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“…Normativity concerns what we ought to think or do and the evaluations we make. For example, we say that we ought to think consistently, we ought to keep our promises, or that Mozart is a better composer than Salieri. …”

“…What challenges are posed by changing transnational trends, agendas and movements that affect disabled people's lives, and what can disabled people, their representative organisations and their governments do to advance the agenda for self-determination and inclusion? …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Move on up a little higher (Mahalia Jackson) -- Milky white way (Trumpeteers) -- Old ship of Zion (Roberta Martin Singers) -- Jesus met the woman at the well (Famous Blue Jay Singers of Birmingham, Alabama) -- Touch me Lord Jesus (Angelic Gospel Singers) -- Golden gate gospel train (Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet) -- Do Lord send me (Georgia Peach & Her Gospel Singers) -- By and by, pts. 1 & 2 (Soul Stirrers) -- How I got over (Clara Ward & the Ward Singers) -- Mary don't you weep (Swan Silvertones) -- Precious memories (Aretha Franklin with James Cleveland & the Southern California Community Choir) -- Christian's automobile (Dixie Hummingbirds) -- No charge (Shirley Caesar) -- Sit down, servant (Swanee Quintet) -- Nobody but you, Lord (Edna Gallmon Cooke) -- Mother bowed (Pilgrim Travelers) -- Search me Lord (Brother Joe May) -- Oh happy day (Edwin Hawkins' Singers)…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Picker -- How airline markets work ... or do they? Regulatory reform in the airline industry / Severin Borenstein and Nancy L. …”

“…The Community of Advantage asks how economists should do normative analysis. The growing consensus in favour of paternalism and 'nudging' has urged normative analysis towards the satisfaction of individual's preferences. …”

“…Should universities even attempt to cultivate virtue? If so, how can they do so effectively in a pluralistic context? Cultivating Virtue in the University seeks to answer these questions by gathering diverse perspectives on character education within twenty-first century universities. …”

“…At the same time, these technologies do not only present a challenge for communication research, but they also provide new opportunities for the assessment of media use. …”

“…Another question must then be posed- what competences do young citizens need to be considered as active and engaged in modern democracies? …”

“…What does our use of metaphor have to do with who we are? In this groundbreaking study, Joshua Landy explores Proust's original and sophisticated answers to these and related questions. …”

“…Are memoirs all written by narcissistic hacks for an unthinking public, or do they indicate a growing need to understand world events through personal experiences? …”

“…Digital technologies are transforming not only the work we do, but also the ways our workplaces are designed, built and operated. …”

“…And even politically neutral studies that do try to assess evidence are often simply unreliable. …”
Sumario

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Religion, Bioethics, and Public Policy : Debates about Secularization -- Religion, Morality, and Public Policy : The Controversy about Human Cloning -- Conscientious Refusals in Health Care : Protecting Health Professionals' Consciences and Patients' Interests -- Difficulties of Determining Death : What Should We Do about the "Dead Donor Rule"? -- The Failure to Give : Facilitating First-Person Deceased Organ Donation -- Putting Patients First in Organ Allocation : An Ethical Analysis of Policy Debates in the U.S. -- Public Health Ethics : Mapping the Terrain (with Ruth Faden, Ruth Gaare Bernheim, et al.) -- Public Health and Civil Liberties : Resolving Conflicts -- Triage in a Public Health Crisis : The Case of a Bioterrorist Attack -- John Stuart Mill's Legacy for Public Health Ethics : On Liberty and Beyond…”

“…Exploring the various assumptions about the degrees to which younger and older people are more or less willing to use, or are capable of using, new media, the social circumstances under which they do so and the very design of those media, this book critically examines the gap that is assumed to exist between younger users of new media and older non-users. …”

“…This book identifies how development agencies and companies work, what they do and what constitutes success and value added. …”

“…Beginning with the ancients of the West and the Orient and, especially, with those from whom we received our religions, the Jews and earliest Christians, Weber finds that an absolute belief in the end of time, when good would do final battle with evil, was omnipresent. Within centuries, apocalyptic beliefs inspired Crusades, scientific discoveries, works of art, voyages such as those of Columbus, rebellions and reforms. …”

“…If only some things are intrinsically valuable, what about other things? Where and how do we draw the cutoff point? If only living creatures are intrinsically valuable, what does this imply for how we value the environment? …”