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  • Environmental Virtue Ethics in Buddhism

    Creator:
    Peng, Chih-Wei
    Abstract:
    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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    Masters Thesis
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    between traditional Western ethics and environmental ethics is that most influential Western ethical

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

    Creator:
    Bullock, Claude George, III
    Abstract:
    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
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    conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency. I argue the exemptions are unwarranted and structurally

  • The cage has two sides : an ethical perspective of prison abolition

    Creator:
    Lenn, Christopher
    Abstract:
    Current calls for prison abolition have been met with major public resistance. It is time for movements for prison abolition to engage with these questions: How have contemporary people of the United States come to accept mass incarceration and the prison industrial complex, and, what is the impact? Using an...
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    Masters Thesis
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    industrial complex, and, what is the impact? Using an ethical framework informed by Martin Buber’s I-It

  • Linking Moral Obligations, Assumption-based Research, and Structured Decision Making to Inform Bull Trout Recovery

    Creator:
    Brignon, William R.
    Abstract:
    More than 1500 species of plants and animals in the United States are listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The U.S. Departments of Interior and Commerce are required, under Section 4(f)(1) of the ESA, to develop recovery plans for ESA-listed species under the respective agency...
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    Dissertation
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    . Title: Linking Moral Obligations, Assumption-based Research, and Structured Decision Making to Inform

  • Rocks and reactors : an atomic interpretation of human rights, 1941-1979

    Creator:
    Richards, Linda Marie
    Abstract:
    The atomic age was enacted by many scientists as a way to realize health and human rights. Human rights were conceived in this context as rights to economic development, science education, and nuclear medicine. The United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) acted hand in hand with UN agencies and educators...
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    Dissertation
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    rights, limited moral and ethical questions to a scientific realm, considered by experts and turning on

  • About good work

    Creator:
    Lee, Wei-Tau
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    This research is an effort to explore the nature of good work, a concept that describes work that is beneficial to the physical, psychological, and social dimensions of its stakeholders, including and especially the worker. This effort is divided into four distinct parts. First, the construct of good work is...
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    Dissertation
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    industrial engineers, and provides ethical guidelines for industrial engineers in designing better work