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Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs

By: Sean McDonagh

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Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs

By: Sean McDonagh

“I love my robot lawn mowers, my laptop, wifi, Google, Facetime, Whatsapp and the possibility of drone postal deliveries and more.. Yet worries nag about being overwhelmed by an artificial intelligence revolution whose ethical and moral parameters are less clear than its rampant profiteering from and monetising of your lives and mine. This hugely informative book shakes us out of our massage armchairs and demands that we engage immediately with these galloping advances so we can shape them to the benefit of the many and not leave them to the enrichment of the few at the awful cost of the impoverishment of swathes of humanity”. Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland. "Robots, Ethics and The Future of Jobs is a wakeup call for political, civic, media and church leaders, urging a response to the deepening and accelerating pace of technological change and its potential consequences. Artificial Intelligence, robotics, drones, the internet of things and 3D printing are the building blocks of the 4th industrial revolution. These technologies offer great potential but also carry real risks and are reaching into every corner of our lives, civilian and military. Who will win and who will lose? Who will set the rules and the ethical boundaries within which they should develop and operate? Will the displaced be included, if so, how; or ignored and, if so, with what political, social and economic consequences? That these questions cannot be avoided and should not be postponed - and that we do not need to wait for change to happen because it is already upon us - are central messages of this thought provoking text." Pat Cox, former President European Parliament.

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Messenger Publications

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1788123077

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Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900

By: Josephine McDonagh

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Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900

By: Josephine McDonagh

In this wide-ranging study, Josephine McDonagh examines the idea of child murder in British culture in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Analysing texts drawn from economics, philosophy, law, medicine as well as from literature, McDonagh highlights the manifold ways in which child murder echoes and reverberates in a variety of cultural debates and social practices. She places literary works within social, political and cultural contexts, including debates on luxury, penal reform campaigns, slavery, the treatment of the poor, and birth control. She traces a trajectory from Swift's A Modest Proposal through to the debates on the New Woman at the turn of the twentieth century by way of Burke, Wordsworth, Wollstonecraft, George Eliot, George Egerton, and Thomas Hardy, among others. McDonagh demonstrates the haunting persistence of the notion of child murder within British culture in a volume that will be of interest to cultural and literary scholars alike.

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308

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Cambridge University Press

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0521781930

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9780521781930

Performing Copyright

Law, Theatre and Authorship

By: Luke McDonagh

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Performing Copyright

Law, Theatre and Authorship

By: Luke McDonagh

Based on empirical research, this innovative book explores issues of performativity and authorship in the theatre world under copyright law and addresses several inter-connected questions: who is the author and first owner of a dramatic work? Who gets the credit and the licensing rights? What rights do the performers of the work have? Given the nature of theatre as a medium reliant on the re-use of prior existing works, tropes, themes and plots, what happens if an allegation of copyright infringement is made against a playwright? Furthermore, who possesses moral rights over the work? To evaluate these questions in the context of theatre, the first part of the book examines the history of the dramatic work both as text and as performative work. The second part explores the notions of authorship and joint authorship under copyright law as they apply to the actual process of creating plays, referring to legal and theatrical literature, as well as empirical research. The third part looks at the notion of copyright infringement in the context of theatre, noting that cases of alleged theatrical infringement reach the courts comparatively rarely in comparison with music cases, and assessing the reasons for this with respect to empirical research. The fourth part examines the way moral rights of attribution and integrity work in the context of theatre. The book concludes with a prescriptive comment on how law should respond to the challenges provided by the theatrical context, and how theatre should respond to law. Very original and innovative, this book proposes a ground-breaking empirical approach to study the implications of copyright law in society and makes a wonderful case for the need to consider the reciprocal influence between law and practice.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1509927050

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Idiocy

A Cultural History

By: Patrick McDonagh

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Idiocy

A Cultural History

By: Patrick McDonagh

In ancient Athens, “idiots” were those selfish citizens who dishonorably declined to participate in the life of the polis, and whose disavowal of the public interest was seen as poor taste and an indication of judgment. Over time, however, the term idiot has shifted from that philosophically uncomplicated definition to an ever-changing sociological signifier, encompassing a wide range of meanings and beliefs for those concerned with intellectual and cognitive disability. Idiocy: A Cultural History offers for the first time a analysis of the concept, drawing on cultural, sociological, scientific, and popular representations ranging from Wordsworth’s “Idiot Boy” and Dickens’ Barnaby Rudge to Down’s “Ethnic classification of idiots.” It tracks how our changing definition of idiocy intersects with demography, political movements, philosophical traditions, economic concerns, and the growth of the medical profession.

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Liverpool University Press

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1846310954

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Literature in a Time of Migration

British Fiction and the Movement of People, 1815-1876

By: Josephine McDonagh

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Literature in a Time of Migration

British Fiction and the Movement of People, 1815-1876

By: Josephine McDonagh

Building on the growing critical engagement with globalization in literary studies, this book confronts the paradox that at a time when transnational human movement occurred globally on an unprecedented scale, British fiction appeared to turn inward to tell stories of local places that valorized stability and rootedness. In contrast, this book reveals how literary works, from the end of the Napoleonic Wars to the advent of the New Imperialism, were active components of a culture of colonization and emigration. Fictional texts, as print commodities, were enmeshed in technologies of transport and communication, and innovations in literary form were spurred by the conditions and consequences of human movement.

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Oxford University Press

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0192895753

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St. Piran's: Italian Surgeon, Forbidden Bride

By: Margaret McDonagh

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St. Piran's: Italian Surgeon, Forbidden Bride

By: Margaret McDonagh

Who can resist St. Piran's deliciously sexy new Italian surgeon? Talented neurosurgeon Gio Corezzi's deliciously dark good looks turn the heads of every female at St. Piran's Hospital—except quiet beauty Jessica Carmichael's. And Gio can't help but notice that Jess flinches away from anyone getting too close. With no one to turn to…and nowhere for Jess and her bundle of kittens to live while her dilapidated cottage is being patched up…she knows Gio's offer of a roof over her head is one she can't refuse. Now the devastatingly charming Italian has a week to claim the vulnerable Jess's heart…. St. Piran's Hospital Where every drama has a dreamy doctor…and a happy ending.

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Harlequin

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1459245504

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Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830

By: Briony McDonagh

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Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830

By: Briony McDonagh

Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830 offers a detailed study of elite women’s relationships with landed property, specifically as they were mediated through the lens of their estate management and improvement. This highly original book provides an explicitly feminist historical geography of the eighteenth-century English rural landscape. It addresses important questions about propertied women’s role in English rural communities and in Georgian society more generally, whilst contributing to wider cultural debates about women’s place in the environmental, social and economic history of Britain. It will be of interest to those working in Historical and Cultural Geography, Social, Economic and Cultural History, Women’s Studies, Gender Studies and Landscape Studies. Chapters 2, 3, and 4 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Routledge

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1317145119

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9781317145110

Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

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Risk, Global Governance and Security

The Other War on Terror

By: Yee-Kuang Heng,Ken McDonagh

This book steers discussion of the 'war on terror' away from the militaristic tinge it has acquired, back to the idea that increased global cooperation and a cosmopolitan agenda would be the best solution to managing globalised risks like terrorism.

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Routledge

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1134028954

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A Doctor Worth Waiting For

By: Margaret McDonagh

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A Doctor Worth Waiting For

By: Margaret McDonagh

Dr. Conor Anderson was immediately intrigued byDr. Kate Fisher—her dark, soulful eyes made him wantto get closer. As guarded as Kate was, she couldn't hidethat she was a passionate woman. But it was only amatter of time before Kate's past would send her onthe run again. Could this playboy doctor finally have met his match? And could he be the one to finally heal her and bringthe light back to her beautiful eyes?

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Harlequin

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1460359038

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There's Something I Have to Tell You

A gripping, twisty mystery about long-buried family secrets

By: Michelle McDonagh

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There's Something I Have to Tell You

A gripping, twisty mystery about long-buried family secrets

By: Michelle McDonagh

A gripping whodunnit' Jeanine Cummins, author of American Dirt HOME IS WHERE THE SECRETS ARE BURIED 'Completely original ... a page-turner' Andrea Carter 'Compelling ... It will keep you guessing till the end' Sheila O'Flanagan When the bodies of wealthy matriarch Ursula Kennedy and her farmer husband Jimmy are pulled from the slurry pit on Glenbeg Farm, shock ricochets throughout the family and community. Was this a tragic accident? Or is there more to it than meets the eye? Their son Rob, once destined for a high-flying legal career, is now involved in the family business. He seems distraught about his parents' deaths, but rumours soon spread about tensions on the home front. Rob's wife Kate had a difficult relationship with Ursula. Life will certainly be easier now, without her every move being controlled by her imperious mother-in-law. Meanwhile, Christina, the victims' fragile daughter, is carrying a private pain she's never been able to speak about. As vivid memories rush back of another tragic death on the farm some years ago, a toxic secret is set to come to the surface, one that has been simmering for decades . . . 'Cleverly plotted and unpredictable with a fantastic cast of characters' Rachael English

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Hachette Books Ireland

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1399716425

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9781399716420

The IOC Manual of Emergency Sports Medicine

By: David McDonagh,David Zideman

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The IOC Manual of Emergency Sports Medicine

By: David McDonagh,David Zideman

The Manual focuses on the fieldside diagnosis and treatment of severe injuries and illnesses that can present at a sports event. It concentrates on basic diagnostic skills and treatment modalities as the sports physician has often limited diagnostic and treatment facilities available. Each chapter concentrates on an illness or anatomical injury and offers a structured diagnostic and therapeutic approach in this difficult pre-hospital environment. The chapters explain what problems are to be expected with specific conditions as well as which treatment plan should be implemented and how to evaluate and reassess those plans.

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118914643

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9781118914649

Choosing Cesarean

A Natural Birth Plan

By: Magnus Murphy, M.D.,Pauline McDonagh Hull

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Choosing Cesarean

A Natural Birth Plan

By: Magnus Murphy, M.D.,Pauline McDonagh Hull

Obstetrician and gynecologist Magnus Murphy, MD, and journalist/advocate Pauline McDonagh Hull offer a compelling case for surgical delivery as a legitimate birth choice for informed women. By offering a wealth of medical evidence from around the world and thoughtfully countering the many objections detractors have lodged against it, the authors convincingly demonstrate that a planned cesarean birth at thirty-nine- plus weeks is a safe and often preferred alternative to a planned vaginal delivery. An indispensable guide for women, their families, and medical professionals.

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Prometheus Books

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1616145129

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9781616145125

Deep water exiting the Nordic Seas: a pacemaker of North Atlantic circulation

By: McDonagh, Elaine,Richter, Kristin

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Deep water exiting the Nordic Seas: a pacemaker of North Atlantic circulation

By: McDonagh, Elaine,Richter, Kristin

Available online: https://pub.norden.org/temanord2022-533/ This project focused on the deep water exported from the southern boundary of the Nordic Seas at the Greenland-Scotland Ridge through a series of sills. These so-called overflow waters contribute to the structure and strength of the overturning circulation that is fundamental to our climate system. Further these overflow waters contribute to the deep and long-term storage of heat and carbon that reduces atmospheric increases in heat and carbon and mitigate climate change.The project brought together Nordic experts at a three-day workshop in June 2021 to assess available observations and models regarding the properties, transports and fate of the overflow waters. In addition to identifying knowledge gaps the group proposed a list of recommendations for a strategy for observations and modelling in order to improve future monitoring and understanding.

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Nordic Council of Ministers

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9289373342

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Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs

Robots, Ethics and the Future of Jobs

Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900

Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900

Performing Copyright

Performing Copyright

Idiocy

Idiocy

Literature in a Time of Migration

Literature in a Time of Migration

St. Piran's: Italian Surgeon, Forbidden Bride

St. Piran's: Italian Surgeon, Forbidden Bride

Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830

Elite Women and the Agricultural Landscape, 1700–1830

Risk, Global Governance and Security

Risk, Global Governance and Security

A Doctor Worth Waiting For

A Doctor Worth Waiting For

There's Something I Have to Tell You

There's Something I Have to Tell You

The IOC Manual of Emergency Sports Medicine

The IOC Manual of Emergency Sports Medicine

Choosing Cesarean

Choosing Cesarean

Deep water exiting the Nordic Seas: a pacemaker of North Atlantic circulation

Deep water exiting the Nordic Seas: a pacemaker of North Atlantic circulation

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