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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42167069 | Peter Trawny
Peter Trawny (born December 17, 1964 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German philosopher and professor at the University of Wuppertal.
Peter Trawny studied philosophy, musicology and art history at the Ruhr University Bochum, where he, after a guest stay at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg in Br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42246216 | Communicatio Socialis
Communicatio Socialis is a specialized communication and media sciences publication bearing the subtitle “Journal for Media Ethics and Communication in Church and Society”. It addresses communication and media ethical issues in addition to topics related to “Religion, Church and Communicati... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42251515 | Jane Mansbridge
Jane Jebb Mansbridge (born November 19, 1939) is an American political scientist. She is the Charles F. Adams Professor of Political Leadership and Democratic Values in the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
Mansbridge has made contributions to democratic theory, feminist sc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42266590 | YunoHost
YunoHost is a Debian GNU/Linux based distribution packaged with free software that automates the installation of a personal web server. The purpose of YunoHost is to allow users to easily host their own web services by enabling a simple point-and-click web interface for installing various web apps. Curr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42286356 | National Wilderness Conference
The 50th Anniversary National Wilderness Conference is the culminating commemorative event for the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act. The conference was held in Albuquerque, NM, from October 15-19, 2014.
This conference is a multi-day event including presentations, panel ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42319895 | Peg Birmingham
Peg Birmingham is an American academic who serves as Professor of Philosophy at DePaul University. Much of Birmingham's work has focused on the work of Hannah Arendt, to whose thought she is considered to have made a profound contribution, although her interest has also ranged widely through other... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42336203 | From Disgust to Humanity
From Disgust to Humanity: Sexual Orientation and Constitutional Law is a 2010 book about LGBT rights in the United States by the philosopher Martha Nussbaum.
Nussbaum analyzes the role that disgust plays in law and public debate in the United States. She primarily analyzes constitut... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42386030 | Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct
Election Commission of India's Model Code of Conduct is a set of guidelines issued by the Election Commission of India for conduct of political parties and candidates during elections mainly with respect to speeches, polling day, polling booths, portfolios, el... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42420936 | Angie Epifano
Angie Epifano, a former student at Amherst College, gained widespread media attention and millions of page views after she wrote an essay on her personal experience of sexual assault that was published in the Amherst student newspaper, "The Amherst Student". After the publication of her essay, Amhe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42477601 | Robert Stern (philosopher)
Robert A. Stern (born February 1962) is a professor of philosophy at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield, United Kingdom. He is a British philosopher who is known for his work on the history of philosophy, particularly Hegel and Immanuel Kant. His current research is focused on the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42481399 | Henry S. Richardson
Henry S. Richardson is an American philosopher, author, Professor of Philosophy at Georgetown University, and Senior Research Scholar at the Kennedy Institute of Ethics.
Henry S. Richardson is the son of Anne Richardson, who was once the chair of Reading is Fundamental, and the politicia... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42481477 | Holly Martin Smith
Holly Martin Smith (also known as Holly S. Goldman) is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Her publications focus on questions in normative ethics, moral responsibility and structural questions common to normative theories.
A recipient of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42500813 | Steven P. Scalet
Steven P. Scalet is associate professor for the Division of Legal, Ethical and Historical Studies at the Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences, University of Baltimore.
Scalet gained his degree from the Franklin & Marshall College, he went on to the University of Arizona where he complet... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42515566 | Ingrid Robeyns
Ingrid A.M. Robeyns (born 1972) holds the Chair Ethics of Institutions at Utrecht University, Faculty of Humanities and the associated Ethics Institute.
Robeyns is also a Fellow of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA) and was elected the associations eighth president in Apr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=42516466 | Sabina Alkire
Sabina Alkire is the director of the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), an economic research centre within the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford, England, which was established in 2007. She is a fellow of the Human Development and Capabi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6852 | Caligula
Caligula (; ; 31 August 12 – 24 January 41) was the third Roman emperor, ruling from 37 to 41. The son of the popular Roman general Germanicus and Augustus's granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, Caligula was born into the first ruling family of the Roman Empire, conventionally known as the Julio-Claudian ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=6901 | Outline of critical theory
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to critical theory:
Critical theory – the examination and critique of society and culture, drawing from knowledge across the social sciences and humanities. The term has two different meanings with different ori... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7272 | Christianity and homosexuality
Within Christianity, there are a variety of views on sexual orientation and homosexuality. Even within a denomination, individuals and groups may hold different views, and not all members of a denomination necessarily support their church's views on homosexuality.
This article... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=7366 | Chastity
Chastity is a virtue related to temperance, which is one of the seven Christian virtues, and it is defined as refraining from unreasonable sexual conduct or romantic relationships. Chastity is usually defined within the moral standards and guidelines of a culture, civilization or religion. The term is c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=8690 | Don't ask, don't tell
"Don't ask, don't tell" (DADT) was the official United States policy on military service by gays, bisexuals, and lesbians, instituted by the Clinton Administration on February 28, 1994, when Department of Defense Directive 1304.26 issued on December 21, 1993, took effect, lasting until Sept... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9553 | Empedocles
Empedocles (; , "Empedoklēs"; , fl. 444-443 BC) was a Greek pre-Socratic philosopher and a native citizen of Akragas, a Greek city in Sicily. Empedocles' philosophy is best known for originating the cosmogonic theory of the four classical elements. He also proposed forces he called Love and Strife whi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9574 | Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer (July 25, 1898 – May 21, 1983) was an American moral and social philosopher. He was the author of ten books and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in February 1983. His first book, "The True Believer" (1951), was widely recognized as a classic, receiving critical acclaim from b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=9979204 | J. L. Ackrill
John Lloyd Ackrill, (30 December 1921 – 30 November 2007) was an English philosopher and classicist who specialized in Ancient Greek philosophy, especially the philosophy of Plato and Aristotle. Ackrill has been said to be, along with Gregory Vlastos and G. E. L. Owen, "one of the most important fi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10035514 | Intimate partner violence
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is domestic violence by a current or former spouse or partner in an intimate relationship against the other spouse or partner. IPV can take a number of forms, including physical, verbal, emotional, economic and sexual abuse. The World Health Organization ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10042834 | Famine events
Famine events are localized events of voluntary fasting for 30 or 40 hours depending on the region to raise money and awareness for world hunger. These events are usually coordinated by one of various World Vision organizations and are done by youth in church organizations. They have spread interna... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10058679 | John A. Leslie
John Andrew Leslie (born 2 August 1940) is a Canadian philosopher. He was educated at Wadham College, Oxford, earning his B.A. in English Literature in 1962 and his M.Litt. in Classics in 1968. He is currently Professor emeritus at the University of Guelph, in Ontario, Canada.
In his book "Un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10125582 | Nuclear peace
Nuclear peace is a theory of international relations that argues that under some circumstances nuclear weapons can induce stability and decrease the chances of crisis escalation. In particular, nuclear weapons are said to have induced stability during the Cold War, when both the US and the USSR pos... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10152161 | R. Edward Freeman
R. Edward Freeman (born December 18, 1951) is an American philosopher and professor of business administration at the Darden School of the University of Virginia, particularly known for his work on stakeholder theory (1984) and on business ethics.
Born in Columbus, Georgia, Freeman receive... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10155907 | Rebecca Alpert
Rabbi Rebecca Trachtenberg Alpert (born April 12, 1950) is an American professor of Jewish American religious history, and was one of the first congregational women rabbis. Her chief speciality is sexuality in Judaism, and she says that her beliefs were transformed by a Sabbath prayer book ("Siddu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10204330 | Disaster risk reduction
Disaster risk reduction (DRR) is a systematic approach to identifying, assessing and reducing the risks of disaster. It aims to reduce socio-economic vulnerabilities to disaster as well as dealing with the environmental and other hazards that trigger them. Here it has been strongly influe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10222097 | Carl Elliott (philosopher)
Carl Elliott (born July 25, 1961) is a professor in the Center for Bioethics and the Departments of Pediatrics and Philosophy at The University of Minnesota. A native South Carolinian, Elliott was educated at Davidson College in North Carolina and at Glasgow University in Scotland, whe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10228970 | Living High and Letting Die
Living High and Letting Die: Our Illusion of Innocence is a philosophical book by Peter K. Unger, published in 1996.
Inspired by Peter Singer's 1971 essay "Famine, Affluence, and Morality," Unger argues that for people in the developed world to live morally, they are morally obli... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10321866 | Etienne Vermeersch
Etienne Vermeersch (2 May 1934, Sint-Michiels, Bruges – 18 January 2019, Ghent) was a Belgian moral philosopher, skeptic, opinion maker and debater. He is one of the founding fathers of the abortion and euthanasia law in Belgium. He is also former Vice-Rector of Ghent University.
Vermeers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10328771 | George E. McCarthy
George E. McCarthy (born February 16, 1946) is a professor of sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio.
George E. McCarthy became National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Teaching Professor of Sociology in 2000. He has been a research fellow at the University of Frankfur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10330448 | Kathekon
Kathēkon () (plural: "kathēkonta" ) is a Greek concept, forged by the founder of Stoicism, Zeno of Citium. It may be translated as "appropriate behaviour", "befitting actions", or "convenient action for nature", or also "proper function". "Kathekon" was translated in Latin by Cicero as "officium", and b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10385565 | Consolidated Appeals Process
The Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) is an advocacy tool for humanitarian financing, in which projects managed by the United Nations, NGOs and other stakeholders come together to approach the donor community funding international development activities. The target of the CAP is lon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10416796 | Pharmaceutical lobby
The pharmaceutical lobby refers to the representatives of pharmaceutical drug and biomedicine companies who engage in lobbying in favour of the pharmaceutical industry and its products.
The largest pharmaceutical companies and their two trade groups, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufact... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10438077 | Robin Hood effect
The Robin Hood effect is an economic occurrence where income is redistributed so that economic inequality is reduced. The effect is named after Robin Hood, said to have stolen from the rich to give to the poor.
A Robin Hood effect can be caused by a large number of different policies or ec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10458263 | The AIRE Centre
The AIRE Centre (Advice on Individual Rights in Europe) is an English registered charity, with offices located in London. It provides free legal advice on human rights and EU law issues in Europe, and seeks to promote the dissemination of information about international human rights law throughou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10504258 | Free union
A free union is a romantic union between two or more persons without legal or religious recognition or regulation.
The term has been used since the late 19th century to describe a relationship into which all parties enter, remain, and depart freely. The free union is an alternative to, or rejecti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10506133 | An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals (EPM) is a book by Scottish enlightenment philosopher David Hume. In it, Hume argues (among other things) that the foundations of morals lie with sentiment, not reason.
"An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Mora... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10511963 | Mary Anne Warren
Mary Anne Warren (August 23, 1946 – August 9, 2010) was an American writer and philosophy professor, noted for her writings on the issue of abortion.
Her essays have sometimes been required readings in academic courses dealing with the abortion debate and they are frequently cited in major... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10515219 | Perverted Thomas
It was later adapted into a single original video animation episode released on September 25, 2004. It was created by the Japanese company Xuse, and is distributed by the English company Hot Storm and has been licensed by Adult Source Media.
One day, the protagonist of the story, Thomas, wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10558205 | R v Neil
R v Neil, [2002] 3 S.C.R. 631, 2002 SCC 70, is a leading decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on conflict of interests among lawyers. The Court held that both firms and lawyers have a fiduciary duty of loyalty to their clients and so lawyer or firm cannot represent a client whose interests may be adv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10576536 | Celebrancy
Celebrancy is a movement to provide agents to officiate at ceremonies often reserved in law to clergy or officers of the courts. These agents, generally referred to as "celebrants", perform weddings, funerals, and other life ceremonies for those who do not want a traditional religious ceremony.
C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10637301 | De Cive
De Cive ("On the citizen") is one of Thomas Hobbes's major works. "The book was published originally in Latin from Paris in 1642, followed by two further Latin editions in 1647 from Amsterdam. The English translation of the work made its first appearance four years later (London 1651) under the title 'Ph... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10648668 | Pornosonic
Pornosonic is a project by Don Argott inspired by the style of music in adult films. Two albums have been released.
The albums claim to be soundtracks from non-existent unreleased porn movies, but they are modern creations. Famous adult film actor Ron Jeremy was to hired by Mini Mace Pro Records ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10679950 | Peaceworker
A peaceworker is an individual or member of an organization that undertakes to resolve violent conflict, prevent the rise of new violent conflicts, and rebuild societies damaged by war.
The term peaceworker is usually reserved for civilian, unarmed members of non-governmental organizations. Peac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10728972 | Philanthropreneur
A philanthropreneur is an entrepreneurial philanthropist. The term is claimed to be coined by Internet entrepreneur Mark Desvaux in 2004; however, "The Wall Street Journal" used the term in a 1999 article, and a publication entitled "The Philanthropreneur Newsletter" existed as far back as 1997... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10793548 | Duke Yansheng
The Duke of Yansheng, literally "Duke Overflowing with Sagacity", sometimes translated as Holy Duke of Yen, was a Chinese title of nobility. It was originally created as a marquis title in the Western Han dynasty (206 BC – AD 9) for a direct descendant of Confucius.
From the Western Han dynast... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10813325 | Elephant polo
Elephant polo is a variant of polo played while riding elephants. It is played in Nepal, Rajasthan (India), and Thailand. England and Scotland regularly field teams. Equipment consists of a standard polo ball and six to ten foot cane (similar to bamboo) sticks with a polo mallet head on the end. Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10847522 | Two-level utilitarianism
Two-level utilitarianism is a utilitarian theory of ethics developed by R. M. Hare. According to the theory, a person's moral decisions should be based on a set of 'intuitive' moral rules, except in certain rare situations where it is more appropriate to engage in a 'critical' level of m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10847747 | Gilbert Hottois
Gilbert Hottois (29 March 1946 – 16 March 2019) was a Belgian professor of Philosophy at the Université Libre de Bruxelles who specialised in Bioethics.
Hottois was born in Brussels. His positions included:
He was chair of the programme committee of the 2008 World Congress of Philosophy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10977181 | Jeffersonville Ethics Commission
The Jeffersonville Ethics Commission is a commission formed in 2006 by an ordinance compiled by the City Council of Jeffersonville, Indiana that was passed unanimously on June 30, 2006. Then it was signed by Mayor Rob Waiz on July 13, 2006. The Commission reviews complaints and s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=10999304 | Richard A. McCormick
Richard A. McCormick (1922 – February 12, 2000) was a leading liberal Catholic moral theologian who reshaped Catholic thought in the United States. He wrote many journal articles on Catholic social teachings and moral theory. He was an expert in Catholic medical ethics and for many years wro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11006469 | The Lord protects the simple
The Lord protects the simple is a phrase from a verse in the Hebrew Bible. In Judaism, the phrase has both a plain meaning and another meaning due to rabbinic exegesis.
states: "The Lord protects the simple, I was brought low and he saved me." According to the plain meaning of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11014645 | Jenny Teichman
Jenny Teichman (1930 – 12 September 2018) was an Australian/British philosopher, writing mostly on ethics. She was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1930 and lived as a child in the artists' colony of Montsalvat. She married the lecturer and political commentator Max Teichmann. She taught mostly at ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11030320 | Conspiracy of silence (expression)
A conspiracy of silence, or culture of silence, describes the behavior of a group of people of some size, as large as an entire national group or profession or as small as a group of colleagues, that by unspoken consensus does not mention, discuss, or acknowledge a given subjec... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11054720 | Sudanese goat marriage incident
The Sudanese goat marriage incident was a 2006 event and publicity surrounding the 2006 event in which a South Sudanese man named Charles Tombe was forced to "marry" a goat with which he was caught engaging in sexual activity (bestiality) in the Hai Malakal suburb of Juba, South S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11055676 | Christian views on environmentalism
Christian views on environmentalism vary among different Christians and Christian denominations.
Major Christian denominations endorse the Biblical calling of our stewardship of God's creation and our responsibility for its care. Some of this church policy is relatively r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11147934 | Operation Provide Hope
Operation Provide Hope was a humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Air Force to provide medical equipment to former Soviet republics during their transition to capitalism. The operation was announced by Secretary of State James A. Baker, III on January 22–23, 1992 and the initial sh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11150793 | Moral sense theory
Moral sense theory (also known as moral sentimentalism) is a theory in moral epistemology and meta-ethics concerning the discovery of moral truths. Moral sense theory typically holds that distinctions between morality and immorality are discovered by emotional responses to experience. Some tak... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11208444 | United Givers Fund
United Givers Fund is the name used by several current or historical joint charitable appeals in the United States. Many of these appeals later adopted the United Way name, sometimes in conjunction with a merger with another charitable appeal.
Fundraising groups currently operating in the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11221159 | Charity badge
A charity badge is a widget used on websites, blogs, social networks or e-mail for promotion of some humanitarian initiative, mainly gathering donations for charity projects.
The idea was initiated by the Yahoo! search engine and the Network for Good charity aggregator.
Some companies al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11224741 | Right to equal protection
The Right to Equal Protection is a concept that was introduced into the Constitution of the United States during the American Civil War. It is intended to protect the rights provided by the United States Constitution for all individuals regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, etc. It is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11239314 | Cyphonism
Cyphonism (, from , "bent, crooked") was a form of punishment using a (), a kind of wooden pillory in which the neck of a malefactor would be fastened. Formerly, this term was widely believed to refer to scaphism, a form of punishment or torture in which a person's naked body was smeared with honey, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11244549 | Michael Reiss
Michael J. Reiss, FRSB FRSA (born 1960) is a British bioethicist, educator, and journalist. He is also an Anglican priest. Reiss is professor of science education at the Institute of Education, University College London, where he is assistant director, research and development.
Reiss's father ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11267046 | Adrian Raine
Adrian Raine (born 27 January 1954) is a British psychologist. He currently holds the chair of Richard Perry University Professor of Criminology & Psychiatry in the Department of Criminology of the School of Arts and Sciences and in the Department of Psychiatry of the School of Medicine at the Unive... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11267562 | Conjugal Lewdness
The full original title of this 1727 essay by Daniel Defoe was "Conjugal Lewdness or, Matrimonial Whoredom", though he was later asked to rename it for the sake of propriety. The modified title became "A Treatise Concerning the Use and Abuse of the Marriage Bed".
The essay dealt primarily wit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11275060 | Solomon Joseph Solomon
Solomon Joseph Solomon (16 September 1860 – 27 July 1927) was a British painter, a founding member of the New English Art Club and member of the Royal Academy.
Solomon's family was Jewish, and his sister, Lily Delissa Joseph (née Solomon), was also a painter. He made an important cont... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11335565 | Richard Arneson
Richard J. Arneson is an American philosopher specializing in political philosophy who has taught at the University of California, San Diego since 1973. He chaired the department during 1992–1996 and served as graduate adviser. In 1996, he also served as visiting professor in the ethics, politics... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11348580 | Arne Johan Vetlesen
Arne Johan Vetlesen (born 10 September 1960) is a Norwegian professor of philosophy at the University of Oslo, who concentrates on the topic of ethics and social philosophy.
He took the cand.mag. (similar to BA) degree in sociology and anthropology, before studying at the Johann Wolfgang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11388640 | Zona Norte, Tijuana
Zona Norte (officially "Colonia Zona Norte", "North Zone (neighborhood)") is an official neighborhood, as well as a red light district located in Tijuana, Mexico. It is among the largest red-light districts in North America known for its brothels, which present themselves in public as strip c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11466053 | Incest in folklore and mythology
Incest in folklore is found in many countries and cultures in the world.
In Greek mythology, Zeus and Hera were brother and sister as well as husband and wife. They were the children of Cronus and Rhea (also married siblings). Cronus and Rhea, in turn, were children of Uranu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11482495 | Antonio Millán-Puelles
Antonio Millán-Puelles (February 11, 1921 – March 22, 2005) was a Spanish philosopher interested in phenomenology and metaphysics, who published many books and articles. He discovered his vocation to philosophy when he read Husserl’s "Logical Investigations" and abandoned the medical studi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11520964 | David Fordyce
David Fordyce (1711, Broadford, Aberdeenshire – 1751) was a Scottish philosopher, a contributor to the Scottish Enlightenment.
Fordyce was educated at Marischal College, Aberdeen (MA, 1728). He entered the ministry and returned to Marischal as regent in 1742, teaching Moral Philosophy there un... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11521384 | George Turnbull (theologian)
George Turnbull (11 July 1698 – 31 Jan 1748) was a Scottish philosopher, theologian, teacher, writer on education and an early but little-known figure in the Scottish Enlightenment. He taught at Marischal College, Aberdeen, worked as a tutor and became an Anglican clergyman. Aside fr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11525202 | William Lee Bradley
The Reverend Doctor William Lee Bradley (September 6, 1918 – April 29, 2007, born in Oakland, California), was a scholar of comparative religion, ethics, and theology, as well as a philanthropist.
Bradley was born in Oakland to Kathryn Lee Culver, an author and artist, and Dwight Jaques ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11556364 | He who does not work, neither shall he eat
He who does not work, neither shall he eat is a New Testament aphorism originally by Paul the Apostle, later cited by John Smith in the early 1600s colony of Jamestown, Virginia, and by communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin during the early 1900s Russian Revolution.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11556950 | Swords of Truth
The Swords of Truth is a Palestinian Islamist group based in the Gaza Strip.
In 2007, the group threatened to behead female TV broadcasters who don't wear strict Islamic dress. The threat was sent by e-mail to news organizations: "We will cut throats, and from vein to vein, if needed to prot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11679320 | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership (MSBP or MSB), formerly known as the Millennium Seed Bank Project, is the largest "ex situ" plant conservation programme in the world coordinated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. After being awarded a Millennium Commission grant in 1995, the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11714262 | Ecosharing
Ecosharing is an environmental ethic for people to live by: that their own impact on the Earth’s biosphere be limited to no more than their own fair ecoshare. The term seems to have been first used by G. Tyler Miller, Jr. in the 1975 edition of his "Living in the Environment" text. The 1990 book "Comi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11714761 | Avaaz
Avaaz, a U.S.-based nonprofit organization launched in January 2007, promotes global activism on issues such as climate change, human rights, animal rights, corruption, poverty, and conflict. The UK-based newspaper "The Guardian" considers it "the globe's largest and most powerful online activist network".... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11715643 | Spectacle (critical theory)
The spectacle is a central notion in the Situationist theory, developed by Guy Debord in his 1967 book, "The Society of the Spectacle". In the general sense, the spectacle refers to "the autocratic reign of the market economy which had acceded to an irresponsible sovereignty, and the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11759970 | Trail ethics
Trail ethics deals with ethics as it applies to the use of trails. It is similar to both environmental ethics and human rights in that it deals with the shared interaction of humans and nature. There are multiple agencies and groups that support and encourage ethical behavior on trails.
Trail e... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11781793 | Sandra Laugier
Sandra Laugier is a French philosopher, working on moral philosophy, political philosophy, philosophy of language, philosophy of action and philosophy of science. She is currently a full professor of philosophy at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, a Senior member of the Institut Univers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11798752 | International Day of Non-Violence
The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.
In January 2004, Iranian Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi had taken a proposal for an International Day of Non-Violence from a Hindi teacher in Paris teaching international students ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11832902 | Douglas Kinsella
Thomas Douglas Kinsella, CM (15 February 1932 – 15 June 2004) was a Canadian medical doctor and expert on medical ethics and founder of Canada's National Council on Ethics in Human Research.
Kinsella is particularly noted for his research on ethical, legal and medical issues surrounding ass... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11855905 | Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights
The Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights is the name of non-governmental organizations in a number of countries established under the now defunct International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights.
The organizations include:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11865308 | Ten Commandments for Drivers
On June 19, 2007, the Vatican, under the direction of Pope Benedict XVI and Cardinal Renato Martino, issued a 36-page document entitled Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road, created by the curial Pontifical Council for Migrants and Itinerant People, under the leadership of Re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=11871665 | Ken Kirkwood
Kenneth William Kirkwood (born April 27, 1969 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian bioethicist. He is Professor of Applied Health Ethics at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. He specializes in questions of professional ethical standards, enhancement of human physiological a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=26040 | Homosexuality and religion
The relationship between religion and homosexuality has varied greatly across time and place, within and between different religions and denominations, with regard to different forms of homosexuality and bisexuality. Generally speaking as well as by denomination, the present-day doctri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=27165 | Sexism
Sexism or Gender bias is prejudice or discrimination based on a person's sex or gender. Sexism can affect anyone, but it primarily affects women and girls. It has been linked to stereotypes and gender roles, and may include the belief that one sex or gender is intrinsically superior to another. Extreme se... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=29408 | Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (; 21 October 177225 July 1834) was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher and theologian who, with his friend William Wordsworth, was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets. He also shared volumes and collaborated with ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2475810 | Lordship salvation controversy
The "lordship salvation" controversy (also "Lordship Controversy") is a theological dispute regarding key soteriological questions within Evangelical Christianity, involving some non-denominational and Evangelical churches in North America at least since the 1980s. The dispute spaw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2490422 | Joseph Fins
Joseph J. Fins, M.A.C.P., F.R.C.P. (born 1959) is an American physician and medical ethicist. He is chief of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical College, where he serves as The E. William Davis Jr., M.D. Professor of Medical Ethics, and Professor... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2496233 | COYOTE
COYOTE is an American sex workers' rights organization. Its name is a backronym for "C"all "O"ff "Y"our "O"ld "T"ired "E"thics, a reflection of the fact that sex work tends to be stigmatized primarily because of society-imposed standards of ethics. COYOTE's goals include the decriminalization (as opposed ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2497260 | Pāṭimokkha
In Theravada Buddhism, the Patimokkha is the basic code of monastic discipline, consisting of 227 rules for fully ordained monks (bhikkhus) and 311 for nuns (bhikkhunis). It is contained in the Suttavibhanga, a division of the Vinaya Pitaka.
The four parajikas (defeats) are rules entailing expuls... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2514283 | International Day of Peace
The International Day of Peace, sometimes unofficially known as World Peace Day, is a United Nations-sanctioned holiday observed annually on 21 September. It is dedicated to world peace, and specifically the absence of war and violence, such as might be occasioned by a temporary ceasef... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki?curid=2518034 | Carthaginian peace
A Carthaginian peace is the imposition of a very brutal "peace" achieved by completely crushing the enemy. The term derives from the peace imposed on Carthage by Rome. After the Second Punic War, Carthage lost all its colonies, was forced to demilitarize and pay a constant tribute to Rome and ... |
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