardship Award Fragile Grounds compiles stories and photographs of endangered cemeteries throughout Louisiana's coastal zone and beyond. These burial places link the fragile land to the frailty of the state's threatened community structures. The book highlights the state's vibrant diversity by showing its unique burial customs and traditions, while it also identifies the urgent need for ongoing documentation of cultural elements at risk. Cemeteries associated with the culturally rich communities of Louisiana reflect the history and global settlement patterns of the state. Yet many are endangered due to recurring natural and man-made events. Nearly 80 percent of the nation's coastal land loss occurs in Louisiana. Coastal erosion, sinking land, flooding, storm surge, and sea-level rise have led to an inland migration that threatens to unravel the fabric of Louisiana and, by association, hastens the demise of its burial places. As people are forced inland, migrants abandon, neglect, or often overlook cemeteries as part of the cultural landscape. In terms of erosion, when the land goes, the cemetery goes with it. Cemeteries fall prey to inland and coastal flooding. As cities grow outward, urban sprawl takes over the landscape. Cemeteries lose out to forces such as expansion, eminent domain, and urban neglect. Not only do cemeteries give comfort for the living, but they also serve as a vital link to the past. Once lost, that past cannot be recovered.

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430

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Univ. Press of Mississippi

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1496814339

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9781496814333

The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits

The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy

By: Jessica Lake

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The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits

The American Women Who Forged a Right to Privacy

By: Jessica Lake

A compelling account of how women shaped the common law right to privacy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries Drawing on a wealth of original research, Jessica Lake documents how the advent of photography and cinema drove women—whose images were being taken and circulated without their consent—to court. There they championed the creation of new laws and laid the groundwork for America’s commitment to privacy. Vivid and engagingly written, this powerful work will draw scholars and students from a range of fields, including law, women’s history, the history of photography, and cinema and media studies.

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321

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Yale University Press

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030022530X

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9780300225303

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

By: Jessica Pan

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Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

One Introvert's Year of Saying Yes

By: Jessica Pan

An introvert spends a year trying to live like an extrovert with hilarious results and advice for readers along the way. What would happen if a shy introvert lived like a gregarious extrovert for one year? If she knowingly and willingly put herself in perilous social situations that she’d normally avoid at all costs? Writer Jessica Pan intends to find out. With the help of various extrovert mentors, Jessica sets up a series of personal challenges (talk to strangers, perform stand-up comedy, host a dinner party, travel alone, make friends on the road, and much, much worse) to explore whether living like an extrovert can teach her lessons that might improve the quality of her life. Chronicling the author’s hilarious and painful year of misadventures, this book explores what happens when one introvert fights her natural tendencies, takes the plunge, and tries (and sometimes fails) to be a little bit braver. “This book is a rollicking, hilarious delight. Jessica Pan’s sense of humor as she stumbles (and sometimes triumphs) in a world of extroverts is sure to appeal to introverts everywhere. The only downside is that her book about going out and meeting new people is sure to make you stay home until you finish it.” —Jennifer Wright, author of Get Well Soon and Killer Fashion “Charming. Brave. Hilariously honest. Whether you buy this book for yourself, your favorite introvert, or the chatty friend you’re hoping to shut up for a few solid hours, you can’t go wrong with Jessica Pan’s revealing and delightful memoir.” —David Litt, New York Times–bestselling author of Thanks, Obama

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Andrews McMeel Publishing

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1524854387

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9781524854386

Out of Harm's Way

By: Jessica Mann

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Out of Harm's Way

By: Jessica Mann

In June 1940 Britain expected enemy invasion. Despite Churchill's determination to fight on the beaches, many parents made desperate efforts to send their children abroad to safety. Thousands left for America, Canada, Australia and other distant countries. In this revealing new book, Jessica Mann, herself a wartime evacuee, looks at the experiences of those who were sent away to a foreign land including their dangerous journeys across U-boat-ridden oceans, and asks how they coped with being away, and also how they found life back in the UK on their return. Drawing on extensive original research and memories of many former evacuees, including Elizabeth Taylor and Shirley Williams, Jessica Mann builds up a moving portrait of a lost generation.

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1472220749

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Disability Through the Lens of Justice

By: Phillips

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Disability Through the Lens of Justice

By: Phillips

Disability through the Lens of Justice offers a contextual framework for considering the limitations that disability places on individuals. Specifically, those that prevent individuals from having control in certain domains of their life, by restricting the availability of acceptable options or the ability to choose between them. Begon argues that our theory of justice should be concerned with the lives individuals can lead, and not with whether their bodies and minds function typically. The problem that disability raises is not the mere fact of difference, but the ways in which that difference is accommodated (or not) and the limitations it may cause. In Disability Through the Lens of Justice, Begon offers a new framework to the disability and justice model. She argues that achieving justice does not require 'normalisation', or the elimination of difference, but through implementating a model which enables all individuals to control their lives as they choose.

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289

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Oxford University Press

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0198875614

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9780198875611

The Philosophy of Science

By: Sahotra Sarkar,Jessica Pfeifer

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The Philosophy of Science

By: Sahotra Sarkar,Jessica Pfeifer

The first in-depth reference to the field that combines scientific knowledge with philosophical inquiry, this encyclopedia brings together a team of leading scholars to provide nearly 150 entries on the essential concepts in the philosophy of science. The areas covered include biology, chemistry, epistemology and metaphysics, physics, psychology and mind, the social sciences, and key figures in the combined studies of science and philosophy. (Midwest).

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1012

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Psychology Press

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0415939275

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9780415939270

Egypt

By: Dan Richardson,Daniel Jacobs,Jessica Jacobs

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Egypt

By: Dan Richardson,Daniel Jacobs,Jessica Jacobs

Provides practical advice on planning a trip to Egypt; describes points of interest in each section of the country; and includes information on restaurants, nightspots, shops, and lodging.

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892

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Rough Guides

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1843530503

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9781843530503

The Animals' Agenda

Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age

By: Marc Bekoff,Jessica Pierce

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The Animals' Agenda

Freedom, Compassion, and Coexistence in the Human Age

By: Marc Bekoff,Jessica Pierce

A compelling argument that the time has come to use what we know about the fascinating and diverse inner lives of other animals on their behalf Every day we are learning new and surprising facts about just how intelligent and emotional animals are—did you know rats like to play and laugh, and also display empathy, and the ears and noses of cows tell us how they’re feeling? At times, we humans translate that knowledge into compassion for other animals; think of the public outcry against the fates of Cecil the lion or the captive gorilla Harambe. But on the whole, our growing understanding of what animals feel is not resulting in more respectful treatment of them. Renowned animal-behavior expert Marc Bekoff and leading bioethicist Jessica Pierce explore the real-world experiences of five categories of animals, beginning with those who suffer the greatest deprivations of freedoms and choice—chickens, pigs, and cows in industrial food systems—as well as animals used in testing and research, including mice, rats, cats, dogs, and chimpanzees. Next, Bekoff and Pierce consider animals for whom losses of freedoms are more ambiguous and controversial, namely, individuals held in zoos and aquaria and those kept as companions. Finally, they reveal the unexpected ways in which the freedoms of animals in the wild are constrained by human activities and argue for a more compassionate approach to conservation. In each case, scientific studies combine with stories of individual animals to bring readers face-to-face with the wonder of our fellow beings, as well as the suffering they endure and the major paradigm shift that is needed to truly ensure their well-being. The Animals’ Agenda will educate and inspire people to rethink how we affect other animals, and how we can evolve toward more peaceful and less violent ways of interacting with our animal kin in an increasingly human-dominated world.

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242

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Beacon Press

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0807045217

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9780807045213

Metaphysical Emergence

By: Jessica M. Wilson

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Metaphysical Emergence

By: Jessica M. Wilson

Both the special sciences and ordinary experience suggest that there are metaphysically emergent entities and features: macroscopic goings-on (including mountains, trees, humans, and sculptures, and their characteristic properties) which depend on, yet are distinct from and distinctively efficacious with respect to, lower-level physical configurations and features. These appearances give rise to two key questions. First, what is metaphysical emergence, more precisely? Second, is there any metaphysical emergence, in principle and moreover in fact? Metaphysical Emergence provides clear and systematic answers to these questions. Wilson argues that there are two, and only two, forms of metaphysical emergence of the sort seemingly at issue in the target cases: 'Weak' emergence, whereby a dependent feature has a proper subset of the powers of the feature upon which it depends, and 'Strong' emergence, whereby a dependent feature has a power not had by the feature upon which it depends. Weak emergence unifies and illuminates seemingly diverse accounts of non-reductive physicalism; Strong emergence does the same as regards seemingly diverse anti-physicalist views positing fundamental novelty at higher levels of compositional complexity. After defending the in-principle viability of each form of emergence, Wilson considers whether complex systems, ordinary objects, consciousness, and free will are actually metaphysically emergent. She argues that Weak emergence is quite common, and that there is Strong emergence in the important case of free will.

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Oxford University Press

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0192556975

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9780192556974

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

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Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

By: Jessica Bomarito

Presents literary criticism on the works of nineteenth-century writers of all genres, nations, and cultures. Critical essays are selected from leading sources, including published journals, magazines, books, reviews, diaries, broadsheets, pamphlets, and scholarly papers. Criticism includes early views from the author's lifetime as well as later views, including extensive collections of contemporary analysis.

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Nineteenth-Century Literature

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0787669318

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9780787669317

The Philosophy of Science: N-Z, Index

By: Sahotra Sarkar,Jessica Pfeifer

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The Philosophy of Science: N-Z, Index

By: Sahotra Sarkar,Jessica Pfeifer

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530

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Taylor & Francis

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041597710X

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9780415977104

Scientific American: Child and Adolescent Development

By: Allison Sidle Fuligni,Andrew J. Fuligni,Jessica Bayne

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Scientific American: Child and Adolescent Development

By: Allison Sidle Fuligni,Andrew J. Fuligni,Jessica Bayne

The Story of Development Told through the Lives of Real People. Contemporary science and real-life applications unite in this unique story-telling approach to human development, built around the stories of 16 children, adolescents, and their families from communities across the United States.

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Macmillan Higher Education

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1319493114

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9781319493110

Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts

By: Catherine Valenti,Laurie Axinn Gienapp,Liam Hogan

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Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts

By: Catherine Valenti,Laurie Axinn Gienapp,Liam Hogan

This collection of short stories about vampires, zombies, ghosts, a werewolf, a demon, a cupid, and a mermaid, is the second volume in this two-volume anthology in the Read on the Run series, and it is as entertaining and charming as Volume 1. Stories will scare you, make you laugh, and make you shed a tear or two.

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210

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Smoking Pen Press, LLC

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194428916X

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9781944289164

Girls Who Change the World

By: Lily Garay,Jessica Lippe,Adelee Russell

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Girls Who Change the World

By: Lily Garay,Jessica Lippe,Adelee Russell

From your friends at Girlz 4 Christ, reaching girls around the world in the name of Christ, we're excited to bring you Girls Who Change the World. Actresses, athletes, authors, and other young Christian leaders that have been featured in Girlz 4 Christ Magazine over the years are now all in one place. Learn about role models like Nicole Weider, Sadie Robertson, Bethany Hamilton, and girls from all corners of the globe. Get inspiration for how you can change the world, too!"--Publisher.

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1690771747

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Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society

Moral Responsibility and Risk in Society

Fragile Grounds

Fragile Grounds

The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits

The Face That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

Sorry I'm Late, I Didn't Want to Come

Out of Harm's Way

Out of Harm's Way

Disability Through the Lens of Justice

Disability Through the Lens of Justice

The Philosophy of Science

The Philosophy of Science

Egypt

Egypt

The Animals' Agenda

The Animals' Agenda

Metaphysical Emergence

Metaphysical Emergence

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism

The Philosophy of Science: N-Z, Index

The Philosophy of Science: N-Z, Index

Scientific American: Child and Adolescent Development

Scientific American: Child and Adolescent Development

Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts

Vampires, Zombies and Ghosts

Girls Who Change the World

Girls Who Change the World

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