the cup of humanity summary

Ngày tải lên: 14/12/2013, 13:51

... on these large themes of Kant’s ethics, and to argue that accepting the good will reading of humanity is the best way to make the humanity formulation of the Categorical Imperative fit with these ... least some weight to the ends of the other members. Taking into account these facts about the members of the kingdom of ends, plus the sorts of ends that we can predict they would have, will ... about the argument for the humanity formulation, the duties it leads to, the fundamentally non-consequentialist nature of the humanity formulation, the moral status of non-human animals, and the...

Ngày tải lên: 10/06/2014, 22:33

... and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the February 2009 Summit http://www.nap.edu/catalog/12668.html 20 INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE AND THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC In addressing the issue of involving ... publication, Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public: A Summary of the 2009 Summit, provides an account of the discussion and presentations of the two-and-a-half day summit in Washington, ... NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 14:20

... Reaching a crossroads in their lives, they chose to pursue humanity, the moment they chose to hijack their transport shuttle. In a similar way in Terminator 2, Skynet, the national defense's ... come so very far. In their few years, they've grown dynamically, as any intelligent beings would, to assume a more steady-state we call humanity. ' As the diversity of their personalities ... ingenuity. Both the T800s and replicants were designed to carry out prescribed functions, like any other machines, enhanced by their creators who foresaw the distinct performance advantages offered by the...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:52

... through them. This process is referred to as “withering the leaves.” 4. The withered leaves are rolled, which releases the oils within the leaf. These oils mix with the oxygen in the air and the ... spoon to push the tea bag down into the water. If you are serving it at home, pour the milk into the cup, if you like it that way, then place the tea bag in the cup, then pour in the water. Lastly, ... tea contains the most caffeine, but still has only about half the amount of a regular cup of coffee. About 75 percent of the tea produced worldwide is black tea; it is the type of tea consumed...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 18:20

... calling the first Idols of the Tribe, the second Idols of the Den, the third Idols of the Market, the fourth Idols of the Theatre. 40. The information of notions and axioms on the foundation of ... the farther we go; for instance, the sum of the first six terms of the geometrical progression is 126, whereas the sum of the first six terms of the arithmetical progression is only 42, the ... between the geometry of volumes and the geometry of surfaces, the difference between the two chemistries involves a difference of dimensionality. The higher energies of the chemistries of the higher...

Ngày tải lên: 22/03/2014, 23:20

... togetherwithanexamination of keyuncertaintiesandlimitations;andaseries of conclusionsandinsightsgainedfrom the analysis.ItisimportanttorecallthatthisRIA restson the analysisdonein2008;nonewairqualitymodelingorotherassessments werecompletedexceptthoseoutlinedabove. The supplementincludesapresentation of the benefitsandcosts of attainingvarious alternativeozoneNationalAmbientAirQualityStandardsin the year2020.Theseestimates onlyincludeareasassumedtomeet the currentstandardby2020.Theydonotinclude the costsorbenefits of attaining the alternatestandardsin the SanJoaquinValleyandSouthCoast airbasinsinCalifornia,becauseweexpectthatnonattainmentdesignationsunder the CleanAir Actfortheseareaswouldplacethemincategoriesaffordedextratimebeyond2020toattain the ozoneNAAQS. InTableS1.1below, the individualrowestimatesreflect the differentstudiesavailableto describe the relationship of ozoneexposuretoprematuremortality.Thesemonetizedbenefits includereducedhealtheffectsfromreducedexposuretoozone,reducedhealtheffectsfrom reducedexposuretoPM 2.5 ,andimprovementsinvisibility. The rangeswithineachrowreflect twoPMmortalitystudies(i.e.PopeandLaden). Rangesin the totalcostscolumnreflectdifferentassumptionsabout the extrapolation of costsasdiscussedinChapter5 of the 2008OzoneNAAQSRIA. The lowend of the range of netbenefitsisconstructedbysubtracting the highestcostfrom the lowestbenefit,while the highend of the rangeisconstructedbysubtracting the lowestcostfrom the highestbenefit. The presentation of the netbenefitestimatesrepresents the widestpossiblerangefromthis analysis. TableS1.2presents the estimate of totalozoneandPM 2.5 ‐relatedprematuremortalities andmorbiditiesavoidednationwidein2020asaresult of thisregulation.  S2‐2  rate of ozonereductionseeninpreviousairqualitymodelingexercisestoestimate the additionalemissionsreductionsneededtomeet the lowertargets. The details of the approachareexplainedbelow,butformostareas of the analysisweusedsimpleimpact ratiostoproject the ozoneimprovementsasarate of NOxemissionsreduced.Use of non‐site‐specific,linearimpactratiostodetermine the non‐linear,spatially‐varying, ozoneresponsewasanecessarylimitationwhichresultsinconsiderableuncertaintyin the extrapolatedairqualitytargets.   ... $47,000 a Estimatesareroundedtotwosignificantfigures.Assuch,totalswillnotsumdowncolumns.  S.2.4.4 Summary of TotalCosts   TableS2.9presentsa summary of the totalnationalcosts of attaining the 0.055ppm and the 0.060ppmalternativestandardsin2020.This summary includes the engineeringcosts of the modeledcontrolstrategy(presentedin the 2008OzoneNAAQSRIAChapter5 4 ), the additionalsupplementalcontrols,aswellas the extrapolatedcosts.ConsistentwithOMB CircularA‐4,costsarepresentedata7%discountrate.  7 The midrangeestimateconsists of usinganMvalue of 0.24for the estimation of the averagecostperton of controlbygeographicarea.Foracompletelisting of averagecostpertonbygeographicareaseeAppendixS2a. S2‐10  FigureS2.2:Map of ExtrapolatedCostCountiesfor the 0.060ppmAlternateStandardand EstimatedPercentageNOxControlsNeededtoMeetthatStandardin2020   S2.3 ... The costs of identifiedcontrolmeasuresaccountsforanincreasinglysmallerquantity of the totalcosts of attainment.Thisisamajorlimitation of the costanalysis.Weassume amajority of the costs of attaining the tighteralternativestandardswillbeincurred throughtechnologieswedonotyetknowabout.Thereforecostingfutureattainment baseduponunspecifiedemissionreductionsisinherentlydifficultandspeculative.  The uncertaintiesandlimitationssummarizedabovearegenerallymoreextensivethan thosefor the 0.075ppm,0.070ppm,and0.065ppmanalyses. The tablebelowcontrastsour level of confidenceineach of the keyresults.  TableS2.1:Keyuncertaintiesandlimitationsin the analysisfor 0.060ppmand0.055ppm Analyticalquestion...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 21:20

... either the likelihood a loan is repaid (and thus, the cost of a loan) or the availability of credit. These results highlight the distinct tradeoff between 1) limiting the collection and use of ... models explain the evolution of credit bureaus and the lending markets they support? Japelli and Pagano (1999) provide one of the very few attempts to test the predictions of the theoretical models ... retail experience but not the experience of other financial institutions. Tables 5 and 6 display the results of the retail-only simulations. As in the previous discussion of the negative-only simulation,...

Ngày tải lên: 29/03/2014, 07:20

... some of them may have even settled in parts of the Americas. However, few, if any, of the descendents of these other groups appear to have survived to the present day. The practical consequence of ... explore some of the other prerequisites that may not have been in place at that time. 166 These include the degree of sedentism, the nature of human social organization, the genetic status of the putative ... forms. The final phase of the Palaeolithic (generally known as the Epipalaeolithic in the Near East), lasted from the end of the last major glaciation c . 18,000 BP until the end of the Younger...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:11

... who attended the session with you, with the caveat that the honesty of their opinions (and the useful- ness of those opinions) will depend on the relationship you have with them and the power differential ... involved in the speech — the members of your audience. Spread the Word Much of the mileage you’ll get from your speech is word -of- mouth — from your own mouth to the listeners in the room, and from their ... receiving the information. The common approach looks only at the first two elements, with a focus on the point of view of the sender (the person speaking) and the material being pitched. Whether anyone...

Ngày tải lên: 28/06/2014, 14:20

... form on the basis of elastic theory for the case of plane strain problem . In the case of reinforced embankment , to determine the state of stress - deformation of the embankment below the horizontal ... is also the slope of this curve. 3 – In the thesis, the author proposes the dangerous sliding surface of reinforced embankment slope which is in the shape of ellipse. The center of the ellipse ... In the first step to finding solutions is the initial displacement of the system , the stiffness of geotextile to build the stiffness matrix is the slope of the first straight line from the...

Ngày tải lên: 02/07/2014, 20:44

... economic integration with the work and region. Therefore, the participation of the government in the economy and society in the new period is essential. However, apart from the advantages, the roles of the government ... focuses on the role of the Government in the integration of economic growth with ecological environment protection. 3.2. Scope of the Study The thesis clarifies the integration of economic growth ... phase of promoting industrialization and modernization in Vietnam from 1996 to present. 4. Theoretical basis and research methodology of the thesis 4.1. Theoretical basis The thesis bases on the theoretical...

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