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Encountering Earth (Hardcover)
Trevor Bechtel, Matt Eaton, Tim Harvie
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Largely neglected by historians, political scientists, and
criminal justice specialists, the available literature on the state
police tends to be highly partisan and largely out of date. Based
on legislative analysis and historical case study, this is an
original contribution to our understanding of the development of
the institution of the state police in the United States. Arguing
that the creation of state police agencies was the result of a
political process that reflected the interplay of a number of
different forces, this is a rebuttal of rival interpretations of
police development. The work should be of interest to criminal
justice educators and political scientists on a college and
university level, and to police historians.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
The biblical queen Esther is one of Scripture's most fascinating
persons, and the drama of the book bearing her name is clearly
captured in this superb commentary. Carol Bechtel expertly explores
the historical settings, literary structures, and theological
themes that emerge in the book of Esther.
Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching is
a distinctive resource for those who interpret the Bible in the
church. Planned and written specifically for teaching and preaching
needs, this critically acclaimed biblical commentary is a major
contribution to scholarship and ministry.
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered
to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of
human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary
society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier
selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of
the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of
eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering
and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future
selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research
from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the
procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments,
including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible
advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Strategies or decisions aimed at affecting, in a manner considered
to be positive, the genetic heritage of a child in the context of
human reproduction are increasingly being accepted in contemporary
society. As a result, unnerving similarities between earlier
selection ideology so central to the discredited eugenic regimes of
the 20th century and those now on offer suggest that a new era of
eugenics has dawned. The time is ripe, therefore, for considering
and evaluating from an ethical perspective both current and future
selection practices. This inter-disciplinary volume blends research
from embryology, genetics, philosophy, sociology, psychology, and
history. In so doing, it constructs a thorough picture of the
procedures emerging from today's reproductive developments,
including a rigorous ethical argumentation concerning the possible
advantages and risks related to the new eugenics.
Calum MacKellar is Director of Research of the Scottish Council
on Human Bioethics, Edinburgh, and Visiting Professor of Bioethics
at St Mary's University College, London, UK.
Christopher Bechtel holds a degree in philosophy and is a
Research Fellow with the Scottish Council on Human Bioethics,
Edinburgh, UK.
This Element provides a comprehensive introduction to philosophy of
neuroscience. It covers such topics as how neuroscientists procure
knowledge, including not just research techniques but the use of
various model organisms. It presents examples of knowledge acquired
in neuroscience that are then employed to discuss more
philosophical topics such as the nature of explanations developed
in neuroscience, the different conception of levels employed in
discussions of neuroscience, and the invocation of representations
in neuroscience explanations. The text emphasizes the importance of
brain processes beyond those in the neocortex and then explores
what makes processing in neocortex different. It consider the view
that the nervous system consists of control mechanisms and
considers arguments for hierarchical vs. heterarchical organization
of control mechanisms. It concludes by considering implications of
findings in neuroscience for how humans conceive of themselves and
practices such as embracing norms.
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