Attacks on the Family East and West: Evidence for the Erosion of a Common Good

2013 ◽  
pp. 45-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Erickson
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
The Family ◽  
East And West

East Meets West

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Jeppesen
Keyword(s):  
Indian Ocean ◽  
East India Company ◽  
Quantitative Survey ◽  
Qualitative And Quantitative ◽  
Detailed Case ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Caribbean ◽  
East And West

This chapter breaks down the artificial historiographical and archival dichotomy between ‘east and west’ by exposing the multiple and intricate connections that facilitated the systematic transfer of people, capital and goods between the Atlantic and Indian Ocean worlds. It will suggest that if we reorient our gaze from the economic structures of slavery and focus instead upon the family as a lens through which to explore Britain’s imperial engagement during this period, it is possible to reveal a far more interconnected and intimate vision of empire than is often credited. It will offer both a qualitative and quantitative survey of the scope of connections between the Caribbean, Britain and East India Company, alongside a consideration of how the structure of the archive can be negotiated in order to explore these questions. Finally, to provide substance and depth to these claims the chapter will offer a detailed case study of the Martins of Antigua.

Emotional Labour in the Family: The Case of Family Caregiving

2000 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Premilla D'Cruz
Keyword(s):  
Family Caregiving ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Economic Consequences ◽  
Emotional Labour ◽  
The Family ◽  
East And West

Who cares for the elderly and infirm in families? Increasingly in both East and West, it is the families themselves and in particular the female members. What are the stresses and rewards of such care-taking and what are the economic consequences for society? These and other questions related to the role of caregiver are studied.

New Natural Law Theory and the Common Good of the Political Community

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Daniel Mark ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Natural Law ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Group Membership ◽  
Political Community ◽  
The Political ◽  
Human Flourishing ◽  
The Common Good ◽  
The Family ◽  
Natural Law Theory ◽  
The Common

Some critics question new natural law theorists’ conception of the common good of the political community, namely, their interpretation of St. Thomas Aquinas and the conclusion that the political common good is primarily instrumental rather than intrinsic and transcendent. Contrary to these objections, the common good of the political community is primarily instrumental. It aims chiefly at securing the conditions for human flourishing. Its unique ability to use the law to bring about justice and peace and promote virtue in individuals may make the common good of the political community critically important. Nevertheless, it is still not an intrinsic aspect of human flourishing. Unlike the family or a religious group, membership in a political community is not an end in itself.

Family Feminism or Individual Feminism? Different Histories, Different Paths to Gender Equity

Hawwa ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-151 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Fernea
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equity ◽  
Women's Movements ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Family ◽  
East And West

AbstractThe Western feminist movement has been defined as an effort to separate biology from socialization in order to achieve equality between men and women. Muslim women's movements often reject this approach on the grounds that it devalues the family and reproduction. In this paper, historical comparisons between Christian and Muslim views of women demonstrate why East and West have reached this impasse, but also suggest how different cultural histories create different scenarios for achieving equality.

Family Matters

Philosophy ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 581-594
Author(s):  
John Haldane
Keyword(s):  
Common Good ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Natural Operation ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Common

Governments and international bodies continue to praise the family for its service to the good of individuals and of society. Among its important contributions are the rearing of children and the care of the elderly. So far as the former is concerned, however, the family is subject to increasing criticism and suggestions are made for further state intervention, particularly in the area of education. In response to this challenge I consider the natural operation of the family in relation to the development of children, and examine the implications of this for the role of the state in promoting, protecting or interfering with family life. Relating this to the issue of autonomy I argue that the sort of liberalism that lies behind the increasing criticism of parental authority is unable to find a place for the common good of family because of its commitment to neutrality between life-shaping values. I conclude that the best advice that philosophers might offer to policy makers is to make it possible for families to flourish in the ways they themselves recognise to be best.

scholarly journals Predictors of tuberculosis infection among adults visiting anti-retroviral treatment center in East and West Gojjam Zone, northwest, Ethiopia, 2017

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habtamu Belew Mera ◽  
Moges Wubie ◽  
Getaye Tizazu ◽  
Abebaw Bitew ◽  
Tesfa Birlew
Keyword(s):  
Immune Deficiency ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Tuberculosis Infection ◽  
Treatment Center ◽  
Human Immune Deficiency Virus ◽  
The Family ◽  
West Gojjam ◽  
Human Immune ◽  
East And West ◽  
West Gojjam Zone

Abstract Background: Tuberculosis is a serious health threat, especially for people living with human immune deficiency virus worldwide and the burden of TB/HIV infection is still high in Ethiopia in particular. Objective: To determine the predictors of tuberculosis infection among adults visiting anti-retroviral treatment center in East and west Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia, 2017Methods: An institution based unmatched case-control study was conducted in East and West Gojjam Zone, Northwest, Ethiopia from March 7-April 15, 2017. Cases were 139 tuberculosis infected human immune deficiency virus positives and controls were 413 non-TB infected HIV positives i.e. 1:3 proportion. All cases in each health facility who confirmed by acid-fast bacilli (direct microscopy), culture and gene expert were considered as TB positive fine needle aspiration. However controls were selected by using simple random sampling technique through the above diagnostic criteria and the data were collected with Face to face interview as well as patient medical record were used and the quality of the data were assured, checked, coded, cleaned and entered in EPI-Data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 20 for the analysis. Result: Of the total sample (556), just about 552(99.2%) were participated in the study among this 47.5% were females and 58.9% were rural. Behavioral and modifiable biological risk factors: alcohol users (AOR=2.33; 95% CI:1.34,4.07), BMI<18.5kg/m2 (AOR=3.03;95%CI:1.79,5.14), CD4 count ≤200 cells/µl (AOR=2.34;95%CI:1.89,2.79) and between 201-499 cells/µl (AOR=2.63; 95%CI: 1.01,6.84), bedridden and ambulatory (AOR=3.3;95%CI:1.70,6.29 and AOR=8.2;95%CI:4.34,15.64),respectively. TB history in the family (AOR=3.00; 95%CI: 1.57, 5.74) were predictors for TB infection. Taking CPT (AOR=0.36; 95%CI: 0.21, 0.62) and having early WHO clinical stage I or II (AOR=0.34; 95%CI: 0.20, 0.56) had protective effect against TB infection. Conclusion &Recommendation: Behavioral, biological, clinical and TB history in the family were highly prevalent in the study area. Strengthen screening more frequently, CPT Prophlaxysis and treated promptly important to reduce TB co-morbidity.

scholarly journals Il bene famiglia e le sue funzioni sociali. The Good-Family and its Social Functions

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sergio Belardinelli
Keyword(s):  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Social Institution ◽  
Shared Understanding ◽  
Mutual Trust ◽  
Social Functions ◽  
Traditional Family ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Family ◽  
Social Capitals

In una società dove, da più parti, la famiglia è sotto attacco, occorre creare una cultura della famiglia che sia anche per la famiglia. La tendenza a identificare con la famiglia qualsiasi aggregazione di individui, a prescindere dal sesso o dal vincolo che li tiene uniti, produce uno scossone semantico destinato a danneggiare non soltanto la famiglia ma l’intera società. Nonostante i cambiamenti che abbiamo registrato in questi ultimi anni, la famiglia tradizionale continua a essere l’istituzione sociale che più di altre incide sulla formazione delle persone e che più di altre è capace di generare quei capitali individuali e sociali —la fiducia reciproca, il senso del bene comune, la speranza nel futuro, il senso di appartenenza a una catena generazionale, quindi a una tradizione, lo sviluppo di una vera democrazia—, senza i quali è assai difficile immaginare una società degna del nome.In a society where the family suffers attacks from many different sides, a culture of the family is needed that will be also for the family. The tendency of identifying as a family any aggregate of individuals regardless of their sex or of the link that joins them, gives rise to a semantic chaos, which not only hurts the family but society also. In spite of the changes of the last few years, traditional family is still the social institution with more influence on the formation of persons, and the most able to generate individual and social capitals –mutual trust, a shared understanding of common good, hope for the future, the sense of belonging to a generational line or tradition, the development of a true democracy– the lack of which makes it very hard to conceive (the idea of) a society worthy of that name.

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