Download or read book The Risk of Freedom written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 91 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Pursuit of Freedom and Its Risks written by Jia Xie and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Freedom at Risk written by James Lane Buckley and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains essays, many from the 1970s, in which James Buckley, a former senator, under secretary of state, and judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, shares his opinions on the adverse effects of the growth of the federal government.
Download or read book In Pursuit of Freedom written by Linda Seifert and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pursuit of Freedom is quite simply the story of the strength, courage, and love of a family. Beginning in the plague-ridden bowels of London Towne in the 1600s, Thomas Gassaway and his wife must put aside their fears and send their son to a foreign land, one last effort and still at great risk to save the life of the one whom they hold most dear. The narrative is drawn through time by the voices of each generation, highlighting their fears and sadness as well as their innate fearlessness and ability to become extraordinary in the face of adversity. In a time when their country is in the brink of war, a silent rage creeping inside it, the Gassaways must draw on the love and encouragement of family to endure and often defy expectations.
Download or read book A Runaway Teenager written by Quyen Ha and published by . This book was released on 2021-08-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is freedom worth to you? At 14 years old, Quyen (Quin) Ha risked everything for a chance for a better life. Living under the communist regime in Viet Nam, Quyen saw his freedoms being taken away. He dreamed of living in America, where he would be free to pursue the American dream. With nothing but the clothes on his back, Quyen got on a boat to escape to America. The escape was perilous, with the risk of being caught and imprisoned. Those who made it past the Viet Nam border often didn't survive the stormy seas ahead, and many were never heard from again. Yet Quyen knew that this was the only chance he had for freedom. A Runaway Teenager is an inspirational, heartfelt story of one man's journey to freedom and the trials and tribulations he faced along the way. It's an amazing story of faith, love, sacrifice, and courage. It's a story that we all can relate to in different aspects of our lives-from a struggle to pay bills to the pain of losing a loved one. Quyen's story inspires us to look at life as possible instead of impossible. Through it all, Quyen never gave up. He never lost sight of what freedom meant. The love Quyen has for his family exemplifies what a son, a brother, a husband, and a father could be. He created a wonderful life for himself, his family, and those around him. A Runaway Teenager will show you the true meaning of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." You will laugh, you will cry, and most of all, you will see that anything is possible when you live in the greatest country in the world.
Download or read book Understanding Young Chinese Backpackers written by Jia Xie and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-26 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An activity that originated in Western societies, backpacking has gained increasing popularity among Chinese millennials. In a spirit of the ‘search for self’, young Chinese backpackers have sought to display their pursuit of freedom, independence and responsibility within an increasingly individualised society through backpacking. This volume investigates contemporary young Chinese persons’ views on backpacking culture and backpackers. A group of Chinese backpackers are studied using interview and participant observation, and focus groups are conducted to study young professionals’ and university students’ attitudes towards backpacking. The results indicate a profound cultural change along with a degree of division. On the one hand, the backpackers often begin their journey due to a desire to pursue freedom, and use the pursuit as a process of reflexive awareness; on the other hand, the risks of pursuing a freewheeling lifestyle within an individualised society drive the majority of them to return home. The author concludes that this phenomenon is a kind of ‘staged individualism’, describing how Chinese millennials strike a balance between individual interests and wider social obligations. Students and scholars of sociology tourism, and youth culture will be interested in this volume.
Download or read book Practical Necessity Freedom and History written by David James and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By means of careful analysis of relevant writings by Hobbes, Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, David James argues that the concept of practical necessity is key to understanding the nature and extent of human freedom. Practical necessity means being, or believing oneself to be, constrained to perform certain actions in the absence (whether real or imagined) of other, more attractive options, or by the high costs involved in pursuing other options. Agents become subject to practical necessity as a result of economic, social, and historical forces over which they have, or appear to have, no effective control, and the extent to which they are subject to it varies according to the amount of economic and social power that one agent possesses relative to other agents. The concept of practical necessity is also shown to take into account how the beliefs and attitudes of social agents are in large part determined by social and historical processes in which they are caught up, and that the type of motivation that we attribute to agents must recognize this. Practical Necessity, Freedom, and History: From Hobbes to Marx shows how Rousseau, Kant, Hegel, and Marx, in contrast to Hobbes, explain the emergence of the conditions of a free society in terms of a historical process that is initially governed by practical necessity. The role that this form of necessity plays in explaining history necessity invites the following question: to what extent are historical agents genuinely subject to both practical and historical necessity?
Download or read book Attack On Titan And The Human Condition A Beyond The Wall Companion Guide written by Eternia Publishing and published by Zander Pearce. This book was released on 2023-05-25 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ATTACK ON TITAN AND THE HUMAN CONDITION: A BEYOND THE WALL COMPANION GUIDE: COMPARING ATTACK ON TITAN'S FICTIONAL SOCIETY WITH REAL LIFE ISSUES, POLITICS AND CULTURE Introducing “Attack On Titan And The Human Condition: A Beyond The Wall Companion Guide: Comparing Attack On Titan's Fictional Society With Real Life Issues, Politics And Culture”, a thought-provoking exploration of the popular anime/manga series and its connection to our own human experiences. This book delves into the themes that make Attack on Titan so captivating and relatable, using examples from the story to shed light on the universal truths of our own lives. CONTENT (40 CHAPTERS) Attack On Titan As A Symbol Of The Human Condition The Nature Of Fear: Comparing Fear In Attack On Titan To Fear In Real Life The Struggle For Survival: Analyzing The Fight For Survival In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To The Human Condition The Role Of Leadership: Comparing The Leadership Styles In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Weight Of Responsibility: Examining The Burden Of Responsibility In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To The Human Experience The Paradox Of Power: Analyzing The Use And Abuse Of Power In Attack On Titan And Its Reflection In Real Life The Search For Identity: Comparing The Journey Of Self-Discovery In Attack On Titan To The Human Search For Identity The Nature Of Betrayal: Analyzing Betrayal In Attack On Titan And Its Reflection In Real Life The Importance Of Trust: Comparing Trust In Attack On Titan To Trust In Real Life The Battle With Self: Analyzing The Inner Struggle Of Characters In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To The Human Psyche The Pursuit Of Freedom: Comparing The Quest For Freedom In Attack On Titan To The Human Desire For Autonomy The Importance Of Family: Analyzing The Significance Of Family In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Nature Of Trauma: Comparing Trauma In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Power Of Hope: Analyzing Hope In Attack On Titan And Its Reflection In Real Life The Dangers Of Despair: Comparing Despair In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Nature Of Sacrifice: Analyzing The Role Of Sacrifice In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To The Human Experience The Limits Of Justice: Comparing Justice In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Importance Of Memory: Analyzing Memory In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Role Of Propaganda: Comparing Propaganda In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Nature Of War: Analy The Power Of Belief: Analyzing The Role Of Faith In Attack On Titan And Its Reflection In Real Life The Weight Of Responsibility: Comparing Duty In Attack On Titan To The Burden Of Responsibility In Real Life The Importance Of Community: Analyzing Community In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Nature Of Leadership: Comparing Leadership In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Complexity Of Morality: Analyzing Morality In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Role Of Fear: Comparing Fear In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Nature Of Prophecy: Analyzing Prophecy In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Importance Of Education: Comparing Education In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Power Of Ideology: Analyzing Ideology In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life The Role Of Technology: Comparing Technology In Attack On Titan To Real Life The Importance Of Diversity: Analyzing Diversity In Attack On Titan And Its Connection To Real Life And much more in this 40 chapter publication!
Download or read book Risk and the State written by Phillip G. LeBel and published by BrownWalker Press. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economics demonstrates how markets can serve as remarkably efficient institutions in allocating scarce resources. At the same time, incomplete information generates prices that can lead to a mis-allocation, producing in some cases too little while in others too much of a good. Matters become more complicated when striking a balance is influenced by our perceptions of risk. Here, neuroscience provides insights into which, and what kind of public sector interventions one should consider. While there are many types of risk – political, economic, financial, and environmental as individuals confront any crisis, our perceptions of risk can alter significantly the extent to which we look to public sector intervention as a response. In the short run, crises many be managed through greater public intervention while in the long run, economic fundamentals still drive key decisions, and thus the extent to which a given mix meets a test of political legitimacy. At a time of deepening partisan political divisions, the respective roles of the private and public sectors are once again in flux. These changing roles shape our notions of political legitimacy, especially in the presence of risk. Neuroscience provides critical insights on how we perceive risk, and in turn, make decisions. In this well researched book, economist Phillip LeBel explores the various roles of states and markets, with a focus on how we respond to key issues in managing public health and the environment. In looking at the natural environment and public health, while perceptions of risk may shape short-term responses, the challenge we face over the long term is to craft incentives that promote sustainability and improved health of a society. Basic science always should guide public policy, even in the presence of risk. Reforming public sector institutions for greater transparency and accountability are important key steps in the respective roles of states and markets, for which some suggested changes are put forth here. In the end, personal and social identity depend critically on how we manage information to craft a sustainable, inclusive, and economically viable future. The January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C. reminds us of the need to establish a common understanding of scientific evidence and how this shapes our views of democratic governance. This book comes at a time when such an analysis is needed now more than ever.Economics demonstrates how markets can serve as remarkably efficient institutions in allocating scarce resources. At the same time, incomplete information generates prices that can lead to a mis-allocation, producing in some cases too little while in others too much of a good. Matters become more complicated when striking a balance is influenced by our perceptions of risk. Here, neuroscience provides insights into which, and what kind of public sector interventions one should consider. While there are many types of risk – political, economic, financial, and environmental as individuals confront any crisis, our perceptions of risk can alter significantly the extent to which we look to public sector intervention as a response. In the short run, crises many be managed through greater public intervention while in the long run, economic fundamentals still drive key decisions, and thus the extent to which a given mix meets a test of political legitimacy. At a time of deepening partisan political divisions, the respective roles of the private and public sectors are once again in flux. These changing roles shape our notions of political legitimacy, especially in the presence of risk. Neuroscience provides critical insights on how we perceive risk, and in turn, make decisions. In this well researched book, economist Phillip LeBel explores the various roles of states and markets, with a focus on how we respond to key issues in managing public health and the environment. In looking at the natural environment and public health, while perceptions of risk may shape short-term responses, the challenge we face over the long term is to craft incentives that promote sustainability and improved health of a society. Basic science always should guide public policy, even in the presence of risk. Reforming public sector institutions for greater transparency and accountability are important key steps in the respective roles of states and markets, for which some suggested changes are put forth here. In the end, personal and social identity depend critically on how we manage information to craft a sustainable, inclusive, and economically viable future. The January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection in Washington, D.C. reminds us of the need to establish a common understanding of scientific evidence and how this shapes our views of democratic governance. This book comes at a time when such an analysis is needed now more than ever.
Download or read book Risk A Study Of Its Origins History And Politics written by Matthias Beck and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2014-01-13 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a period of several centuries, the academic study of risk has evolved as a distinct body of thought, which continues to influence conceptual developments in fields such as economics, management, politics and sociology. However, few scholarly works have given a chronological account of cultural and intellectual trends relating to the understanding and analysis of risks. Risk: A Study of its Origins, History and Politics aims to fill this gap by providing a detailed study of key turning points in the evolution of society's understanding of risk. Using a wide range of primary and secondary materials, Matthias Beck and Beth Kewell map the political origins and moral reach of some of the most influential ideas associated with risk and uncertainty at specific periods of time. The historical focus of the book makes it an excellent introduction for readers who wish to go beyond specific risk management techniques and their theoretical underpinnings, to gain an understanding of the history and politics of risk.
Download or read book Bernard Shaw 1898 1918 The Pursuit of Power written by Michael Holroyd and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Law Liberty and the Pursuit of Terrorism written by Roger Douglas and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2014-09-15 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roger Douglas compares responses to terrorism by five liberal democracies—the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand—over the past 15 years. He examines each nation’s development and implementation of counterterrorism law, specifically in the areas of information-gathering, the definition of terrorist offenses, due process for the accused, detention, and torture and other forms of coercive questioning. Douglas finds that terrorist attacks elicit pressures for quick responses, often allowing national governments to accrue additional powers. But emergencies are neither a necessary nor a sufficient condition for such laws, which may persist even after fears have eased. He argues that responses are influenced by both institutional interests and prior beliefs, and complicated when the exigencies of office and beliefs point in different directions. He also argues that citizens are wary of government’s impingement on civil liberties and that courts exercise their capacity to restrain the legislative and executive branches. Douglas concludes that the worst antiterror excesses have taken place outside of the law rather than within, and that the legacy of 9/11 includes both laws that expand government powers and judicial decisions that limit those very powers.
Download or read book Risk and Hierarchy in International Society written by W. Clapton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-11 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The English School of International Relations has traditionally maintained that international society cannot accommodate hierarchical relationships between states. This book employs a unique theoretical and conceptual approach challenging this view and arguing that hierarchies are formed on Western states' need to manage globalised risks.
Download or read book Freedom and the Pursuit of Happiness written by Sebastiano Bavetta and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the relationship between different concepts of freedom and happiness. The book's authors distinguish three concepts for which an empirical measure exists: opportunity to choose (negative freedom), capability to choose (positive freedom), and autonomy to choose (autonomy freedom). They also provide a comprehensive account of the relationship between freedom and well-being by comparing channels through which freedoms affect quality of life. The book also explores whether the different conceptions of freedom complement or replace each other in the determination of the level of well-being. In so doing, the authors make freedoms a tool for policy making and are able to say which conception is the most effective for well-being, as circumstances change. The results have implications for a justification of a free society: maximizing freedoms is good for its favorable consequences upon individual well-being, a fundamental value for the judgment of human advantage.
Download or read book The Psychology of Freedom written by Peter Roger Breggin and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Selected bibliography of the author": pages 240-242.
Download or read book What s Happened To The University written by Frank Furedi and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-17 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The radical transformation that universities are undergoing today is no less far-reaching than the upheavals that it experienced in the 1960s. However today, when almost 50 per cent of young people participate in higher education, what occurs in universities matters directly to the whole of society. On both sides of the Atlantic curious and disturbing events on campuses has become a matter of concern not just for academics but also for the general public. What is one to make of the growing trend of banning speakers? What’s the meaning of trigger warnings, cultural appropriation, micro-aggression or safe spaces? And why are some students going around arguing that academic freedom is no big deal? What's Happened To The University? offers an answer to the questions of why campus culture is undergoing such a dramatic transformation and why the term moral quarantine refers to the infantilising project of insulating students from offence and a variety of moral harms.
Download or read book Democracy Risk and Community written by Richard P. Hiskes and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is intended for students and scholars of political philosophy and political science.
