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Federal soil conservation policy of the United States : priorities, values, and opportunities

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Pape, Timothy

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The objective of this dissertation is to examine federally administered soil conservation policy within the United States and the broadly defined Columbia River Basin in the US Northwest. I accomplish this in five chapters. In the first chapter I provide background information for the study. In the second chapter I...

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Dissertation
Moral Truth and Hume's Fork: The Prospects of Reconciliation

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Embleton, Clark A.

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Hume’s division of truth into agreement with matters of fact or relations of ideas casts doubt on our capacity to have moral knowledge, as moral propositions do not seem to fall obviously into either category. This thesis looks at how two views, ‘descriptive moral functionalism’ and ‘moral concept essentialism’, try...

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Honors College Thesis
Ethics and Human Biomedical Enhancement : A Case for Compatibilism

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White, Benjamin A.

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This thesis explores some of the ethical issues pertaining to the use of so-called radical enhancement technology. Key concepts analyzed include “normal function”, “human being”, and “personhood.” I argue that the use of these key concepts in the debate thus far has lacked philosophical rigor, and that a reexamination of...

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Masters Thesis
A Practical, Ethical Critique of Hydraulic Fracturing and the Shale Gas Extraction Process

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Bullock, Claude George, III

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This thesis analyzes the emerging technology of hydraulic fracturing and shale gas extraction process through a pluralistic philosophical approach. Rather than defending traditional values in nature, such as intrinsic value, I defend a metaphilosophical pragmatism centered on policy implications. I argue that different philosophical positions will, most of the time,...

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Masters Thesis
Environmental Virtue Ethics in Buddhism

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Peng, Chih-Wei

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In this thesis, in order to understand why Buddhists in Southeast Asia protect rainforests and to establish a solid foundation for Buddhist environmental ethic, my first two tasks are to draw a clear picture regarding two major environmental concepts--nature and anthropocentrism--in Buddhism and to defend the claims that the Buddhist...

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Oregon State University. Graduate School2
Oregon State University. Honors College1

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Consent (Law)1
Drinking water -- Law and legislation1
Environmental ethics1
Environmental ethics -- Religious aspects -- Buddhism1
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