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This book presents and argues for a suitably articulated version of
consensualism as a form of Kantian moral theory with an ability to
powerfully illuminate the moral intuitions to which Kantian and
utilitarian theories have traditionally appealed.
Biomarkers for Environmental Biomonitoring: An Integrated
Perspective provides a holistic view of the biomonitoring of
environmental degradation, accumulated toxicity, and associated
human health concerns. Organized into two sections, the book
incorporates theoretical and practical aspects of the biomonitoring
of environmental pollution and the health surveillance of
ecological communities using samples from living organisms which
are analyzed for contaminants and toxin levels. In the first half,
the book provides a general overview if the different types of
biomarkers, their significance as bioindicators for contaminants
and detection of toxicity, as well as how they can be utilized in
the restoration of degraded ecosystems. The second half of the book
discusses molecular biomarkers and how they are used as diagnostic
and prognostic tools for pollution monitoring. It reviews
analytical tools used to validate the biomarkers in the detection
and monitoring of pollution and disease. The book also delves into
how novel approaches like genetic ecotoxicology; Big Data, and
artificial intelligence calculates the potential consequences of
environmental pollution on the ecosystems and on human health.
One of the principle weaknesses of the non-consequentialist moral theories is that they fail to adequately address the intuitions to which consequentialist views appeal for their strength. For this reason, those who expect a moral theory to provide insight into these intuitions continue to be drawn to consequentialism, despite well-known ways in which its theories can be deeply counter-intuitive. This study shows how this challenge can be met by non-consequentialists. Articulating and defending a form of Scanlonian contractualism, called Consensualism, Kumar argues that consensualism also has the resources to powerfully illuminate those commonsense moral intuitions to which only consequentialism normally appeals.
Existing human beings stand in a unique relationship of
asymmetrical influence over future generations. Our choices now can
settle whether there are any human beings in the further future;
how many will exist; what capacities and abilities they might have;
and what the character of the natural world they inhabit is like.
This volume, with contributions from both new voices and prominent,
established figures in moral and political philosophy, examines
three generally underexplored themes concerning morality and our
relationship to future generations. First, would it be morally
wrong to allow humanity to go extinct? Or do we have moral reasons
to try and ensure that humanity continues into the indefinite
future? Second, if humanity is to continue into the future, how
many people should there be? And is it morally important whether
they have lives that are of high quality or are just barely worth
living? And third, how can we best make sense of the intuitive idea
that by not taking action on climate change and preserving natural
resources, we are in some way wronging future generations? This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian
Journal of Philosophy.
Football and fascism: the politics of popular culture in Portugal
tells the hidden history of football and discusses its political,
social and cultural foundations, during the longest running
authoritarian regime in Europe. Theoretically grounded on
Bourdieu's field theory, and using a multi-scalar methodology, this
award-winning research explores the political tensions between the
nationalization of sports envisaged by the Portuguese "New State"
and the integration of national football in a globalized urban
popular culture. Mobilizing unexplored archival sources, and a wide
array of primary materials, this groundbreaking work offers new
insight on the administrative structures of the corporativist
state, the making of an authoritarian cultural program, and the
relation between state institutions and civil society. Besides
broadening the scope of existing transnational histories of
football, this study also puts into question the conventional
geographies and political chronologies adopted in sports history.
Existing human beings stand in a unique relationship of
asymmetrical influence over future generations. Our choices now can
settle whether there are any human beings in the further future;
how many will exist; what capacities and abilities they might have;
and what the character of the natural world they inhabit is like.
This volume, with contributions from both new voices and prominent,
established figures in moral and political philosophy, examines
three generally underexplored themes concerning morality and our
relationship to future generations. First, would it be morally
wrong to allow humanity to go extinct? Or do we have moral reasons
to try and ensure that humanity continues into the indefinite
future? Second, if humanity is to continue into the future, how
many people should there be? And is it morally important whether
they have lives that are of high quality or are just barely worth
living? And third, how can we best make sense of the intuitive idea
that by not taking action on climate change and preserving natural
resources, we are in some way wronging future generations? This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Canadian
Journal of Philosophy.
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Somnolenz und Parodontose
Stuti Gupta, Rahul Kumar, Rupali Kalsi Mathur
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