Justice for hedgehogs / / Ronald Dworkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910954775903321
• Autore: Dworkin Ronald
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, MA, : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011
• ISBN: 9780674071964; 0674071964; 9780674059337; 0674059336
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (521 p.)
• Disciplina: 170/.44
• Soggetti: Values; Ethics
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Baedeker -- Part One. In depen dence -- 2 Truth in Morals -- 3 External Skepticism -- 4 Morals and Causes -- 5 Internal Skepticism -- Part Two. Interpretation -- 6 Moral Responsibility -- 7 Interpretation in General -- 8 Conceptual Interpretation -- Part Three. Ethics -- 9 Dignity -- 10 Free Will and Responsibility -- Part Four. Morality -- 11 From Dignity to Morality -- 12 Aid -- 13 Harm -- 14 Obligations -- Part Five. Politics -- 15 Political Rights and Concepts -- 16 Equality -- 17 Liberty -- 18 Democracy -- 19 Law -- Epilogue: Dignity Indivisible -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In Dworkin’s master work, the central thesis is that all areas of value depend on one another. This is one, big thing that the hedgehog knows, in contrast to the fox, who knows many little things. Dworkin’s understanding of the relationship—between ethics, morality, and political morality—is significantly revised and also greatly elaborated. He argues that “dignity” is the essential core of living well and that a satisfactory account of dignity would, in turn, point to two principles. The first states that it is objectively important that each person’s life go well; and the second that each person has a special responsibility for identifying what counts as success in his or her own life. Dworkin believes that values cohere and that in order to defend that coherence ; he has to take up a broad variety of philosophical issues that are not normally treated in one book. He discusses the metaphysics of value, the character of truth, the nature of interpretation, the conditions of agreement and disagreement, the phenomenon of moral responsibility and the problem of free will as well as more substantive issues of ethical, moral and legal theory.

The focus group guidebook / / David L. Morgan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910958313203321
• Autore: Morgan David L
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif., : SAGE Publications, c1998
• ISBN: 9781506320700; 1506320708; 9781483328164; 1483328163; 9781452250151; 1452250154
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xiv, 103 p.) : 1 port
• Collana: Focus group kit ; ; v. 1; Focus group kit ; ; 1
• Disciplina: 001.433
• Soggetti: Focus groups; Social sciences - Methodology; Social sciences - Research
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliography (p. 99-100) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction to the Focus Group Kit; Chapter 1 - About This Book; An Introduction to Focus Groups; First Encounters with Focus Groups; Chapter 2 - Why Should You Use Focus Groups?; Listening and Learning; Strengths of Qualitative Data; Projects that Use Focus Groups; Problem Identification; Planning; Implementation; Assessment; Chapter 3 - Focus Groups in Use: Six Case Studies; Case 1: Designing a First Effort at Quality Improvement; Case 2: Evaluating a Training Center; Case 3: ; Assessing Community Needs; Case 4: Creating an Educational Booklet; Case 5: Generating Items for a Survey QuestionnaireCase 6: Anticipating Responses to a Major Change; Chapter 4 - What Focus Groups are (and Are Not); Focus Groups are a Research Method; Focus Groups are Focused; Focus Groups Use Group Discussions; A Few Things That are Not Focus Groups; Chapter 5 - A Capsule History of Focus Groups; Social Science Origins; The Move to Marketing; A Widespread Research Method; The Future of Focus Groups; Chapter 6 - Some Myths about Focus Groups; Focus Groups are Low-Cost and Quick; Focus Groups Require Professional Moderators; Focus Groups Require Special FacilitiesFocus Groups Must Consist of Strangers; Focus Groups Will Not Work for Sensitive Topics; Focus Groups Produce Conformity; Focus Groups must be Validated by Other Methods; Focus Groups Tell You How People Will Behave; Some Beliefs that should be Encouraged; Chapter 7 - What do You Get from Focus Groups?; Reasonable Expectations; Appropriate Uses for Focus Groups; Consider Focus Groups When There is a Gap between People; Consider Focus Groups When Investigating Complex Behaviors and Motivations; Consider Focus Groups When You Want to Understand Diversity; Consider Focus Groups When You Need a Friendly, Respectful Research MethodInappropriate Uses for Focus Groups; Avoid Focus Groups When They Imply Commitments You Cannot Keep; Avoid Focus Groups If the Participants are Not Comfortable with Each Other; Avoid Focus Groups When the Topic is not Appropriate for the Participants; Avoid Focus Groups When a Project Requires Statistical Data; Chapter 8 - Resources Required to do Focus Groups; Planning; Recruiting; Moderating; Analyzing and Reporting; Other Costs; Chapter 9 - It's All about Relationships: Working Together; Sponsors; Relationships between Sponsors and ResearchersThe Relationship between the Sponsor and the Participants; Researchers; Participants; Chapter 10 - Ethical Issues; Are Participants ""At Risk?""; Privacy: Basic Issues; Privacy: The Sponsor's Relationship to the Participants; Privacy: What the Participants Learn about Each Other; Dealing with Stressful Topics; Setting Boundaries; Protecting the Sponsor's Privacy; Chapter 11 - Checklist: Are Focus Groups Right for You?; References; Index to the Focus Group Kit; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: 'The Focus Group Guide Book' is part of the six-volume Focus Group Kit, which offers the information needed to conduct a state-of-the-art focus group, from the initial planning stages through to analysing and reporting the data.