Michael Victor Scanlon's Books

Confronting Climate Change

A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy : Report of an Independent Task Force

By: Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Climate Change,George E. Pataki,Thomas J. Vilsack,Michael A. Levi,David G. Victor,David A. Victor

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Confronting Climate Change

A Strategy for U.S. Foreign Policy : Report of an Independent Task Force

By: Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force on Climate Change,George E. Pataki,Thomas J. Vilsack,Michael A. Levi,David G. Victor,David A. Victor

The Council sponsors an Independent Task Force when an issue of critical importance to U.S. foreign policy arises, and it seems that a group diverse in backgrounds and perspectives may nonetheless be able to reach a meaningful consensus on policy through private and nonpartisan deliberations. Task Force members are asked to join a consensus signifying that they endorse "the general policy thrust and judgments reached by the group, though not necessarily every finding and recommendation." Individual views and dissents that sharpen differences of analysis and prescription are also encouraged. Once formed, Task Forces are independent. Upon reaching a conclusion, a Task Force issues a report, which the Council publishes and posts on its website. Task Force chairs, directors, and members are solely responsible for the content of their reports. Book jacket.

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Council on Foreign Relations

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0876094124

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Reframing Ethics Through Dialectics

A New Understanding of the Moral Good

By: Michael Steinmann

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Reframing Ethics Through Dialectics

A New Understanding of the Moral Good

By: Michael Steinmann

A provocative approach to the possibility of philosophical ethics, this study argues that all moral positions and theories are bound to fail. Using the dialectical tensions inherent to competing moral claims as his starting point, Michael Steinmann explains what he terms the “failure of morality” both in classical and contemporary positions. As moral claims lead in various ways to contradictions, the history of morality presents itself as an endless series of controversies. By using dialectical thinking, which has gone out of favour in current philosophy, Steinmann shows how we can capture the limitations of moral theories in a more holistic way. Without embracing skepticism about moral claims, a non-naturalistic and non-relativistic understanding of the good emerges as the fundamental notion of moral thought. Reframing Ethics Through Dialectics reinvigorates the classical notion of “the absolute good” as a fruitful conceptual structure through which to understand competing moral claims, without simply reproducing neo-Aristotelian literature on the good life. From the perspective of the good, the study allows us to take non-traditional theories more seriously, making space for moral philosophy to acknowledge and embrace the contradictions that all positions incur.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350286893

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9781350286894

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

The Politics of State Policy Innovation

By: Michael Nelson,John Lyman Mason

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How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

The Politics of State Policy Innovation

By: Michael Nelson,John Lyman Mason

A national map of legalized gambling from 1963 would show one state, Nevada, with casino gambling and no states with lotteries. Today's map shows eleven commercial casino states, most of them along the Mississippi River, forty-two states with state-owned lotteries, and racetrack betting, slot-machine parlors, charitable bingo, and Native American gambling halls flourishing throughout the nation. For the past twenty years, the South has wrestled with gambling issues. In How the South Joined the Gambling Nation, Michael Nelson and John Lyman Mason examine how modern southern state governments have decided whether to adopt or prohibit casinos and lotteries. Nelson and Mason point out that although the South participated fully in past gambling eras, it is the last region to join the modern movement embracing legalized gambling. Despite the prevalence of wistful, romantic images of gambling on southern riverboats, the politically and religiously conservative ideology of the modern South makes it difficult for states to toss their chips into the pot. The authors tell the story of the arrival or rejection of legalized gambling in seven southern states -- Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, South Carolina, Georgia, Arkansas, and Alabama. The authors suggest that some states chose to legalize gambling based on the examples of other nearby states, as when Mississippi casinos spurred casino legalization in Louisiana and the Georgia lottery inspired lottery campaigns in neighboring South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee. Also important was the influence of Democratic policy entrepreneurs, such as Zell Miller in Georgia, Don Siegelman in Alabama, and Edwin Edwards in Louisiana, who wanted to sell the idea of gambling in order to sell themselves to voters. At the same time, each state had its own idiosyncrasies, such as certain provisions of their state constitutions weighing heavily as a factor. Nelson and Mason show that the story of gambling's spread in the South exemplifies the process of state policy innovation. In exploring how southern states have weighed the moral and economic risk of legalizing gambling, especially the political controversies that surround these discussions, Nelson and Mason employ a suspenseful, fast-paced narrative that echoes the oftentimes hurried decisions made by state legislators. Although each of these seven states fought a unique battle over gambling, taken together, these case studies help tell the larger story of how the South -- sometimes reluctantly, sometimes enthusiastically -- decided to join the gambling nation.

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LSU Press

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0807135372

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9780807135372

The Choice Theory of Contracts

By: Hanoch Dagan,Michael Heller

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The Choice Theory of Contracts

By: Hanoch Dagan,Michael Heller

This concise landmark in law and jurisprudence offers the first coherent, liberal account of contract law. The Choice Theory of Contracts answers the field's most pressing questions: what is the 'freedom' in 'freedom of contract'? What core values animate contract law and how do those values interrelate? How must the state act when it shapes contract law? Hanoch Dagan and Michael Heller - two of the world's leading private law theorists - show exactly why and how freedom matters to contract law. They start with the most appealing tenets of modern liberalism and end with their implications for contract law. This readable, engaging book gives contract scholars, teachers, and students a powerful normative vocabulary for understanding canonical cases, refining key doctrines, and solving long-standing puzzles in the law.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108210805

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9781108210805

Lishman's Organic Psychiatry

A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry

By: Daniel David,Simon Fleminger,Michael Kopelman,Simon Lovestone,John Mellers

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Lishman's Organic Psychiatry

A Textbook of Neuropsychiatry

By: Daniel David,Simon Fleminger,Michael Kopelman,Simon Lovestone,John Mellers

The new edition of this classic textbook has now been extensively revised by a team of five authors, yet it follows the tradition of the original single-authored book. It continues to provide a comprehensive review of the cognitive, emotional and behavioural consequences of cerebral disorders and their manifestations in clinical practice. Enabling clinicians to formulate incisive diagnoses and appropriate treatment strategies

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470675071

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9780470675076

The Fate of Mr Johnson

By: Michael Joseph Scanlon

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The Fate of Mr Johnson

By: Michael Joseph Scanlon

The Fate of Mr Johnson is the third and final volume of what has become the “Chronicles of Peter Smethurst,” who is a pivotal figure of mercy in the series. The first volume tells the story of one man and his life. The second volume offers a major theme concerning the fate of mankind, as seen through the eyes of a handful of characters in the first volume. This final volume traces the early karma of Mr Johnson, a key figure in the trilogy who has been evil from childhood, his death, and what happens to him afterwards. This story begins in 1927, moves to present day, and then jumps two hundred years in the future. The climax explains the fate of the universe, as witnessed by these characters.

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Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency

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1681813491

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9781681813493

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

By: Jonathan Arnowitz,Michael Arent,Nevin Berger

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Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

By: Jonathan Arnowitz,Michael Arent,Nevin Berger

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers is a practical, informative resource that will help anyone—whether or not one has artistic talent, access to special tools, or programming ability—to use good prototyping style, methods, and tools to build prototypes and manage for effective prototyping. This book features a prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets; overviews and step-by-step guides for nine common prototyping techniques; an introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills; templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse; clearly-explained concepts and guidelines; and full-color illustrations and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools. This book is an ideal resource for usability professionals and interaction designers; software developers, web application designers, web designers, information architects, information and industrial designers. * A prototyping process with guidelines, templates, and worksheets;* Overviews and step-by-step guides for 9 common prototyping techniques;* An introduction with step-by-step guidelines to a variety of prototyping tools that do not require advanced artistic skills;* Templates and other resources used in the book available on the Web for reuse;* Clearly-explained concepts and guidelines;* Full-color illustrations, and examples from a wide variety of prototyping processes, methods, and tools. * www.mkp.com/prototyping

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625

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Elsevier

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0080468969

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9780080468969

Heaven

A Gift Unfailing

By: Michael Joseph Scanlon

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Heaven

A Gift Unfailing

By: Michael Joseph Scanlon

Heaven: A Gift Unfailing starts by stirring the imagination of readers, and getting them to think "upwards" about the existence of Heaven.This compelling book then describes these realities clearly, with examples coming from the Roman Catholic, Protestant, Muslim, and even secular faiths.Finally, it outlines the best way to get to Heaven. First-time author Michael Joseph Scanlon discovered a need to find these answers for himself; then he realized a desire to help others by describing what he found in layman's terms. He credits his faith as his biggest inspiration in writing. "I have had some hard knocks in life. Writing helped me to put these hardships in a better context.

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Strategic Book Publishing

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1609769813

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9781609769819

Emergency Ethics

Volume I

By: Michael J. Selgelid

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Emergency Ethics

Volume I

By: Michael J. Selgelid

Emergencies are extreme events which threaten to cause massive disruption to society and negatively affect the physical and psychological well-being of its members. They raise important practical and theoretical questions about how we should treat each other in times of ’crisis’. The articles selected for this volume focus on the nature and significance of emergencies; ethical issues in emergency public policy and law; war, terrorism and supreme emergencies; and public health and humanitarian emergencies. Together they demonstrate the normative implications of emergencies and provide multi-disciplinary perspectives on the ethics of emergency response.

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Routledge

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1351940694

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9781351940696

Kitchen Capitalism

Microenterprise in Low-Income Households

By: Margaret Sherrard Sherraden,Cynthia K. Sanders,Michael Sherraden

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Kitchen Capitalism

Microenterprise in Low-Income Households

By: Margaret Sherrard Sherraden,Cynthia K. Sanders,Michael Sherraden

Businesses come to life as owners are allowed to speak in their own words in this first in-depth examination of self-employment told from the perspectives of low-income microentrepreneurs. The book systematically analyzes a range of issues, including who chooses to open a micro business, and why; what resources do they bring to their business venture; how well will their venture fare; and what contributes to the growth or decline of their business. The authors conclude that most microentrepreneurs believe self-employment offers a range of monetary and nonmonetary benefits and argue it would be more advantageous to view microenterprise as a social and economic development strategy rather than simply as an anti-poverty strategy. Based on this observation, a range of strategies to better promote microenterprise programs among the poor is advanced, with the goal of targeting the most promising approaches.

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State University of New York Press

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0791484661

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9780791484661

Hegel's Social Philosophy

The Project of Reconciliation

By: Michael O. Hardimon

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Hegel's Social Philosophy

The Project of Reconciliation

By: Michael O. Hardimon

Hegel's social theory is designed to reconcile the individual with the modern social world. The concept of reconciliation is explored in detail along with Hegel's views on the relationship between individuality and social membership, as well as on the family, civil society and the state.

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300

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Cambridge University Press

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0521429145

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9780521429146

The Poetic Eye: Occasional Writings 1982-2012

By: Michael Sharkey

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The Poetic Eye: Occasional Writings 1982-2012

By: Michael Sharkey

This volume contains a selection of the Australian poet Michael Sharkey’s uncollected essays and occasional writings on poetics and poets, chiefly Australian and New Zealand. Reviews and conversations with other poets highlight Sharkey’s concern with preserving and interrogating cultural memory and his engagement with the practice and championing of poetry. Poets discussed range from Lord Byron to colonial-era and early-twentieth-century poets (Francis Adams, David McKee Wright, and Zora Cross), under-represented Australian women poets of World War I, traditionalists and experimentalists, including several ‘New Australian Poetry’ activists of the 1970s, and contemporary Australian and New Zealand poets. Writings on poetics address form and tradition, the teaching and reception of poetry, and canon-formation. The collection is culled from commissioned and occasional contributions to anthologies of practical poetics, journals devoted to literary and cultural history and book reviewing, as well as newspaper and small-magazine features from the 1980s to the present. The writing reflects Sharkey’s poetic practice and pedagogy relating to the teaching of literature, rhetorical analysis, cultural studies, and writing in universities, schools, and cultural organizations in Australia, New Zealand, China, and Germany. It also evidences Sharkey’s familiarity with literatures written in English and his wider career in publishing, editing, free-lance journalism, and the promotion of Australian and New Zealand literature, especially poetry.

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BRILL

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9004336478

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9789004336476

Responsibility and Desert

By: MICHAEL. MCKENNA

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Responsibility and Desert

By: MICHAEL. MCKENNA

In Responsibility & Desert, Michael McKenna defends a theory of moral responsibility that explains the relationship between a wrongdoer and those who blame or punish on analogy with a conversation between speakers of a shared language. In central cases, blame functions like a conversational reply to another whose act bears a meaning revealing the morally objectionable quality of her will. But such blaming responses can be harmful. McKenna defends the thesis that they can nevertheless be justified in terms of desert, and he resists several criticisms of desert-based justifications for blame and punishment.

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Oxford University Press

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019767996X

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9780197679968

Astor Pictures

A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965

By: Michael R. Pitts

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Astor Pictures

A Filmography and History of the Reissue King, 1933-1965

By: Michael R. Pitts

Founded by Robert M. Savini in 1933, Astor Pictures Corporation distributed hundreds of films in its 32 years of operation. The company distributed over 150 first run features in addition to the numerous re-releases for which it became famous. Astor had great success in the fields of horror and western movies and was a pioneer in African-American film productions. While under Savini's management, Astor and its subsidiaries were highly successful, but after his death in 1956 the company was sold, leading to eventual bankruptcy and closure. This volume provides the first in-depth look at Astor Pictures Corporation with thorough coverage of its releases, including diverse titles like La Dolce Vita and Frankenstein's Daughter.

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McFarland

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1476676496

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9781476676494

Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow

Pt. 1

By: Charles Kaye,Michael Howlett

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Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow

Pt. 1

By: Charles Kaye,Michael Howlett

This work traces and anticipates past, present and future changes in mental health services to assess the impact both of developments in care, and of the implications of new organisational change. It includes contributions and perspectives of those involved in services at all levels, including service users, to draw upon their experience to give a fuller picture of today and help sketch in tomorrow. It balances academic scrutiny with personal involvement, to reflect both national trends and local initiatives. Overall this work is in two volumes, each of which can stand alone: this Part 1 focuses on the realities of offering and receiving care at a practical and local level; it concentrates on personal experiences within mental health services as user, carer, provider and professional.The companion book Part 2 reviews policy and practice from national and international perspectives. Together these books provide essential information and views on mental health services for professionals throughout health and social care, managers, policy planners and policy shapers including those in the third sector and patient groups, academics and the media.

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CRC Press

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1315347105

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9781315347103

Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

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Western Movies

A Guide to 5,105 Feature Films, 2d ed.

By: Michael R. Pitts

This revised and greatly expanded edition of a well-established reference book presents 5105 feature length (four reels or more) Western films, from the early silent era to the present. More than 900 new entries are in this edition. Each entry has film title, release company and year, running time, color indication, cast listing, plot synopsis, and a brief critical review and other details. Not only are Hollywood productions included, but the volume also looks at Westerns made abroad as well as frontier epics, north woods adventures and nature related productions. Many of the films combine genres, such as horror and science fiction Westerns. The volume includes a list of cowboys and their horses and a screen names cross reference. There are more than 100 photographs.

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0786463724

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9780786463725

Book's by Michael Victor Scanlon

Confronting Climate Change

Confronting Climate Change

Reframing Ethics Through Dialectics

Reframing Ethics Through Dialectics

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation

The Choice Theory of Contracts

The Choice Theory of Contracts

Lishman's Organic Psychiatry

Lishman's Organic Psychiatry

The Fate of Mr Johnson

The Fate of Mr Johnson

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

Effective Prototyping for Software Makers

Heaven

Heaven

Emergency Ethics

Emergency Ethics

Kitchen Capitalism

Kitchen Capitalism

Hegel's Social Philosophy

Hegel's Social Philosophy

The Poetic Eye: Occasional Writings 1982-2012

The Poetic Eye: Occasional Writings 1982-2012

Responsibility and Desert

Responsibility and Desert

Astor Pictures

Astor Pictures

Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow

Mental Health Services Today and Tomorrow

Western Movies

Western Movies

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