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Behind Barbed Wire: An Encyclopedia of Concentration and Prisoner-of-War Camps
by Alexander MikaberidzeAn indispensable reference on concentration camps, death camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and military prisons offering broad historical coverage as well as detailed analysis of the nature of captivity in modern conflict.This comprehensive reference work examines internment, forced labor, and extermination during times of war and genocide, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries and particular attention paid to World War II and recent conflicts in the Middle East. It explores internment as it has been used as a weapon and led to crimes against humanity and is ideal for students of global studies, history, and political science as well as politically and socially aware general readers.In addition to entries on such notorious camps as Abu Ghraib, Andersonville, Auschwitz, and the Hanoi Hilton, the encyclopedia includes profiles of key perpetrators of camp and prison atrocities and more than a dozen curated and contextualized primary source documents that further illuminate the subject. Primary sources include United Nations documents outlining the treatment of prisoners of war, government reports of infamous camp and prison atrocities, and oral histories from survivors of these notorious facilities.
Behind Barbed Wire: An Encyclopedia of Concentration and Prisoner-of-War Camps
by Editor Alexander MikaberidzeAn indispensable reference on concentration camps, death camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and military prisons offering broad historical coverage as well as detailed analysis of the nature of captivity in modern conflict.This comprehensive reference work examines internment, forced labor, and extermination during times of war and genocide, with a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries and particular attention paid to World War II and recent conflicts in the Middle East. It explores internment as it has been used as a weapon and led to crimes against humanity and is ideal for students of global studies, history, and political science as well as politically and socially aware general readers.In addition to entries on such notorious camps as Abu Ghraib, Andersonville, Auschwitz, and the Hanoi Hilton, the encyclopedia includes profiles of key perpetrators of camp and prison atrocities and more than a dozen curated and contextualized primary source documents that further illuminate the subject. Primary sources include United Nations documents outlining the treatment of prisoners of war, government reports of infamous camp and prison atrocities, and oral histories from survivors of these notorious facilities.
Behind Bars: On punishment, prison & release
by Lady Unchained***** 'So deeply gripping and inspiring...It will stay with me, always.' - Annie MacmanusIn 2008, 21-year-old Lady Unchained got involved in a fight in a club while trying to protect her sister.Serving 11 months of her prison sentence, her life changed completely. Inside, Lady Unchained began to write, while battling isolation, loneliness and the fear of being wrongly deported. These notes became powerful bars of poetry, capturing first-hand the broken justice system and the racism rooted within it.Wide-awake poetry, Behind Bars traces how Lady Unchained's identity was irrevocably changed during her sentencing, time in prison and release.Behind Bars proves there is life after prison.
Behind The Blue Line: My fight against racism and discrimination in the Police
by Gurpal VirdiOn Wednesday 15 April 1998, Detective Sergeant Gurpal Singh Virdi was arrested and accused of sending racist hate mail to himself and ethnic minority colleagues. Dismissed from the Metropolitan Police Service, his reputation in ruins, Virdi took his case to an employment tribunal which judged that he had been a victim of racial discrimination. Completely vindicated, Virdi was reinstated to the job he loved – but his travails were far from over. Constantly overlooked for promotion, he realised that by challenging the Met he had effectively ended his career.Following his retirement from the force and keen to serve his local community, Virdi decided to run for election as a Labour councillor – but, prior to the election, he was arrested a second time. The allegations levelled against him were horrifying: he stood accused of sexually assaulting an underage prisoner nearly thirty years earlier. Yet when the case went to trial, a jury took less than fifty minutes to clear Virdi of all charges, with the judge noting the likelihood of a conspiracy behind the case. But the damage had been done.Behind the Blue Line is Virdi’s deeply shocking account of how one of Britain’s biggest institutions brought the apparatus of the state to bear in a campaign to destroy the life of one of its own officers.
Behind Closed Doors in White South Africa: Incest Survivors Tell their Stories
by D. RussellThe intent in this book is to tear away the veil of secrecy that surrounds incestuous abuse in white South Africa by presenting five in-depth personal accounts of this heinous form of sexual exploitation as told by the survivors. Each of these accounts includes an analysis of important incest-related issues raised by the survivor's story. Another objective is to explore the connections between the often cruel sexual exploitation of girls by their white male relatives and the brutal exploitation of black people by white men in South Africa.
Behind the Mask: Regulating Health and Safety in Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Routledge Revivals)
by John PatersonThis title was first published n 2000: The most recent developments in occupational health and safety regulation in the UK’s offshore oil industry represent a departure from traditional legal forms. But how should they best be understood and what advantages do they offer over the previous regulatory approaches? Informed by autopoiesis theory, this study takes seriously the notion of an empirical field constituted by diverse communicative systems and thus traces the development of the industry along a series of dimensions including those of management and engineering as well as of politics and regulation. Adapting cognitive mapping, the book offers graphic demonstrations of the resultant constructive misunderstandings of regulatory and scientific signals and accordingly an alternative perspective on the nature of risk. The latest regulatory developments are shown to possess the potential to address these issues but only insofar as they are understood as distinct from previous legal forms and in particular as an example of reflexive law.
Behind the Mask: Regulating Health and Safety in Britain's Offshore Oil and Gas Industry (Routledge Revivals)
by John PatersonThis title was first published n 2000: The most recent developments in occupational health and safety regulation in the UK’s offshore oil industry represent a departure from traditional legal forms. But how should they best be understood and what advantages do they offer over the previous regulatory approaches? Informed by autopoiesis theory, this study takes seriously the notion of an empirical field constituted by diverse communicative systems and thus traces the development of the industry along a series of dimensions including those of management and engineering as well as of politics and regulation. Adapting cognitive mapping, the book offers graphic demonstrations of the resultant constructive misunderstandings of regulatory and scientific signals and accordingly an alternative perspective on the nature of risk. The latest regulatory developments are shown to possess the potential to address these issues but only insofar as they are understood as distinct from previous legal forms and in particular as an example of reflexive law.
Behind the Veil: A Critical Analysis of European Veiling Laws (Elgar Studies in Human Rights)
by Neville CoxSince the early 2010s, an increasing number of European countries have passed laws that prohibit the wearing of various kinds of Islamic veil in particular circumstances. This insightful book considers the arguments used to justify such laws and analyses the legitimacy of these arguments both generally and in regards to whether such laws can be seen as justified interferences with the rights of women who wish to wear such garments. This timely book considers the most recently passed European laws that target Islamic veiling. The author situates the justifications for anti-veiling laws in the context of a careful analysis of the reasons why women wear veils, and considers these justifications by reference to emerging debates surrounding the relative value of liberalism and human rights, multiculturalism, and the need to protect ‘traditional values’. The book concludes that these laws are best viewed as symbolic strikes at a recognisable symbol of an ideological opponent, theorising that their principal purpose is to enable particular countries to reaffirm traditional values in a context of increased domestic opposition to multiculturalism. This engaging work will be valuable reading for students and scholars of human rights law, Islamic law and those interested specifically in the laws and regulations surrounding Islamic veiling around the world.
Behindertenrecht - Schnell erfasst (Recht - schnell erfasst)
by Thomas EissingDas vorliegende Buch bietet einen Überblick auf die Möglichkeiten sozialrechtlicher Unterstützungsleistungen für behinderte Menschen in unserer Gesellschaft. Nach der Erörterung zentraler Begriffe wird die Rechtslage in den Bereichen Arbeit, Gesundheitsversorgung und Pflege, soziale Eingliederungshilfe, rechtliche Betreuung und im Bereich der Hilfen für psychisch kranke Menschen dargestellt und anhand von Beispielen erörtert. In diesem Band der Reihe "Recht - schnell erfasst" werden die tragenden Rechtsvorschriften zur Geltendmachung von sozialrechtlichen Leistungsansprüchen behinderter Menschen im Wortlaut vorgestellt und mit Blick auf ihren gesetzlichen Zweck verständlich kommentiert. Eine ausführliche Fallbesprechung gibt Einblick in die praktische Umsetzung behindertenspezifischer Leistungsvorschriften. Wer auf der Suche nach Lösungen bei behindertenrechtlichen Problemstellungen schnell auf den Punkt kommen will, ohne sich mit komplizierten Theorien auseinandersetzen zu müssen, findet in diesem Buch alles, was er dafür braucht.
Behinderungsmissbrauch durch marktbeherrschende Unternehmen: Kartellrechtswidrigkeit von Kosten-Preis-Scheren in der EU, den USA und Korea
by Young Gug YouIn diesem Buch untersucht der Autor in einer vor allem rechtsvergleichenden Studie aus dem Wettbewerbsrecht den von marktbeherrschenden Unternehmen ausgeübten Behinderungsmissbrauch bei einer vertikalen Marktstruktur. Der unmittelbare Anlass sind die unterschiedlichen Urteile von U.S. Supreme Court und Europäischem Gerichtshof (EuGH) zur Kosten-Preis-Schere (KPS), welche eine Preisstrategie von vertikal integrierten Unternehmen ist. Mithilfe einer Analyse verschiedener Fälle werden sowohl die US-amerikanischen, die europäischen und die koreanischen Regulierungsgrundlagen eines bei einer bestimmten Marktstruktur ausgeübten Behinderungsmissbrauchs miteinander verglichen. Der Autor gelangt zur Einsicht, dass der wettbewerbsrechtliche Trend zur Effizienzverbesserung auf Kosten des Wettbewerbs stattfindet.
Behold the Turtle: Thoughts on Ethically Principled Leadership
by Bonang MohaleBehold the turtle, he only makes progress when his neck is stuck out.This proverb, included in Bonang Mohale’s best-selling first book, Lift As You Rise, sets the tone for his second book, which includes fresh insights and wisdom from one of South Africa’s best-loved leaders. As a change agent, defender of democracy and a social justice activist, Bonang continues to stick his own neck out, addressing issues of key societal importance. Following on from the success of his first book, his new book, Behold the Turtle – Thoughts on Ethically Principled Leadership, expands on issues of leadership, resilience, ethics and social justice – sounding a call for change.Never one to avoid tough issues, Bonang tackles the role that business, institutions of higher learning and other organisations need to play in creating South Africa’s future, as well as the risk and responsibility required of each of us as individuals.The book incorporates insights from Bonang’s respected colleagues, such as Mteto Nyati, Adrian Gore, Andile Nomlala, Vukani Mngxati, and Nicola Kleyn, who add personal lessons and anecdotes, creating a pool of wisdom from which readers can drink deeply.Citing Alexander the Great, Bonang says, ‘I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep, I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.’ This book focuses on ethical leadership and embracing our own agency.A MUST-READ!Professor Bonang F. Mohale is the Chancellor of the University of the Free State, Professor of Practice at the Johannesburg Business School (JBS) College of Business and Economics, Chairman of both Bidvest Group Limited and SBV Services, President of Business Unity South Africa, former CEO of Business Leadership South Africa and past president of the Black Management Forum.
Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World
by Joshua KurlantzickA major analysis of how China is attempting to become a media and information superpower around the world, seeking to shape the politics, local media, and information environments of both East Asia and the World. Since China's ascendancy toward major-power status began in the 1990s, many observers have focused on its economic growth and expanding military. China's ability was limited in projecting power over information and media and the infrastructure through which information flows. That has begun to change. Beijing's state-backed media, which once seemed incapable having a significant effect globally, has been overhauled and expanded. At a time when many democracies' media outlets are consolidating due to financial pressures, China's biggest state media outlets, like the newswire Xinhua, are modernizing, professionalizing, and expanding in attempt to reach an international audience. Overseas, Beijing also attempts to impact local media, civil society, and politics by having Chinese firms or individuals with close links buy up local media outlets, by signing content-sharing deals with local media, by expanding China's social media giants, and by controlling the wireless and wired technology through which information now flows, among other efforts. In Beijing's Global Media Offensive--a major analysis of how China is attempting to build a media and information superpower around the world, and how this media power integrates with other forms of Chinese influence--Joshua Kurlantzick focuses on how all of this is playing out in both China's immediate neighborhood--Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand--and also in the United States and many other parts of the world. He traces the ways in which China is trying to build an information and influence superpower, but also critically examines the new conventional wisdom that Beijing has enjoyed great success with these efforts. While China has worked hard to build a global media and information superpower, it often has failed to reap gains from its efforts, and has undermined itself with overly assertive, alienating diplomacy. Still, Kurlantzick contends, China's media, information and political influence campaigns will continue to expand and adapt, helping Beijing exports its political model and protect the ruling Party, and potentially damaging press freedoms, human rights, and democracy abroad. An authoritative account of how this sophisticated and multi-pronged campaign is unfolding, Beijing's Global Media Offensive provides a new window into China's attempts to make itself an information superpower.
Beijing's Global Media Offensive: China's Uneven Campaign to Influence Asia and the World
by Joshua KurlantzickA major analysis of how China is attempting to become a media and information superpower around the world, seeking to shape the politics, local media, and information environments of both East Asia and the World. Since China's ascendancy toward major-power status began in the 1990s, many observers have focused on its economic growth and expanding military. China's ability was limited in projecting power over information and media and the infrastructure through which information flows. That has begun to change. Beijing's state-backed media, which once seemed incapable having a significant effect globally, has been overhauled and expanded. At a time when many democracies' media outlets are consolidating due to financial pressures, China's biggest state media outlets, like the newswire Xinhua, are modernizing, professionalizing, and expanding in attempt to reach an international audience. Overseas, Beijing also attempts to impact local media, civil society, and politics by having Chinese firms or individuals with close links buy up local media outlets, by signing content-sharing deals with local media, by expanding China's social media giants, and by controlling the wireless and wired technology through which information now flows, among other efforts. In Beijing's Global Media Offensive--a major analysis of how China is attempting to build a media and information superpower around the world, and how this media power integrates with other forms of Chinese influence--Joshua Kurlantzick focuses on how all of this is playing out in both China's immediate neighborhood--Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia, and New Zealand--and also in the United States and many other parts of the world. He traces the ways in which China is trying to build an information and influence superpower, but also critically examines the new conventional wisdom that Beijing has enjoyed great success with these efforts. While China has worked hard to build a global media and information superpower, it often has failed to reap gains from its efforts, and has undermined itself with overly assertive, alienating diplomacy. Still, Kurlantzick contends, China's media, information and political influence campaigns will continue to expand and adapt, helping Beijing exports its political model and protect the ruling Party, and potentially damaging press freedoms, human rights, and democracy abroad. An authoritative account of how this sophisticated and multi-pronged campaign is unfolding, Beijing's Global Media Offensive provides a new window into China's attempts to make itself an information superpower.
Beim Sterben helfen – dürfen wir das? (#philosophieorientiert)
by Bettina Schöne-SeifertGehört es zu einer liberalen Gesellschaft und einer humanen modernen Medizin, dass Menschen aktiv aus dem Leben scheiden und sich dabei helfen lassen dürfen? Ethische Diskussionen über Sterbehilfe entzünden sich meist an Fällen unheilbar kranker Patienten, die ihr Leben nicht länger ertragen wollen. Während diese Kranken nach geltendem Recht und weit geteilten Überzeugungen auf lebenserhaltende Therapien aller Art verzichten dürfen, wird sehr kontrovers beurteilt, ob sie sich – als ultima ratio – auf ihr Verlangen hin töten oder bei einem Suizid unterstützen lassen dürfen – sei es durch Ärzte, Angehörige oder Sterbehilfevereine. Meinungsführende Kritiker warnen davor, dass Patientensuizide zur Normalität werden könnten, beschwören die Unvereinbarkeit tödlicher ‚Hilfe‘ mit dem ärztlichen Ethos und befürchten Ausweitungen auf andere Personengruppen, etwa auf hochbetagte Menschen, die nicht schwer krank, wohl aber lebensmüde sind. Doch lässt man sterbewillige Patienten mit dieser Tabuisierung nicht auf unmenschliche Weise alleine? Und sollte nicht das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung gerade in solch existentiellen Angelegenheiten wie dem eigenen Lebensende respektiert werden? In profunder Kenntnis der langjährigen medizinethischen Debatten analysiert Bettina Schöne-Seifert die Landschaft der Sterbehilfe-Fragen und -Argumente und verteidigt entschieden eine liberale Position zur Suizidhilfe.
Beim Sterben helfen – dürfen wir das? (#philosophieorientiert)
by Bettina Schöne-SeifertGehört es zu einer liberalen Gesellschaft und einer humanen modernen Medizin, dass Menschen aktiv aus dem Leben scheiden und sich dabei helfen lassen dürfen? Ethische Diskussionen über Sterbehilfe entzünden sich meist an Fällen unheilbar kranker Patienten, die ihr Leben nicht länger ertragen wollen. Während diese Kranken nach geltendem Recht und weit geteilten Überzeugungen auf lebenserhaltende Therapien aller Art verzichten dürfen, wird sehr kontrovers beurteilt, ob sie sich – als ultima ratio – auf ihr Verlangen hin töten oder bei einem Suizid unterstützen lassen dürfen – sei es durch Ärzte, Angehörige oder Sterbehilfevereine. Meinungsführende Kritiker warnen davor, dass Patientensuizide zur Normalität werden könnten, beschwören die Unvereinbarkeit tödlicher ‚Hilfe‘ mit dem ärztlichen Ethos und befürchten Ausweitungen auf andere Personengruppen, etwa auf hochbetagte Menschen, die nicht schwer krank, wohl aber lebensmüde sind. Doch lässt man sterbewillige Patienten mit dieser Tabuisierung nicht auf unmenschliche Weise alleine? Und sollte nicht das Recht auf Selbstbestimmung gerade in solch existentiellen Angelegenheiten wie dem eigenen Lebensende respektiert werden? In profunder Kenntnis der langjährigen medizinethischen Debatten analysiert Bettina Schöne-Seifert die Landschaft der Sterbehilfe-Fragen und -Argumente und verteidigt entschieden eine liberale Position zur Suizidhilfe.
Being a Judge in the Modern World
by Jeremy CooperThe role of the judiciary is constantly evolving and is in many ways more important than ever. Indeed, many argue that the sovereignty of parliament is eroding and being replaced by the respective power of judges. The Jackson Reforms of 2010, for example, saw judges bestowed with more power over case and budget management than ever before. Equally, courtrooms are transforming under the weight of technological innovation and the increasing presence of litigants in person. Stemming from a series of lectures arranged by the Judicial College on the theme of 'Being a Judge in the Modern World', this book provides a survey of many significant aspects of the modern judicial role. With contributions from some of the most senior judges in the UK and beyond, this collection provides a unique and firsthand insight into the development of the legal system and the challenges faced by today's judiciary. Additional contributions from the realms of journalism and civil liberties offer an external perspective and provide a wider context to the judicial voices.
Being a Judge in the Modern World
The role of the judiciary is constantly evolving and is in many ways more important than ever. Indeed, many argue that the sovereignty of parliament is eroding and being replaced by the respective power of judges. The Jackson Reforms of 2010, for example, saw judges bestowed with more power over case and budget management than ever before. Equally, courtrooms are transforming under the weight of technological innovation and the increasing presence of litigants in person. Stemming from a series of lectures arranged by the Judicial College on the theme of 'Being a Judge in the Modern World', this book provides a survey of many significant aspects of the modern judicial role. With contributions from some of the most senior judges in the UK and beyond, this collection provides a unique and firsthand insight into the development of the legal system and the challenges faced by today's judiciary. Additional contributions from the realms of journalism and civil liberties offer an external perspective and provide a wider context to the judicial voices.
Being a Researcher: An Informatics Perspective
by Carlo GhezziThis book explores research from the researchers’ perspective: why to engage in research, what methods to follow, how to operate in daily life, what the responsibilities are, how to engage with society, and the ethical issues confronting professionals in their day-to-day research. The book systematically discusses what every student should be told when entering academic or industrial research so that they can avoid going through the painful process of learning by personal experience and lots of errors. Rather than being technical, it is philosophical and sometimes even anecdotal, combining factual information and commonly accepted knowledge on research and its methods, while at the same time clearly distinguishing between objective and factual concepts and data, and subjective considerations. The book is about scientific research in general and as such holds true for any scientific field. However, it is fair to say that the different fields differ in their research cultures and in their eco-systems. The book reflects the author’s experience accumulated over almost 50 years of teaching graduate courses and lecturing in doctoral symposia at Politecnico di Milano, University of Zurich, TU Wien, Peking University, and at various conferences, and of academic research in informatics (also known as computer science). This book is mainly intended for students who are considering research as a possible career option; for in-progress researchers who have entered doctoral programs; and for junior postdoctoral researchers. It will also appeal to senior researchers involved in mentoring students and junior researchers.
Being Against the World: Rebellion and Constitution (Birkbeck Law Press)
by Oscar Guardiola-RiveraHow can we save politics from the politician? How can we save ourselves? This book looks at the example of those who leave the city and break the social contract, rebellious exiles and freedom fighters escaping the wheel of necessity, and learns from them.
Being Against the World: Rebellion and Constitution (Birkbeck Law Press)
by Oscar Guardiola-RiveraHow can we save politics from the politician? How can we save ourselves? This book looks at the example of those who leave the city and break the social contract, rebellious exiles and freedom fighters escaping the wheel of necessity, and learns from them.
Being and Owning: The Body, Bodily Material, and the Law
by Jesse WallWhen part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain. A 'no property rule' which states that there is no property in the human body was first recorded in an English judgment in 1882. Claims based on property rights in the human body and its parts have failed on the basis that the human body is not the subject of property. Despite a recent series of exceptions to the 'no property rule', the law still has no clear answer as to the legal status of the body or its material. In this book, Wall examines the appropriate legal status of bodily material, and in doing so, develops a way for the law to address disputes over the use and storage of bodily material that, contrary to the current trend, resists the application of property law. Wall assesses when a person ought to be able to possess, control, use, or profit from, his or her own bodily material or the bodily material of another person. Bodily material may be valuable because it retains a functional unity with the body or is a material resource that is in short supply. With this in mind, Wall measures the extent to which property law can represent the rights and duties that protects the entitlement that a person may exercise in bodily material, and identifies the limits to the appropriate application of property law. An alternative to property law is developed with reference to the right of bodily integrity and the right to privacy.
Being and Owning: The Body, Bodily Material, and the Law
by Jesse WallWhen part of a person's body is separated from them, or when a person dies, it is unclear what legal status the item of bodily material is able to obtain. A 'no property rule' which states that there is no property in the human body was first recorded in an English judgment in 1882. Claims based on property rights in the human body and its parts have failed on the basis that the human body is not the subject of property. Despite a recent series of exceptions to the 'no property rule', the law still has no clear answer as to the legal status of the body or its material. In this book, Wall examines the appropriate legal status of bodily material, and in doing so, develops a way for the law to address disputes over the use and storage of bodily material that, contrary to the current trend, resists the application of property law. Wall assesses when a person ought to be able to possess, control, use, or profit from, his or her own bodily material or the bodily material of another person. Bodily material may be valuable because it retains a functional unity with the body or is a material resource that is in short supply. With this in mind, Wall measures the extent to which property law can represent the rights and duties that protects the entitlement that a person may exercise in bodily material, and identifies the limits to the appropriate application of property law. An alternative to property law is developed with reference to the right of bodily integrity and the right to privacy.
Being and Value in Technology
by Enrico Terrone Vera TripodiDespite numerous publications on the philosophy of technology, little attention has been paid to the relationship between being and value in technology, two aspects which are usually treated separately. This volume addresses this issue by drawing connections between the ontology of technology on the one hand and technology’s ethical and aesthetic significance on the other. The book first considers what technology is and what kind of entities it produces. Then it examines the moral implications of technology. Finally, it explores the connections between technology and the arts.
Being Apart from Reasons: The Role of Reasons in Public and Private Moral Decision-Making (Law and Philosophy Library #76)
by Cláudio Jr. MichelonBeing Apart from Reasons deals with the question of how we should go about using reasons to decide what to do. More particularly, the book presents objections to the most common response given by contemporary legal and political theorists to the moral complexity of decision-making in modern societies, namely: the attempt to release public agents from their argumentative burden by insulating a particular set of reasons from the general pool of reasons and assigning the former systematic priority over all other reasons. That strategy is apparent both in Rawls’ claim that reasons concerning the right are systematically prior to reasons concerning the good and in Raz’s claim that pre-emptive reasons are systematically prior to first-order reasons. The same strategy is also instantiated by certain arguments for the procedural value of law, such as Jeremy Waldron’s. In the book, each of those arguments for the insulation of reasons is objected to in order to defend the thesis the reasoning by public agents must always be as comprehensive as possible. The remaining chapters object to those arguments mentioned above which aim at justifying the exclusion of certain reasons from public agents' decision-making.
Being Faithful: Christian Commitment In Modern Society (Ecclesiological Investigations)
by Judith A. MerkleThis book explores how the Christian life is lived in a pluralistic situation where different contexts of belonging give rise to different moral challenges. While it is characteristic of modern life to exist in a postmodern situation where there is an erosion of comprehensive systems of meaning, we still live today in contexts of belonging. We still seek to gather out of the fragments of modern life the sustenance of a network of belonging, belief and practice which comprise a faithful life. The construction of such a life, not only for us, but for others, serves as the framework for our moral commitments. Furthermore, sustaining and transforming social frameworks which shape various aspects of human life form the life task of adult Christians.