In our name [[electronic resource] ] : the ethics of democracy / / Eric Beerbohm

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451830503321
• Autore: Beerbohm Eric Anthony <1975->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 1-280-49412-3; 9786613589354; 1-4008-4238-7
• Edizione: [Course Book]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (367 p.)
• Disciplina: 172
• Soggetti: Democracy - Moral and ethical aspects; 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: Preface -- Introduction -- How to value democracy -- Paper stones, the ethics of participation -- Philosophers-citizens -- Superdeliberators -- What is it like to be a citizen? -- Democracy's ethics of belief -- The division of democratic labor -- Representing principles -- Democratic complicity -- Not in my name, macrodemocratic design.
• Sommario/riassunto: When a government in a democracy acts in our name, are we, as citizens, responsible for those acts? What if the government commits a moral crime? The protestor's slogan--"Not in our name!"--testifies to the need to separate ourselves from the wrongs of our leaders. Yet the idea that individual citizens might bear a special responsibility for political wrongdoing is deeply puzzling for ordinary morality and leading theories of democracy. In Our Name explains how citizens may be morally exposed to the failures of their representatives and state institutions, and how complicity is the professional hazard of democratic citizenship. Confronting the ethical challenges that citizens are faced with in a self-governing democracy, Eric Beerbohm proposes institutional remedies for dealing with them. Beerbohm questions prevailing theories of democracy for failing to account for our dual position as both citizens and subjects. Showing that the obligation to ; participate in the democratic process is even greater when we risk serving as accomplices to wrongdoing, Beerbohm argues for a distinctive division of labor between citizens and their representatives that charges lawmakers with the responsibility of incorporating their constituents' moral principles into their reasoning about policy. Grappling with the practical issues of democratic decision making, In Our Name engages with political science, law, and psychology to envision mechanisms for citizens seeking to avoid democratic complicity.

Wisdom for life : essays offered to honor Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ on the occasion of his eightieth birthday / / edited by Nuria Calduch-Benages

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828622603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin, Germany : , : De Gruyter, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 3-11-036979-6; 3-11-030164-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Collana: Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, , 0934-2575 ; ; Volume 445
• Classificazione: BC 7600
• Disciplina: 223/.06
• Soggetti: Wisdom literature - Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Proverbs -- A Profile of the Septuagint Proverbs / Fox, Michael V. -- Abraham, maître de sagesse selon l'idéal des Proverbes / Ska, Jean Louis -- Von der "Anstrengung des Begriffs" (Spr 1,3) und von "Not" und "Not wendender Kraft" (Spr 24,10.11-12) / Jüngling, Hans-Winfried -- The Words of Agur (Prov 30:1-9) and the Book of Proverbs: Some Historico-Anthropological Considerations / Passaro, Angelo -- Job -- Job et la main de Dieu / Mies, Françoise -- Courtroom Imagery: The Neglected Background of Job 5:1 / Iwanski, Dariusz -- Ein Phönix in Ijob 29,18? / Egger-Wenzel, Renate -- The Optical Illusion: Job and the Reasons for a ; Protest (Job 29-31) / Pinto, Sebastiano -- Qoheleth -- Qoheleth's Hatred of Life: A Passing Phase or an Enduring Sentiment? / Crenshaw, James L. -- Power in Qoheleth and the Prophets / Asurmendi, Jesús M. -- Qoheleth and Sirach: A Comparison / Corley, Jeremy -- The Snowball and the Cord of Three Strands: Qoh 4:12b in the Rabbinic Tradition / Bardski, Krzysztof -- Ben Sira -- Parallels of Ben Sira's Wisdom in Tobit 4:3-19 / Di Lella, Alexander A. / M, O.F. -- Ben Sira 23:27 - A Pivotal Verse / Calduch-Benages, Nuria -- A Rereading of the Primeval Narratives: Ben Sira 40:1-17 and 16:26-17:4 / Beentjes, Pancratius C. -- "Perform your work promptly, and, in his time, he will give you your reward" (SirG 51:30). Some Observations on the Use of ἕργον/ מעשה in the Book of Ben Sira / Palmisano, Maria Carmela -- Wisdom of Solomon -- The Antithetical Pair "to punish" and "to benefit" (koλάζω and εύεργειέω) in the Book of Wisdom / Mazzinghi, Luca -- The Hereafter in the Book of Wisdom (Wisdom 1-3) / Nobile, Marco -- Building a Temple to Wisdom (Wis 9:8) / Priotto, Michelangelo -- L'έπιείκεια divine ou la mesure du jugement selon Sg 11,15-12,27 / Leproux, Alexis -- Psalms -- Quand la structure révèle un sens: Les Psaumes «quasi-alphabétiques» 33 et 103 / Vermeylen, Jacques -- Melchizedek in Psalm 110:4 / Spreafico, Ambrogio -- The Structure of Psalm 111 / Barbiero, Gianni -- PsG 117:22-23 and the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers / De Zan, Renato -- Bibliography of Prof. Maurice Gilbert, SJ (2000-2014) -- List of Abbreviations -- Index of Authors -- Index of References
• Sommario/riassunto: Professor Maurice Gilbert SJ is widely acknowledged as one of the leading authorities on biblical wisdom literature, in particular the Book of Ben Sira and the Wisdom of Solomon, on which he has produced many publications. This Festschrift, the third one in his honor, brings together twenty-four essays written by both established scholars who are friends and colleagues of Professor Gilbert and younger members of the field who wrote their doctoral dissertation under his guidance at the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Rome. There he was rector (1978-1984) and full professor until his retirement (1975-2011). The volume is divided into six main sections, focusing respectively on Proverbs, Job, Qoheleth, Sirach, Wisdom of Solomon, and Psalms. Some essays display rigorous attention to textual and linguistic issues, whereas others deal with more theological questions (fear before God, joy in Qoheleth, arguments for justice in Wisdom of Solomon) or focus on the comparison between two books (for instance, Qoheleth and Sirach, Sirach and Genesis, Sirach and Tobit).

Open Access : L'accesso aperto alla letteratura scientifica

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910166656003321
• Autore: Maria Teresa Miconi
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Ledizioni
• ISBN: 88-6705-366-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Soggetti: Mathematics and Science
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Italiano
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: Nonostante l'Open Access, vale a dire la disponibilità libera e gratuita dei contenuti in internet, sia ormai un'iniziativa conosciuta, ci sono ancora idee molto confuse e interpretazioni erronee su alcune delle sue caratteristiche e sul suo funzionamento. In quest'opera, Ernest Abadal ha l'obiettivo di chiarire i dubbi e fraintendimenti più frequenti riguardo l'Open Access, presentando le basi teoriche di questo sistema, il ruolo delle riviste scientifiche e l'attitudine dei ricercatori, nonché una stima di quali siano le prospettive future. Questa guida si rivolge tanto agli accademici e ai dirigenti universitari, quanto agli editori e ai professionisti in ambito bibliotecario. L'edizione italiana è stata realizzata con la collaborazione di Maria Teresa Miconi, professoressa di Bibliografia e Biblioteconomia dell'Università di Macerata e riconosciuta esperta di Open Access. La prefazione è a cura di Giovanni Solimine, professore di Biblioteconomia all'Università di Roma La Sapienza, dove è anche presidente del Sistema bibliotecario di Ateneo e direttore della Scuola di Specializzazione in beni archivistici e librari.