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About: Doctrine is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 21901 publications have been published within this topic receiving 204282 citations.


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01 Jan 1987
TL;DR: Kuhse as discussed by the authors argues against the traditional view that allowing someone to die is morally different from killing, and shows that quality-of-life judgements are ubiquitous, and argues that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in a patient's interest.
Abstract: Unprecedented advances in medicine's ability to sustain life raise troubling questions of whether all human lives, irrespective of quality or kind, should always be prolonged, or whether there are times when a patient should be allowed - or helped - to die. In this book, which examines the ideas and assumptions behind this view, Helga Kuhse argues against the traditional view that allowing someone to die is morally different from killing, and shows that quality-of-life judgements are ubiquitous. The author urges us to reject the sanctity-of-life view and provides a sketch of a quality-of-life ethics based on the belief that there is a profound difference between merely being alive and life being in a patient's interest. The book is a comprehensive critique of the "sanctity-of-life" doctrine in medicine. It shows that the doctrine is flawed and leads to indefensible practical consequences - such as the making of life and death decisions on morally irrelevant grounds. Philosophers with a particular interest in ethics, doctors, and theologians should all find the book of interest.

144 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on standing and in particular the question of how the antitrust doctrine in Illinois Brick should apply to situations in which there is an alleged breach of an access duty owed by an incumbent local exchange carrier.
Abstract: Three recent appellate decisions - Goldwasser, Trinko and Covad - have addressed the interplay of the 1996 Telecommunications Act and the antitrust laws. This area raises questions of both substantive law and standing. This essay focuses on standing and in particular the question of how the antitrust doctrine in Illinois Brick should apply to situations in which there is an alleged breach of an access duty owed by an incumbent local exchange carrier. That access duty might arise under the 1996 Act itself or under applicable antitrust doctrines, such as the essential facilities doctrine or the duty to deal with competitors seen in Aspen Skiing. The essay sets forth a model of access duties leading to entry and Cournot duopoly and evaluates outcomes when that access duty is breached. The essay discusses various approaches to allocating suit rights depending on the purpose of enforcing the duty. I argue that the Illinois Brick doctrine which bars suits by consumers as indirect purchasers should have little application to the breach of access situation as the de facto compensation rationale of Illinois Brick won't operate when the entrant has been denied the mandated access.

144 citations

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TL;DR: The para bellum doctrine failed to preserve the peace in the fourth century, did little better during the fifteen succeeding ones, and has thrice in this century failed to prevent mass bloodshed as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: failed to preserve the peace in the fourth century, did little better during the fifteen succeeding ones, and has thrice in this century failed to prevent mass bloodshed. Neither the evidence of history nor the application of logic would suggest that the para bellum doctrine holds out any peaceful prospects for the present; yet, as Madariaga sadly concluded, "its vitality is incredible" (25, p. 13). Clinging to the dogma as if in a trance, the Soviet and Western blocs are today engaged in a hypertrophic race for superiority in weapons technique and production. Like the Hobbesian "Kings and Persons of Soveraigne Authority," they find themselves "in the state and posture of gladiators; having their weapons pointing and their eyes fixed on one another; that is, their Forts, Garrisons, and Guns upon the Frontiers of their Kingdomes, and continuall Spyes upon their neighbors; which is a posture of War" (14, p. 65).

144 citations

Book
01 Jan 1980
TL;DR: This classic exposition of Trinitarian doctrine eloquently sets forth the distinction yet perpetual communion of the divine Persons, without explicitly calling the Spirit "God", and St Basil demonstrates that He, like the Son, is of the same nature with the Father.
Abstract: This classic exposition of Trinitarian doctrine eloquently sets forth the distinction yet perpetual communion of the divine Persons. Without explicitly calling the Spirit "God, " St Basil demonstrates that He, like the Son, is of the same nature with the Father.

143 citations

Book
01 Jan 1972
TL;DR: The past as Prologue: The American Vision of the Postwar World as discussed by the authors, 1941-19443, and the United States and the Origins of the Cold War, 1989.
Abstract: Preface to the New EditionPrefaceAbbreviations Used in the Footnotes1. The Past as Prologue: The American Vision of the Postwar World2. The Soviet Union and World Revolution: the American View, 1941-19443. Cooperating for Victory: Defeating Germany and Japan4. Repression versus Rehabilitation: The Problem of Germany5. Security versus Self-Determination: The Problem of Eastern Europe6. Economic Relations: Lend-Lease and the Russian Loan7. Victory and Transition: Harry S. Truman and the Russians8. The Impotence of Omnipotence: American Diplomacy, the Atomic Bomb, and the Postwar World9. Getting Tough with Russia: The Reorientation of American Policy, 194610. To the Truman Doctrine: Implementing the New Policy11. Conclusion: The United States and the Origins of the Cold WarBibliographyIndex

143 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20231,274
20222,944
2021388
2020578
2019615
2018677