1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449798203321

Titolo

Engaging the world [[electronic resource] ] : the use of empirical research in bioethics and the regulation of biotechnology / / edited by Søren Holm and Monique F. Jonas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Washington, DC, : IOS Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-50599-0

9786610505999

1-4175-9021-1

600-00-0419-2

1-60129-424-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (166 p.)

Collana

Biomedical and health research, , 0929-6743 ; ; v. 58

Altri autori (Persone)

HolmSøren

JonasMonique F

Disciplina

174.957

Soggetti

Medical ethics - Research

Bioethics - Research

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title page; Preface; Contents; A Defence of Empirical Bioethics; Healthcare and the Habermasian Public Sphere; Putting Empirical Studies in their Place; Can There Be Moral Experts?; What should we do about it? Implications of the Empirical Evidence in Relation to Comprehension and Acceptability of Randomisation; Use and Abuse of Empirical Knowledge in Contemporary Bioethics: A Critical Analysis of Empirical Arguments Employed in the Controversy Surrounding Stem Cell Research; Carol Gilligan and her Different Voice

Who Should Decide and Why? The Futility of Philosophy, Sociology and Law in Institutionalised Bioethics and the Unwarrantability of Ethics CommitteesEmpirical Investigations of Moral Development; Theory and Methodology of Empirical-Ethical Research; An Empirical Study of the Informed Consent Process of a Clinical Trial; Stimulating Public Debate on the Ethical and Social Issues Raised by the New Genetics; The Use of Computer Simulation and Artificial Intelligence in the Study of Ethical



Components of Medical Decision-Making; Conclusion; Author Index

Sommario/riassunto

Holm (Institute of Medicine, Law, and Bioethics, University of Manchester, UK) and Jonas (Center for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester) gather papers representing the work performed as part of the Empirical Methods in Bioethics project sponsored by the European Commission, DG-Research. The papers are mainly concerned with investiga

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910367633803321

Autore

Olson Glending

Titolo

Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages / Glending Olson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cornell University Press, 2019

Ithaca : , : Cornell University Press, , 1982

©1982

ISBN

9781501746741

150174674X

9781501746758

1501746758

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p. )

Disciplina

809/.02

Soggetti

Books and reading - Europe - History - To 1500

Literature, Medieval - History and criticism

Amusements - Europe - History - To 1500

Literature and society - Europe - History - To 1500

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- 1. Medieval Attitudes toward Literary Pleasure -- 2. The Hygienic Justification -- 3. The Recreational Justification -- 4. Some Literature for Solace -- 5. From Plague to Pleasure -- 6. The Decameron and Its Early Critics -- Index of Sources -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

This book studies attitudes toward secular literature during the later Middle Ages. Exploring two related medieval justifications of literary pleasure-one finding hygienic or therapeutic value in entertainment, and another stressing the psychological and ethical rewards of taking time out from work in order to refresh oneself-Glending Olson reveals that, contrary to much recent opinion, many medieval writers and thinkers accepted delight and enjoyment as valid goals of literature without always demanding moral profit as well.Drawing on a vast amount of primary material, including contemporary medical manuscripts and printed texts, Olson discusses theatrics, humanist literary criticism, prologues to romances and fabliaux, and Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. He offers an extended examination of the framing story of Boccaccio's Decameron. Although intended principally as a contribution to the history of medieval literary theory and criticism, Literature as Recreation in the Later Middle Ages makes use of medical, psychological, and sociological insights that lead to a fuller understanding of late medieval secular culture.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910147135203321

Titolo

Pacific historical review

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Glendale, Calif., : Arthur H. Clark Co., 1932-

ISSN

1533-8584

Disciplina

979.5

Soggetti

Pan-Pacific relations

Relations panpacifiques

Publications périodiques

Histoire

periodicals.

History

Periodicals.

Zeitschrift

Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme)

Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme)

Périodiques.

Pacific Coast (U.S.) History Periodicals

Pacifique, Côte du (États-Unis) Histoire Périodiques

Région du Pacifique

United States Pacific Coast



2

7.100

Pacific Coast (North America) History Periodicals

Côte du Pacifique (États-Unis)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico

Note generali

Refereed/Peer-reviewed

Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1939-

Title from cover (JSTOR, viewed Dec. 6, 2006).