1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457149203321

Autore

Lecce Steven <1970->

Titolo

Against perfectionism : defending liberal neutrality / / Steven Lecce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2008

©2008

ISBN

1-4426-8733-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (361 p.)

Disciplina

320.51

Soggetti

Liberalism - Philosophy

Liberalism - Moral and ethical aspects

Political ethics

Political science - Philosophy

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART ONE. Three Classic Controversies -- 1. Putting Up with Heresy -- 2. Freedom for Eccentrics -- 3. Is Prostitution Unpatriotic? -- PART TWO. Liberalism Today -- 4. Should Liberals be Perfectionists? -- 5. The Continuity Thesis -- 6. Contract Killing: A Critique -- PART THREE. Defending Liberal Neutrality -- 7. Democratic Equality -- 8. Against the Epistemic Turn -- 9. Beyond the Basic Structure -- 10. How Political Is the Personal? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

In a democracy, political authority should be determined independently of religious, philosophical, and ethical ideals that often divide us. This idea, called liberal neutrality, challenges one of the oldest insights of the Western philosophical tradition in politics. At least since Plato, the concept of perfectionism has insisted that statecraft is akin to "soulcraft," and political questions about the justification of state power have followed from ethical questions about what is valuable in life and about how we should live if we are to live well. Against Perfectionism defends neutralist liberalism as the most appropriate political morality for democratic societies. Steven Lecce investigates the theoretical



foundations of liberalism, bringing together classic and contemporary arguments about the implications of pluralism for liberal equality. He surveys three classic debates over the grounds and limits of tolerance, and investigates the limits of perfectionism as a guide to law and public policy in pluralist societies. Lecce ultimately suggests a version of neutrality that answers the critiques recently leveled against it as a political ideal. Presenting sophisticated and groundbreaking arguments, Against Perfectionism is a call to rethink current concepts of law and public policy in democratic societies.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910566466303321

Autore

Winter Kawika B

Titolo

Biocultural Restoration in Hawaiʻi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basel, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (304 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Biocultural restoration is a process by which the various connections between humanity and nature, as well as between People and Place are revived to restore the health and function of social-ecological systems. This collection explores the subject of biocultural restoration and does so within the context of Hawaiʻi, the most remote archipelago on the planet. The Hawaiian Renaissance, which started in the 1970s, has led to a revival of Hawaiian language, practices, philosophy, spirituality, knowledge systems, and systems of resource management. Many of the leading Indigenous and local scholars of Hawaiʻi who were born into the time of the Hawaiian Renaissance contributed to this collection. More than a third of the authors are of Indigenous Hawaiian ancestry; each paper had at least one Indigenous Hawaiian author, and several papers



had a Hawaiian lead author, making this the largest collection to date of scientific publications authored by Indigenous Hawaiians (Kānaka ʻŌiwi). In addition, the majority of authors are women, and two of the papers had 100 percent authorship by women. This collection represents a new emphasis in applied participatory research that involves academics, government agencies, communities and both private and non-profit sectors.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910619464803321

Autore

Paraforos Dimitrios

Titolo

Sustainable Agriculture and Advances of Remote Sensing (Volume 2)

Pubbl/distr/stampa

MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2022

ISBN

3-0365-5336-3

Descrizione fisica

1 electronic resource (322 p.)

Soggetti

Research & information: general

Geography

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Agriculture, as the main source of alimentation and the most important economic activity globally, is being affected by the impacts of climate change. To maintain and increase our global food system production, to reduce biodiversity loss and preserve our natural ecosystem, new practices and technologies are required. This book focuses on the latest advances in remote sensing technology and agricultural engineering leading to the sustainable agriculture practices. Earth observation data, in situ and proxy-remote sensing data are the main source of information for monitoring and analyzing agriculture activities. Particular attention is given to earth observation satellites and the Internet of Things for data collection, to multispectral and hyperspectral data analysis using machine learning and deep learning, to WebGIS and the Internet of Things for sharing and publication of the



results, among others.

4.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910824252903321

Autore

De Waal Thomas

Titolo

Great catastrophe : Armenians and Turks in the shadow of genocide / / Thomas de Waal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , [2015]

©2015

ISBN

0-19-935071-X

0-19-935070-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (313 p.)

Classificazione

HIS003000HIS012000HIS037070

Disciplina

956.6/20154

Soggetti

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 - Influence

Armenian Genocide, 1915-1923 - Political aspects

Memory - Political aspects - Armenia

Memory - Political aspects - Turkey

Collective memory - Turkey

Genocide - Political aspects

Armenia Relations Turkey

Turkey Relations Armenia

Turkey Ethnic relations

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

MAP 1: THE OTTOMAN EMPIRE IN 1914 -- MAP 2: TURKEY IN 2014 -- INTRODUCTION: REQUIEM IN DIYARBAKIR -- THE CATASTROPHE -- THE HISTORY -- FROM VAN TO LAUSANNE -- ASPECTS OF FORGETTING -- POST-WAR POLITICS -- AWAKENING -- ASSAILING TURKEY -- A TURKISH THAW -- INDEPENDENT ARMENIA -- THE PROTOCOLS -- HIDDEN HISTORIES IN DIYARBAKIR -- TWO MEMORIALS IN ISTANBUL.

Sommario/riassunto

"The destruction of the Armenians of the Ottoman Empire in 1915-16 was a brutal mass crime that prefigured other genocides in the 20th century. By various estimates, more than a million Armenians were



killed and the survivors were scattered across the world. Although it is now a century old, the issue of what most of the world calls the Armenian Genocide of 1915 has not been consigned to history. It is a live and divisive political issue that mobilizes Armenians across the world, touches the identity and politics of modern Turkey, and has consumed the attention of U.S. politicians for years. In Great Catastrophe, the eminent scholar and reporter Thomas de Waal looks at the changing narratives and politics of the Armenian Genocide and tells the story of recent efforts by courageous Armenians, Kurds, and Turks to come to terms with the disaster as Turkey enters a new post-Kemalist era. The story of what happened to the Armenians in 1915-16 is well-known. Here we are told the much less well-known story of what happened to Armenians, Kurds, and Turks in its aftermath. First Armenians were divided between the Soviet Union and a worldwide diaspora, with different generations and communities of Armenians constructing new identities, while bitter intra-Armenian quarrels sometimes broke out into violence. In Turkey, the Armenian issue was initially forgotten and suppressed, only to return to the political agenda in the context of the Cold War, an outbreak of Armenian terrorism in the 1970s and the growth of modern 'identity politics' in the age of genocide-consciousness. In the last decade, Turkey has begun to confront its taboos and finally face up to the Armenian issue. New, more sophisticated histories are being written of the deportations of 1915, now with the collaboration of Turkish scholars. In Turkey itself there has been an astonishing revival of oral history, with tens of thousands of people coming out of the shadows to reveal a long-suppressed Armenian identity. However, a normalization process between the Armenian and Turkish states broke down in 2010. Drawing on archival sources, reportage and moving personal stories, de Waal tells the full story of Armenian-Turkish relations since the Genocide in all its extraordinary twists and turns. He strips away the propaganda to look both at the realities of a terrible historical crime and also the divisive 'politics of genocide' it produced. The book throws light not only on our understanding of Armenian-Turkish relations but also of how mass atrocities and historical tragedies shape contemporary politics"--