Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1778
Book Description
Report
Author: United States. Congress. House
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1778
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 1778
Book Description
A Theory of Intergenerational Justice
Author: Joerg Chet Tremmel
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849774366
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This highly accessible book provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how we should protect future generations. It exposes how and why the interests of people today and those of future generations are often in conflict and what can be done. It rebuts critical concepts such as Parfits' non-identity paradox and Beckerman's denial of any possibility of intergenerational justice. The core of the book is the lucid application of a veil of ignorance to derive principles of intergenerational justice which show that our duties to posterity are stronger than is often supposed. Tremmel's approach demands that each generation both consider and improve the well-being of future generations. To measure the well-being of future generations Tremmel employs the Human Development Index rather than the metrics of utilitarian subjective happiness. The book thus answers in detailed, concrete terms the two most important questions of every theory of intergenerational justice: what to sustain? and how much to sustain?
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849774366
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This highly accessible book provides an extensive and comprehensive overview of current research and theory about why and how we should protect future generations. It exposes how and why the interests of people today and those of future generations are often in conflict and what can be done. It rebuts critical concepts such as Parfits' non-identity paradox and Beckerman's denial of any possibility of intergenerational justice. The core of the book is the lucid application of a veil of ignorance to derive principles of intergenerational justice which show that our duties to posterity are stronger than is often supposed. Tremmel's approach demands that each generation both consider and improve the well-being of future generations. To measure the well-being of future generations Tremmel employs the Human Development Index rather than the metrics of utilitarian subjective happiness. The book thus answers in detailed, concrete terms the two most important questions of every theory of intergenerational justice: what to sustain? and how much to sustain?
A History of the Architecture of the USDA Forest Service
Author: John R. Grosvenor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Essentials of Shinto
Author: Stuart Picken
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313369798
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Shinto is finally receiving the attention it deserves as a fundamental component of Japanese culture. Nevertheless, it remains a remarkably complex and elusive phenomenon to which Western categories of religion do not readily apply. A knowledge of Shinto can only proceed from a basic understanding of Japanese shrines and civilization, for it is closely intermingled with the Japanese way of life and continues to be a vital natural religion. This book is a convenient guide to Shinto thought. As a reference work, the volume does not offer a detailed critical study of all aspects of Shinto. Instead, it overviews the essential teachings of Shinto and provides the necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Shinto as a dynamic force in Japanese civilization. The book begins with an historical overview of Shinto, followed by a discussion of Japanese myths. The volume then discusses the role of shrines, which are central to Shinto rituals. Other portions of the book discuss the various Shinto sects and the evolution of Shinto from the Heian period to the present. Because Japanese terms are central to Shinto, the work includes a glossary.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313369798
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Shinto is finally receiving the attention it deserves as a fundamental component of Japanese culture. Nevertheless, it remains a remarkably complex and elusive phenomenon to which Western categories of religion do not readily apply. A knowledge of Shinto can only proceed from a basic understanding of Japanese shrines and civilization, for it is closely intermingled with the Japanese way of life and continues to be a vital natural religion. This book is a convenient guide to Shinto thought. As a reference work, the volume does not offer a detailed critical study of all aspects of Shinto. Instead, it overviews the essential teachings of Shinto and provides the necessary cultural and historical context for understanding Shinto as a dynamic force in Japanese civilization. The book begins with an historical overview of Shinto, followed by a discussion of Japanese myths. The volume then discusses the role of shrines, which are central to Shinto rituals. Other portions of the book discuss the various Shinto sects and the evolution of Shinto from the Heian period to the present. Because Japanese terms are central to Shinto, the work includes a glossary.
The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics
Author: Steven L. Gersen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Enlightening and accessible, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics constitutes an indispensable reference for today's physicians who depend on the cytogenetics laboratory for the diagnosis of their patients.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN:
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 580
Book Description
Enlightening and accessible, The Principles of Clinical Cytogenetics constitutes an indispensable reference for today's physicians who depend on the cytogenetics laboratory for the diagnosis of their patients.
Report on Veterans' Services
Author: United States. Department of Labor
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Veterans
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Standard Metropolitan Statistical Areas
Author: United States. Bureau of the Budget. Office of Statistical Standards
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metropolitan areas
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metropolitan areas
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus
Author: Dwight Reynolds
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000289540
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This volume presents the documentation that has come down to us, accompanied by critical and detailed analyses of the sources written in Arabic, Old Catalan, Castilian, Hebrew, and Latin. It is also informed by research the author has conducted on modern Andalusian musical traditions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. While the cultural achievements of medieval Muslim Spain have been the topic of a large number of scholarly and popular publications in recent decades, what may arguably be its most enduring contribution – music – has been almost entirely neglected. The overarching purpose of this work is to elucidate as clearly as possible the many different types of musical interactions that took place in medieval Iberia and the complexity of the various borrowings, adaptations, hybridizations, and appropriations involved.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000289540
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
The Musical Heritage of Al-Andalus is a critical account of the history of Andalusian music in Iberia from the Islamic conquest of 711 to the final expulsion of the Moriscos (Spanish Muslims converted to Christianity) in the early 17th century. This volume presents the documentation that has come down to us, accompanied by critical and detailed analyses of the sources written in Arabic, Old Catalan, Castilian, Hebrew, and Latin. It is also informed by research the author has conducted on modern Andalusian musical traditions in Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Lebanon and Syria. While the cultural achievements of medieval Muslim Spain have been the topic of a large number of scholarly and popular publications in recent decades, what may arguably be its most enduring contribution – music – has been almost entirely neglected. The overarching purpose of this work is to elucidate as clearly as possible the many different types of musical interactions that took place in medieval Iberia and the complexity of the various borrowings, adaptations, hybridizations, and appropriations involved.
Trisomy 21
Author: G.R. Burgio
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642680062
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
With contributions by numerous experts
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642680062
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
With contributions by numerous experts
Summary of the Old-age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance System
Author: United States. Social Security Administration. Division of the Actuary
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Old age pensions
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description