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Rights, Restitution, and Risk: Essays in Moral Theory1 review
Judith Jarvis Thomson

Harvard University Press, 1986

A book about Moral Theory
Thomson's book is a compilation of essays about moral theory. Although the latest essay was written fifteen years ago, all of them deal with issues thet will never turn old fashioned. Amog the thirteen essays that compose this book there are three which I loved the most. The first of them is one that speaks about rights and compensation. In this essay Thomson tries to explain why should a ...
  
  











  



  
The Realm of Rights2 reviews
Judith Jarvis Thomson

Harvard University Press, 1990

What are rights, and which ones do we have?
This fine volume by Judith Jarvis Thomson may be the best analysis of rights out there. Thomson breaks her discussion into two parts. In roughly the first half of the book, she carefully analyzes what it means to have a "right." In the second, she sets out to determine, as far as possible, just exactly _which_ rights we have. Part one leans heavily on Wesley Hohfeld, a legal theorist who in the ...
  
  











  



  
Content and Modality: Themes from the Philosophy of Robert Stalnaker

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Eleven distinguished philosophers have contributed specially written essays on a set of topics much debated in recent years, including physicalism, qualia, semantic competence, conditionals, presuppositions, two-dimensional semantics, and the relation between logic and metaphysics. All these topics are prominent in the work of Robert Stalnaker, a major presence in contemporary philosophy, in honor of whom the volume is published. It also ...
  
  











  



  
Work-related disability in Canadian nurses.(Health Policy and Systems): An article from: Journal of Nursing ...
Linda O'Brien-Pallas, Judith Shamian, ...

Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing, 2004

This digital document is an article from Journal of Nursing Scholarship, published by Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing on December 22, 2004. The length of the article is 5047 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details ...
  
  











  



  
Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity (Great Debates in Philosophy)2 reviews
Gilbert Harman, Judith Thomson

Wiley-Blackwell, 1996

Definitely worth reading
Moral Relativism and Moral Objectivity is both thought provoking and profound. The authors of the book present their ideas in tremendous depth, yet the language is very accessible. Harman writes with incredible intuitive appeal, and Thomson writes with rigorous and astounding clarity. The book is absolutely captivating. The authors cover everything from philosophy of language to epistemology. ...
  
  











  



  
Between the Lines

Playwrights Canada Press, 2002

Provides an insider's perspective on aspects of the art of dramaturgy. Included are conversations with Bill Glassco, Urjo Kareda, Maureen Labonte, Peter Hinto, Bob White, Jenny Munday, D.D. Kugler, Mark Bly, Michael Bigelow Dixon, Anne Cattaneo, Morgan Jenness, Shelby Jiggets and Norman Frisch.
  
  











  



  
Elementary Real Analysis5 reviews
Brian S. Thomson, Judith B. Bruckner, ...

Prentice Hall, 2000

recommended to analysis newbie
This book is, in my opinoin, very friendly written. Compared to baby Rudin, in which proofs are usually condensed and hard to be followed by beginners (excellent resource for advanced people though), proofs in this book are just compact enough - crystal clear, not too concise, and I don't see too many redundant explainations either. Here each notion (definition) is written with friendly ...
  
  











  



  
The Straits of Malacca, Siam and Indo-China: Travels and Adventures of a Nineteenth-century Photographer ...
John Thomson

Oxford University Press, USA, 1993

First published in 1875, this is the first part of a volume which also includes travels in China. This volume describes John Thomson's travels in Malaya--from Penang to Singapore--Siam, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Thomson's observations are acute, his style easy, and the whole makes very agreeable and entertaining reading. Balmer focuses the reader's attention on Thomson's role as one of the first photographers of the region; indeed, during his ...
  
  











  



  
Obstetrics/Gynecology Nutrition Handbook (Chapman & Hall Nutrition Handbooks, 1)
Deborah Pesicka, Judith Riley, ...

Aspen Publishers, 1996
  
  











  



  
Normativity (The Paul Carus Lectures)
Judith Jarvis Thomson

Open Court, 2008
  
  











  



  
Unaccompanied/separated minors and refugee protection in Canada: filling information gaps.: An article from: ...
Judith Wouk, Soojin Yu, ...

Thomson Gale, 2006

This digital document is an article from Refuge, published by Thomson Gale on June 22, 2006. The length of the article is 10228 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Unaccompanied/separated minors and refugee protection in ...
  
  











  



  
Real Analysis2 reviews
Andrew Bruckner, Judith Bruckner, ...

Pearson US Imports & PHIPEs, 1996

Among the best math books I've ever read
I am not an analyst, but this book is fun to read. This book does something that few others textbooks accomplish - it tells an interesting and compelling story. I didn't really understand measure until reading this book, which does a great job of laying out the various competing ideas of the time and how they evolved into the current notion. Further - and perhaps most important for a math ...
  
  











  







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