Worship and threshold obligations

2010 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 521-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
JEREMY GWIAZDA
Keyword(s):  
Major Criticism ◽  
Tim Bayne

AbstractIn this reply to Tim Bayne and Yujin Nagasawa, I defend the possibility of a maximal-excellence account of the grounding of the obligation to worship God. I do not offer my own account of the obligation to worship God; rather I argue that the major criticism (that is raised against maximal-excellence accounts) fails. Thus maximal-excellence can ground an obligation to worship God.

scholarly journals Think Twice, It’s All Right: Animalism, Disunity and the Self / trans. from English V. A. Sermaksheva

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 124-129
Author(s):  
V. A. Sermaksheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The Self ◽  
Stream Of Consciousness ◽  
Single Animal ◽  
Human Animal ◽  
Tim Bayne

According to animalism, each of us is numerically identical to a human animal. Disunity cases – cases in which a human animal lacks some form of mental unity – are often thought to pose a problem for animalism. Tim Bayne has recently offered some novel arguments against animalism based on one particular disunity case, namely Cerberus: a single animal with two heads, each housing its own stream of consciousness. I show that Bayne’s arguments are flawed, and that animalism is capable of handling the case.

Between Intellectual Responsibility and Political Commodification of Knowledge: Nigeria's Academic Political Scientists under the Babangida Military Junta, 1985–1993

2002 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-121
Author(s):  
Ade Kunle Amuwo
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Political Order ◽  
Political Transition ◽  
The Political ◽  
Military Government ◽  
Commodification Of Knowledge ◽  
Intellectual Integrity ◽  
The Military ◽  
Major Criticism ◽  
Intellectual Responsibility

Abstract:The academic political scientists—mainly professors—who were hired by the Babangida military government in Nigeria between 1985 and 1993, ostensibly to theorize and articulate a new political culture and morality through the political transition program (PTP), have been objects, both then and ever since, of serious criticism concerning their role and contribution to a program that promised much but delivered little or nothing. The major criticism is that the political scientists, despite an initial commitment to help the military fashion a new political order, lost their “science” by providing an intellectual cover for the general's schemes and enriched the “political,” including the politics of corruption and self-enrichment. We examine this critique and show that these individuals, by choosing to remain in office—if not in power—even after witnessing so many broken promises by the regime, tarnished their intellectual integrity and moral credibility. Appointed to serve as an instrument of legitimization for the regime, they contained, constricted, and shrank the political and intellectual space rather than facilitating intellectual and democratic empowerment.

Criteria and all that

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1976 ◽  
Vol 57 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-441
Author(s):  
Jonathan E. Fielding
Keyword(s):  
Average Length ◽  
Diagnostic Category ◽  
Utilization Review ◽  
Title V ◽  
General Hospitals ◽  
Average Length Of Stay ◽  
Statistical Measures ◽  
Appropriateness Of Care ◽  
Major Criticism

A major criticism of traditional institutional utilization review activities has been the lack of objectivity in assessing the necessity and appropriateness of care. The review systems for Professional Standards Review Organizations (PSROs) and for utilization review require the use of objective measures in assessing care provided to Medicare, Medicaid, and Title V patients admitted to short stay general hospitals. The PSRO Manual defines these measures as follows: Norms—Numerical or statistical measures of usual observed performance, e.g., the average length of stay for a particular diagnostic category in a hospital is 4.6 days. Criteria—Predetermined elements against which aspects of the quality of a health service may be compared.

An Investigation into the Risk of Construction Projects Delays in the UAE

2014 ◽  
pp. 962-977
Author(s):  
Omayma Motaleb ◽  
Mohammed Kishk
Keyword(s):  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
High Concern ◽  
Potential Factors ◽  
Major Criticism

The growing rate of delays in project delivery is considered a major criticism of the construction companies in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This paper aims to investigate the causes and effects behind the delays pertaining to delivery of construction projects in the UAE. The study is exploratory in nature, and incorporates a pilot questionnaire survey and interviews. An extensive literature review indicates potential factors that have possible effects on construction completion delay. The questionnaire forms were sent to 50 construction companies. Thirty-five (70%) completed responses were received. Analysis of the survey data has revealed that about 42 potential causes and effects of delay relate to various groups of stakeholders. The results show the top fifteen factors relate to clients, project managers and finance aspects. It was found that cost and time overruns are the most significant effects. These results are in partial agreement with previous studies. The paper argues that the key determinant in ensuring project control is on-time project delivery. The results of the study can provide moderate support for a suggested hypothesis, through a framework of project success factors. It should be of high concern to knowledge managers in various roles and decision-makers.

Balancing McLuhan With Williams

2012 ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Liza Potts
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Reality ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
New Media ◽  
Human Agency ◽  
Deterministic Analysis ◽  
Context Of Use ◽  
Raymond Williams ◽  
Major Criticism

The article titled “Realising Virtual Reality: A Reflection on the Continuing Evolution of New Media,” presented a technological deterministic analysis on the evolution of virtual reality. A major criticism of the technological deterministic viewpoint is that it does not consider context of use and human agency. Looking specifically at the work of Raymond Williams and other British Cultural Studies researchers, this response argues for a more balanced viewpoint of technology, determined more so by cultural use than by technological enforcement.

scholarly journals Indonesian Perceptions and Attitudes toward the ASEAN Community

2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Benny ◽  
Kamarulnizam Abdullah
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Tests ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Regional Organizations ◽  
Security Community ◽  
Relative Lack ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Regional Community ◽  
Community Concept ◽  
Major Criticism

The major criticism of the ASEAN Community idea is its elitist approaches. It lacks the most crucial components that have brought about the success of other similar regional organizations such as the European Union (EU): the involvement of the general public in the formation process. This study, therefore, analyses to what extent the Indonesian public understands and perceives the proposed regional community idea. By using statistical tests, the study accesses several interlinked factors such as knowledge about the ASEAN Community concept, perception of the process of establishment of the regional community, and perceived achievement of ASEAN as a regional organization to understand the Indonesian public's attitude. The study found that despite Indonesian respondents’ relative lack of knowledge on the proposed formation of the ASEAN Community, they are indeed supportive of the idea. They also show some support for the proposed creation of the regional community under its three core pillars, namely the Security Community, Economic Community, and Socio-Cultural Community. Furthermore, the Indonesian respondents also perceive that the formation of the community would be beneficial not only to their country, but also to the society and economy.

The relationship between DOMD and gas release estimated in vitro using the Reading Pressure Technique system for four maize silages of different maturity

1999 ◽  
Vol 1999 ◽  
pp. 150-150 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.L. Mould ◽  
T. Smith ◽  
E. Owen ◽  
R.H. Phipps
Keyword(s):  
Microbial Biomass ◽  
Biomass Yield ◽  
Gas Production ◽  
Gas Release ◽  
Bicarbonate Buffer ◽  
Fermentation Efficiency ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Major Criticism

A major criticism of in vitro gas systems is that measurement of nutritionally wasteful products (i.e. CH4 and CO2, either directly from fermentation or indirectly from neutralization of VFA by the bicarbonate buffer) provides little useful information. However, as VFA and gas production are inversely related to microbial biomass yield for any given unit of substrate degraded, it has been suggested (e.g. Getachew et al., 1998) that an estimate of fermentation efficiency or partitioning factor (PF) can be obtained by relating gas production (ml) to the extent of degradation (mg). This study examined the relationship between in vitro DOMD, gas release and PF values using data obtained from an assessment of four maize silages.

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