Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2

Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2
Author: Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1996-06-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521589949

Recent and ongoing developments in science and technology--such as the prevention and treatment of disease through genetics and the development of increasingly sophisticated computer systems with wide-ranging applications--hold out the promise of vastly improving the quality of human life, but they can also raise serious ethical, legal, and public policy questions. The thirteen essays in this volume address these questions and related issues from a variety of perspectives.

Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1

Human Flourishing: Volume 16, Part 1
Author: Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 372
Release: 1999-01-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521644716

The essays in this volume examine the nature of human flourishing and its relationship to a variety of other key concepts in moral theory. Some of them trace the link between flourishing and human nature, asking whether a theory of human nature can allow us to develop an objective list of goods that are of value to all agents, regardless of their individual purposes or aims. Some essays look at the role of friendships or parent-child relationships in a good life, or seek to determine whether an ethical theory based on human flourishing can accommodate concern for others for their own sake. Other essays analyze the function of families or other social-political institutions in promoting the flourishing of individuals. Still others explore the implications of flourishing for political theory, asking whether considerations of human flourishing can help us to derive principles of social justice.

Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2

Scientific Innovation, Philosophy, and Public Policy: Volume 13, Part 2
Author: Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1996-06-28
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521589949

Recent and ongoing developments in science and technology--such as the prevention and treatment of disease through genetics and the development of increasingly sophisticated computer systems with wide-ranging applications--hold out the promise of vastly improving the quality of human life, but they can also raise serious ethical, legal, and public policy questions. The thirteen essays in this volume address these questions and related issues from a variety of perspectives.

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation

The Oxford Handbook of Innovation
Author: Jan Fagerberg
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2006-01-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0199286809

This handbook provides academics and students with a comprehensive and holistic understanding of the phenomenon of innovation.

Beyond Belief

Beyond Belief
Author: Martin Bridgstock
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2009-10-29
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1139482548

Whether ghosts, astrology or ESP, up to 80 per cent of the population believes in one or more aspects of the paranormal. Such beliefs are entertaining, and it is tempting to think of them as harmless. However, there is mounting evidence that paranormal beliefs can be dangerous - cases of children dying because parents rejected orthodox medicine in favour of alternative remedies, and 'psychics' who trade on the grief of the bereaved for personal profit and gain. Expenditure on the paranormal runs into billions of dollars each year. In Beyond Belief: Skepticism, Science and the Paranormal Martin Bridgstock provides an integrated understanding of what an evidence-based approach to the paranormal - a skeptical approach - involves, and why it is necessary. Bridgstock does not set out to show that all paranormal claims are necessarily false, but he does suggest that we all need the analytical ability and critical thinking skills to seek and assess the evidence for paranormal claims.

Virtue and Vice: Volume 15, Part 1

Virtue and Vice: Volume 15, Part 1
Author: Ellen Frankel Paul
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1998-02-13
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780521639910

The essays in this volume examine the nature of virtue and its role in moral theory.

Social Science Research

Social Science Research
Author: Anol Bhattacherjee
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 156
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9781475146127

This book is designed to introduce doctoral and graduate students to the process of conducting scientific research in the social sciences, business, education, public health, and related disciplines. It is a one-stop, comprehensive, and compact source for foundational concepts in behavioral research, and can serve as a stand-alone text or as a supplement to research readings in any doctoral seminar or research methods class. This book is currently used as a research text at universities on six continents and will shortly be available in nine different languages.

The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making

The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making
Author: Wim Bernasco
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 777
Release: 2017-05-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199338817

Although the issue of offender decision-making pervades almost every discussion of crime and law enforcement, only a few comprehensive texts cover and integrate information about the role of decision-making in crime. The Oxford Handbook of Offender Decision Making provide high-quality reviews of the main paradigms in offender decision-making, such as rational choice theory and dual-process theory. It contains up-to-date reviews of empirical research on decision-making in a wide range of decision types including not only criminal initiation and desistance, but also choice of locations, times, targets, victims, methods as well as large variety crimes including homicide, robbery, domestic violence, burglary, street crime, sexual crimes, and cybercrime. Lastly, it provides in-depth treatments of the major methods used to study offender decision-making, including experiments, observation studies, surveys, offender interviews, and simulations. Comprehensive and authoritative, the Handbook will quickly become the primary source of theoretical, methodological, and empirical knowledge about decision-making as it relates to criminal behavior.