1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910461814603321

Titolo

The ethics of animal research [[electronic resource] ] : exploring the controversy / / edited by Jeremy R. Garrett

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, 2012

ISBN

0-262-30085-0

0-262-30160-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (357 p.)

Collana

Basic bioethics

Altri autori (Persone)

GarrettJeremy R

Disciplina

179/.4

Soggetti

Animal experimentation - 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

""Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contributors""; ""1 The Ethics of Animal Research: An Overview of the Debate""; ""I Animal Research: Ethical and Scientific Starting Points""; ""2 Ethics and Animal Research""; ""3 The Evolutionary Basis for Animal Research""; ""II Bringing Moral Theory to Bear on Animal Research""; ""4 Defending Animal Research: An International Perspective""; ""5 Animal Experimentation, Marginal Cases, and the Significance of Suffering""; ""6 Lives in the Balance: Utilitarianism andAnimal Research""; ""7 Empty Cages: Animal Rights and Vivisection""

""8 Virtue, Vice, and Vivisection""""9 Contractarianism, Animals, and Risk""; ""III The Ethics of Animal Research in the New Era of Biotechnology""; ""10 Ethical Issues Concerning Transgenic Animals in Biomedical Research""; ""11 Casuistry and the Moral Continuum: valuating Animal Biotechnology""; ""IV Making Progress in the Debate: Alternative Paths Forward""; ""12 Debating the Value of Animal Research""; ""13 The Commonsense Case against Animal Experimentation""; ""14 Rational Engagement, Emotional Response, and the Prospects for Moral Progress in Animal Use “Debates�""

""15 Animal Rights Advocacy and Modern Medicine: The Charge of Hypocrisy""""16 We�re All Animals: A Feminist Treatment of the Moral Limits of Nonhuman Animal Research""; ""Index""



Sommario/riassunto

This volume explores the ethical controversies that have arisen over animal research, examining closely the complex scientific philosophical, moral, and legal issues involved.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787131903321

Titolo

Discourse segmentation in Romance languages / / edited by Salvador Pons Bordería, University of Valencia/IULMA

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

90-272-6950-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (282 p.)

Collana

Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, , 0922-842X ; ; volume 250

Disciplina

440/.045

Soggetti

Romance languages - Syntax

Romance languages - Grammar, Historical

Romance languages - Discourse analysis

Romance languages - Conversation analysis

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

Discourse Segmentation in Romance Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Models of discourse segmentation in Romance languages; 1. Toward discourse segmentation; 1.1 In the beginning, there was the sentence; 1.2 Spoken language studies: from Romanticism to discourse segmentation; 1.3 The issue of the "new syntax"; 1.4 Prosody joins the party; 1.5 Summary; 2. Outline of the models in this volume; 2.1 Basel Model (BM); 2.2 Geneva Model (GM) and Fribourg Group Model (FM); 2.2.1 Geneva Model; 2.2.2 Fribourg Group Model (FM); 2.3 Val.Es.Co Model

2.4 Co-enunciation Model (CEM)2.5 Prominence Demarcation Model (PDM); 2.6 Basic Discourse Units Model (BDU); 3. Conclusions; References; The Basel Model for paragraph segmentation; 1. Introduction; 2. The basic conception behind the Basel Model; 2.1 The semantico-pragmatic organisation of the paragraph; 2.2 The meaning



and nature of linguistic indications; 3. Communication Unit (CU) and Utterance (U); 3.1 The role of language; 3.2 The marking of Utterance boundaries; 4. Information Unit (IU); 4.1 The information structures of the Utterance

4.2 The hierarchico-informational structure in general: the nature, textual relevance and linguistic properties thereof4.3 The Nucleus and the Focus; 4.4 The Frame and the Appendix (in dialogue with Edoardo Lombardi Vallauri); 5. Conclusion. The information structure of the Utterance as interface between the linguistico-grammatical management and the textual management of discourse; References; The contribution of the Basel model to the description of polyfunctional discourse markers; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Accounting for discourse markers through Models of discourse units

1.2 Accounting for the polyfunctionality of discourse markers: From their syntactic and semantic properties to their discourse functions through information structure2. Syntactic and semantic properties of It. anche, Fr. aussi, Sp. también; 2.1 Focus adverbs; 2.1.1 Syntactic properties; 2.2.2 Semantic properties; 2.2 Connectives; 2.2.1 Additive connectives; 2.2.2 Consecutive connective; 3. Information status and textual properties of It. anche, Fr. aussi, Sp. también; 3.1 Anche/Aussi/También in the Nuclear Unit of the Utterance; 3.1.1 Anche/Aussi/También with additional linguistic material

3.1.2 Anche/Aussi/También with no additional linguistic material3.2 Anche/Aussi/También in the Frame Information Unit; 3.2.1 Anche/Aussi/También with additional linguistic material; 3.2.2 Anche/Aussi/También with no additional linguistic material; 3.3 Anche/Aussi/También in the Appendix Information Unit; 3.3.1 Anche/Aussi/También with additional linguistic material; 3.3.2 Anche/Aussi/También with no additional linguistic material; 4. Concluding remarks; 4.1 The assets of the Basel Model of paragraph segmentation; 4.2 Cross-linguistic remarks; Corpora; References

Parenthetical verbs as a challenge for discourse units

Sommario/riassunto

This chapter presents an empirical study of the left periphery of Basic Discourse Units, viz. the linguistic segments that speakers and hearers use to interpret the discourse they are engaged in. A Basic Discourse Unit is bound by the mapping of a syntactic (dependency) structure and a major intonation unit, giving rise to different types of discourse units (congruent, syntax-bound, intonation-bound, regulatory). Focusing on the discourse units' Left Peripheral Elements, which are again defined in syntactic and prosodic terms, we show that they fulfil different discourse structuring roles.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910798496703321

Autore

Yarrow Andy

Titolo

Future of work : how should we prepare for the new economy? / / Andrew Yarrow

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Ashland, Oregon] : , : National Issues Forums Institute, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-943028-08-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (16 p.)

Disciplina

301.4442

Soggetti

Labor

Labor - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; About This Issue Guide; Introduction: The Future of Work: How Should We Prepare for the New Economy?; Option One: Free to Succeed; Free from Dictates; The Spirit of Innovation; Barriers to Success; What We Could Do; Option Two: An Equal Chance to Succeed; Education Is Critical; The Cost of Higher Education; Not Just Four Years; Not Just Education; What We Could Do; Option Three: Choose the Future We Want; A Wave of Change; Choosing the Jobs of the Future; What We Could Do; Summary: The Future of Work: How Should We Prepare for the New Economy?