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TL;DR: Dagan's 2004 book as mentioned in this paper provides a dynamic account of the American law of restitution, using an ethical perspective to expose and examine critically the normative underpinnings of the core categories of restitution.
Abstract: Dagan's 2004 book provides a dynamic account of the American law of restitution. The book reviews the existing doctrine, using an ethical perspective to expose and examine critically the normative underpinnings of the core categories of restitution. Dagan also discusses some of the most controversial issues in the area, such as cohabitation, improper tax payments, and the role of constructive trusts as trumps in bankruptcy. He further tackles the recent restitution claims of slave laborers (or their descendants) against corporations that benefited from their enslavements, and of governmental bodies against injurious industries. Dagan argues that the concept of unjust enrichment is not an independent reason for restitution but, rather, serves as a loose framework. By integrating doctrinal and ethical analyses of restitution across the spectrum of restitution contexts, the author offers significant and provocative insights on existing law as well as possible reforms.
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TL;DR: Humean supervenience is the doctrine that there are no necessary connections in the world as discussed by the authors, which is a big bug to the programme of providing Humean analyses for apparentl...
Abstract: Humean supervenience is the doctrine that there are no necessary connections in the world. David Lewis identifies one big bad bug to the programme of providing Humean analyses for apparentl...
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors consider the interrelationship of Soviet ideological beliefs, political imperatives and calculation, military views and doctrine, and their intersection and reconciliation in Soviet policy and conclude that peaceful coexistence with continued political and ideological competition is the preferable alternative to an unrestrained arms race and to recurring high-risk political-military confrontation.
Abstract: One of the most controversial - and important - questions underlying debate on Soviet intentions, detente, and strategic arms limitations in particular, has concerned the Soviet view on mutual deterrence. This chapter seeks to illuminate Soviet thinking on the subject, with consideration of the inter-relationship of Soviet ideological beliefs, political imperatives and calculation, military views and doctrine, and their intersection and reconciliation in Soviet policy. The Soviet leaders believe that peaceful coexistence - with continued political and ideological competition-is the preferable alternative to an unrestrained arms race and to recurring high-risk political-military confrontation. Soviet military doctrine continues to be predicated on the assumption that if a general nuclear war should occur, all elements of the armed forces would contribute to waging a decisive struggle aimed at defeating world imperialism.
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01 Mar 2012TL;DR: The concept of transcendens in Medieval Thought: What is beyond and what is common is discussed in this article, with conditions, presuppositions and sources of a Doctrine of the Transcendentals.
Abstract: Preface ... xix Introduction ... 1 Chapter One The Concept of transcendens in Medieval Thought: What is beyond and what is common ... 13 Chapter Two Conditions, Presuppositions and Sources of a Doctrine of the Transcendentals ... 35 Chapter Three The Beginning of the Doctrine of the Transcendentals (ca. 1225): Philip the Chancellor ... 109 Chapter Four The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in Franciscan Masters ... 135 Chapter Five Albertus Magnus: Different Traditions of thought and the Transcendentals ... 177 Chapter Six Thomas Aquinas: A First Model ... 209 Chapter Seven Henry of Ghent: The onto-theological transformation of the doctrine ... 273 Chapter Eight The German Dominican School: Dietrich of Freiberg and Meister Eckhart ... 315 Chapter Nine Duns Scotus: A Turn in the Doctrine of the Transcendentals ... 371 Chapter Ten Discussions on the Scotist Conception ... 433 Chapter Eleven The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in N Chapter Twelve Neoplatonic Critiques of Transcendental Metaphysics ... 545 Chapter Thirteen The Doctrine of the Transcendentals in Renaissance Philosophy ... 569 Chapter Fourteen The "Metaphysical Disputations" of Francisco Suarez: Between Scholasticism and Modernity ... 587 Chapter Fifteen The Doctrine of the "Supertranscendentals": An Alternative Model? ... 635 Chapter Sixteen Conclusion: The importance of the transcendental way of thought for medieval philosophy ... 657 Bibliography ... 707 Index Nominum ... 741 Index Rerum ... 747
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04 May 2001
TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide an in-depth introduction to the doctrine of double effect, a principle of reasoning well known to moral philosophers that states that it is "licit to posit a cause which is either good or indifferent from which there follows a twofold effect, one good, the other evil, if a proportionally grave reason is present, and if the end of the agent is honorable." According to this principle, an effect that would be considered morally wrong if it were the intentional outcome of an act could be morally permissible if it are the unintended effect of that
Abstract: This anthology of philosophical essays, gathered from numerous sources, provides a convenient, in-depth introduction to the Doctrine of Double Effect. A number of important philosophers and intellectual perspectives are represented in what constitutes a debate over the doctrine and the various concerns it raises. Philosophers represented in these readings include Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., Warren Quinn, G. E. M. Anscombe, Thomas Nagel, Phillippa Foot, Jonathan Bennett, Nancy Davis, Donald Marquis, and many others. The Doctrine of Double Effect is a principle of reasoning well known to moral philosophers. The standard formulation of the doctrine states that it is "licit to posit a cause which is either good or indifferent from which there follows a twofold effect, one good, the other evil, if a proportionally grave reason is present, and if the end of the agent is honorable." According to this doctrine, an effect that would be considered morally wrong if it were the intentional outcome of an act could be morally permissible if it were the unintended effect of that act, even if it had been foreseen. As a method of drawing moral distinctions between the intentional and unintentional production of evil, the doctrine has had a long history. It has often been employed, for example, in debates about "just war" and the kinds of acts that are permissible in war. The first section of this collection offers an introduction to the doctrine, its purpose, its claims, and the issues it raises for moral philosophers. Sections two and three take the form of a debate by several influential thinkers about the validity of the doctrine and the many problems surrounding it. The authors in section two defend the doctrine; those in section three oppose it. Sections four and five focus on applications, concrete and theoretical, of the doctrine, showing its possible uses and misuses. This book will be valuable to teachers and students of philosophy as well as others interested in a clear understanding of this controversial doctrine. Contributors: G. E. M. Anscombe, Greg Beabout, Jonathan Bennett, Joseph M. Boyle, Jr., William Cooney, David Copp, Nancy Davis, Stanislaus J. Dundon, John Martin Fischer, Philippa Foot, Jeff Jordan, Donald B. Marquis, Robert M. Martin, Thomas Nagel, Warren S. Quinn, Mark Ravizza, Michael Walzer, and P. A. Woodward.
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