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"Against standard approaches to evolution and ethics, this book develops the idea that moral values may find their origin in regularly recurring features in the cooperative environments of species of organisms that are social and intelligent. Across a wide range of species that are social and intelligent, possibilities arise for helping others, responding empathetically to the needs of others, and playing fairly. The book identifies these underlying environmental regularities as biological natural kinds and as natural moral values. As natural kinds, moral values help to provide more complete explanations for the selection of traits that arise in response to them. For example, helping in an aquatic environment is quite different than helping in an arboreal environment, and so we can expect the selection of traits for helping to reflect these underlying environmental differences. With the human ability to name, talk and reason about important features of our environment, moral values become part of moral discourse and argument, helping to produce coherent systems of moral thought. Combining a naturalistic approach to morality with an equal emphasis on moral argument and truth, this book will be of interest to philosophers and historians of biology, theoretical biologists, comparative psychologists, and moral philosophers"--

Economic logic impinges on contemporary political theory through both economic reductionism and economic methodology applied to political decision-making (through game theory). The authors argue that the sort of models used are based on mechanistic and linear methodologies that have now been found wanting in physics. They further argue that complexity based self-organization methods are better suited to model the complexities of economy and polity and their interactions with the overall social system.

This reworked version of Conflict of Laws introduces a new generation of students to the classic. It has been completely rewritten to reflect all the recent developments including the increased legislation and case law in the field. The author's teaching experience is reflected in her ability to provide students with a clear statement of rules which sets out a framework to the subject, before adding detail and critical analysis. Recognising that the procedural aspect of the subject challenges most students, the book explores conflict of laws in its practical context to ensure understanding. Teachers will appreciate the logical structure, which has been reworked to reflect teaching in the field today. Retaining the authority that was the hallmark of the previous edition, this contemporary and comprehensive textbook is essential reading.

Preface signed 1843. ; With reproductions of original title-pages. ; v. 1. Greene's Pandosto, the story on which is founded The winter's tale. -- Lodge's Rosalynd, the novel on which is founded As you like it. -- The historie of Hamblet, the history on which the tragedy of Hamlet is constructed. -- Apollonius, prince of Tyre, from which the incidents of the play of the play of Pericles are derived. -- v. 2. Romeus and Juliet, a poem, by Arthur Brooke. -- Rhomeo and Julietta; from Paynter's Palace of pleasure. -- Giletta of Narbona, on which is founded All's well that ends well; from Paynter's Palace of pleasure. -- The story of the two lovers of Pisa, which Shakespeare employed in his Merry wives of Windsor. -- The historie of Apollonius and Silla, containing part of the plot of Twelfth night; reprinted from Rich's Farewell to military profession, 1606. -- The historie of Promos and Cassandra, closely resembling the plot of Measure for measure; from Whetstone's Heptameron of civil discourses, 1582. -- Novels more or less resembling the Merchant of Venice. -- The story of a Moorish captain, on which is founded the tragedy of Othello; form the Heccatomithi of Cinithio. -- Queen Cordila, a poem, by John Higgins; from the Mirror for magistrates, 1587. -- The story of the Paphlagonian unkind king, on which is founded the epistode of Gloster and his sons, in King Lear; from Holinshed's Chronicle. -- The story of the shepherdess Felismena, from which Shakespeare is said to have taken the plot of The two gentlemen of Verona; from the Diana of Montemayor, tr. by B. Young, 1598. -- The story told by the fishwife of Stand on the Green, the incidents of which are similar to some of those in Cymbeline; from Westwardfor Smelts, 1620. ; Mode of access: Internet.

With reproductions of the original title pages. ; (cont'd)--The history of Macbeth, from Holinshed's Chronicle. The story of the shepherdess of Felismena, from which Shakespeare is said to have taken the plot of The two gentlemen of Verona; from the Diana of Montemayor, tr. by B. Young, 1598. The story told by the fishwife of Stand on the Green, the incidents of which are similar to some of those in Cymbeline; from Westward for Smelts, 1620. ; (cont'd)--The historie of Promos and Cassandra, closely resembling the plot of Measure for measure; from Whetstone's Heptameron of civil discourses, 1582. Novels more or less resembling the Merchant of Venice. The story of a Moorish captain, on which is founded the tragedy of Othello; from the Heccatomithi of Cinthio. Queen Cordila, a poem, by John Higgins; from the Mirror for magistrates, 1587. The story of the Paphlagonian unkind king, on which is founded the epistode of Gloster and his sons, in King Lear; from Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia, 1591. ; (cont'd)--v.2. Romeus and Juliet, a poem, by Arthur Brooke. Rhomeo and Julietta; from Paynter's Palance of pleasure. Giletta of Narbona, on which is founded All's well that ends well; from Paynter's Palace of pleasure. The story of the two lovers of pisa, which Shakespeare employed in his Merry wives of Windsor. The historie of Apollonius and Silla, containing part of the plot of Twelfth night; reprinted from Rich's Farewell to military profession, 1606. ; --v.1. Greene's Pandosto, the story on which is founded The winter's tale. Lodge's Rosalynd, the novel on which is founded As you like it. The historie of Hamblet, the history on which the tragedy of Hamlet is constructed. Apollonius, prince of Tyre, from which the incidents of the play of Pericles are derived. ; Mode of access: Internet.

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Over the past years, the frequency and scope of disasters affecting the United States have significantly increased. Government agencies have made efforts in improving the nation's disaster response framework to minimize fatalities and economic loss due to disasters. Disaster response has evolved with the emergency management agencies incorporating systematic changes in their organization and emergency response functions to accommodate lessons learned from past disaster events. Technological advancements in disaster response have also improved the agencies' ability to prepare for and respond to natural hazards. The transportation and logistics sector has a primary role in emergency response during and after disasters. In this light, this paper seeks to identify how effective policy changes and new technology have aided the transportation and logistics sector in emergency response and identify gaps in current practices for further improvement. Specifically, this study compares and contrasts the transportation and logistical support to emergency relief efforts during and after two major Hurricane events in the U.S., namely Hurricane Katrina (which affected New Orleans in 2005) and Hurricane Harvey (which affected Houston in 2017). This comparison intends to outline the major steps taken by the government and the private entities in the transportation and logistics sector to facilitate emergency response and the issues faced during the process. Finally, the paper summarizes the lessons learned from both the Hurricane events and provides recommendations for further improvements in transportation and logistical support to disaster response.

Several of the tales are from Italian sources. The "Conclusion" contains a ninth story, Belthaser, similar to Machiavelli's Marriage of Belphegor. ; Edited by John Payne Collier. ; With reproduction of original t.-p.: Riche his Farewell to militarie profession: conteining verie pleasaunt discourses fit for a peaceable tyme, Gathered together . by Barnabe Riche . Imprinted at London, by Robart Walley, 1581. ; Vol. IX, no. 1, in the L. C. set, with general t.-p.: Early prose and poetical tracts . vol. I. 1853. ; Sappho, duke of Mantona.--Of Apolonius and Silla.--Of Nicander and Lucilla.--Of Fineo and Fiamma.--Of two brethren and their wives.--Of Gonsales and his vertuous wife Agatha.--Of Aramanthus, borne a leper.--Of Phylotus and Emilia.--Conclusion. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Emmet collection.

AbstractWhen a wildfire strikes, it impacts entire communities. Yet it can be challenging to get communities to take the lead in becoming more prepared, and thus build lasting resilience. Guided by theoretical preparedness models, and using a case study design, this study examines the planning, execution, and subsequent sensemaking around one of the first community‐led wildfire evacuation drills in the United States. Findings illustrate the interplay between individual preparedness, communication, and community involvement as the neighbourhood studied conducted their drill in partnership with multiple emergency response organizations. Our model explains 39% of the variance in individuals' preparedness, finding that people with higher self‐efficacy, more involved with the community, and who felt strong social norms around preparedness had more items prepared for a wildfire. The community's desire to share the preparedness organizing process with external audiences is a unique and important contribution in understanding how communication can be used to sustain community resilience.

Internally displaced persons have been forced to leave their homes because of war and human rights abuses, but have not left their country. This has major consequences in terms of the protection available to them. This book aims to offer an overview of this important humanitarian and human rights challenge