Plato’s Laws

2019 ◽  
pp. 358-378
Author(s):  
Susan Sauvé Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Reference Point ◽  
Highest Good ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Face

This chapter presents a an overview of the themes and topics of Plato’s Laws and then focusses on the grand hierarchy of divine and human goods identified in book I (631b-d) as the reference point of all proper legislation. The hierarchy rests on a conception of virtue distinct from what we find in other Platonic dialogues. It ranks courage last among the virtues and describes justice as a blend of moderation with wisdom and courage. This chapter argues that courage is ranked last because it is a natural or non-rational trait of fearlessness, analogous to the “ordinary” trait of moderation (self-restraint in the face of pleasure) that is presented as a trifling virtue in books III and IV. Justice, as conceived of in the Laws, requires combining these two traits and informing them with wisdom. The chapter concludes by noting that the leading role played by wisdom in Plato’s hierarchy of goods prefigures Aristotle’s conception of the highest good.

scholarly journals Emergency Response to Australia’s Black Summer 2019–2020: The Role of a Zoo-Based Conservation Organisation in Wildlife Triage, Rescue, and Resilience for the Future

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 1515
Author(s):  
Marissa L. Parrott ◽  
Leanne V. Wicker ◽  
Amanda Lamont ◽  
Chris Banks ◽  
Michelle Lang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Response ◽  
State Government ◽  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Catastrophic Events ◽  
Breeding Programs ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Face ◽  
Captive Breeding Programs

Modern zoos are increasingly taking a leading role in emergency management and wildlife recovery. In the face of climate change and the predicted increase in frequency and magnitude of catastrophic events, zoos provide specialised expertise to assist wildlife welfare and endangered species recovery. In the 2019–2020 Australian bushfire season, now called Australia’s Black Summer, a state government-directed response was developed, assembling specialised individuals and organisations from government, non-government organisations, research institutions, and others. Here, we detail the role of Zoos Victoria staff in wildlife triage and welfare, threatened species evacuation and recovery, media and communications, and fundraising during and after the fires. We share strategies for future resilience, readiness, and the ability to mobilise quickly in catastrophic events. The development of triage protocols, emergency response kits, emergency enclosures, and expanded and new captive breeding programs is underway, as are programs for care of staff mental health and nature-based community healing for people directly affected by the fires. We hope this account of our response to one of the greatest recent threats to Australia’s biodiversity, and steps to prepare for the future will assist other zoos and wildlife organisations around the world in preparations to help wildlife before, during, and after catastrophic events.

scholarly journals Russian system of preservation of anthropological potential in the face of increasing threat of emergency situations, natural, man-made and terrorist nature

2021 ◽  
Vol 295 ◽  
pp. 03010
Author(s):  
Maksim Kochetkov ◽  
Natalya Karmanovskaya ◽  
Tatyana Sharoglazova
Keyword(s):  
State System ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Emergency Situations ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Natural Man ◽  
The Face ◽  
Terrorist Acts ◽  
The Military

The problem of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations, including terrorist acts is investigated. The improvement of weapons and the professionalization of terrorist organizations make it difficult to determine the cause of natural and man-made emergencies. Therefore, the dominance in Russia of the territorial principle of functioning of the unified state system for the prevention and elimination of emergency situations meets the challenges of time less and less. The urgency of mechanisms of extraterritorial mobilization of forces and means of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations is proved. The existing system of prevention and liquidation of emergency situations of natural and man-made character is connected with the key role of the Ministry of emergency situations of Russia. At the same time, the military Department is in charge of responding to emergency situations determined by military threats. It is proposed to change this hierarchy, defining the leading role of the military Ministry.

scholarly journals Attitude and coping before death: A current challenge for nurses in times of pandemic [Actitud y afrontamiento ante la muerte: Un desafío actual para los profesionales de enfermería en tiempos de pandemia]

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Alda Eliana Orihuela Castro ◽  
Mónica Elisa Meneses-La Riva ◽  
Melitta Fidelia Cosme Mendoza ◽  
Silvia Ofelia Soriano Ramos ◽  
María Gioconda Lévano Cárdenas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Cancer Patient ◽  
Critical Care Unit ◽  
Emotional Health ◽  
Quality Of Work Life ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Occupational Risks ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Coping

Currently the pandemic has caused health systems to collapse due to the high demand of patients with VOC 19 with a high risk of mortality bringing with it pain, suffering and death. Objective: To determine the relationship between a nurse's attitude and coping with the death of a cancer patient with COVID-19 in the Critical Care Unit. Methodology: Quantitative, correlational, cross-sectional and non-experimental design approach. The population is made up of a total of 65 nursing professionals who work in the Critical Care Unit. An instrument was applied on attitudes towards death CAM with 3 dimensions: affective, behavioral and cognitive, with 33 items and the Bugen Scale for facing death with 30 items, both Likert scales. The results show that there is a significant correlation 0.039 between both variables and in the case of the nurse's attitude according to the dimensions: cognitive, behavioral, affective and coping, their correlations are: 0.521, 0.719, 0.015 respectively. It is concluded that the attitude and the coping of the nursing professional in the face of the death of the cancer patient with COVID 19, assume a posture of resilience to offer continuous nursing care to ensure, restore and safeguard the life of the person as a priority in their leading role within the health system based on commitment and social responsibility despite the threats of existing occupational risks. It is suggested to offer psychological protection to diminish the potential risks in the emotional health and quality of work life.

scholarly journals Golden Week - Documentary and awareness

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 594-604
Author(s):  
Nguyen Van Giac
Keyword(s):  
Financial Support ◽  
Democratic Republic ◽  
Modern History ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
The Face ◽  
Contemporary Media ◽  
Time Periods ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Event Based

Right at the time of national financial difficulties, the Provisional Government of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam launched the Golden Week in the framework of the Independence Fund, exhorting the entire people to raise money and wealth to help the country. Golden Week became one of the events that started Vietnam's modern history with feats and meanings that surpass the time. This article reproduces the progress and results of the event based on contemporary media sources, especially the Cuu Quoc newspaper, the Government's daily mouthpiece and propaganda agency. The concrete facts have contributed to restoring the face and stature of the event, correcting perceptions that contain many erroneous information that has been defaults before, through some scientific manipulations of quantification, statistics, matching, etc. The results of the study showed that Golden Week was conducted in two spaces associated with two diffirent time periods, including Hanoi capital from September 16, 1945 to September 30, 1945 and the whole country from September 16, 1945 to January 9, 1946; the activities of Golden Week in Hanoi capital are actually organized in seven different locations, of which there was Bac Bo palace, which gathered dozens of capitalists and landlords with the value of donations up to half of the total value of 7 million Indochina of Golden Week, demonstrating the leading role in the financial support of the rich and patriotic classes at the beginning of the consolidation of national independence.

scholarly journals Analyzing the Current Problems and Prospects for Enterprise Development in Ukraine

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (525) ◽  
pp. 247-252
Author(s):  
I. V. Nosach ◽  
◽  
N. V. Vodolazska ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Innovation System ◽  
World Market ◽  
Small Enterprises ◽  
Investment Climate ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Us ◽  
The World ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Government

The article is aimed at studying the analysis of modern problems and prospects for the development of enterprises in Ukraine. Analyzing the latest researches and publications of scientists, the general theoretical bases of problems and prospects for the development of domestic enterprises were considered. The article covers and theoretically substantiates modern problems of entrepreneurship development, which periodically require their study and research, taking into account constant changes in the economy. In general, enterprises play a significant role, because their effective activities is a source of economic growth, which ensures employment in the country and directly affects the improvement of the quality of life of the population, solving social problems and overcoming poverty. However, Ukrainian economy continues to situate «on the swings» in a constantly changing tendency. It is especially influenced by such factors as raising the US dollar exchange rate, reducing attractiveness in the world market, and recently the introduction of quarantine restrictions in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, which has had a significant impact on its development both in Ukraine and around the world. At the same time, precisely the small enterprises play a leading role in creating an effective economy of Ukraine, despite the fact that their development is uneven and they have not taken a proper place in the structure of the national economy. Thus, for the government of the country should become priority directions for stimulating the innovative activity of the entrepreneurial sector, introducing European approaches to the development of small and medium-sized businesses, as well as the formation of a favorable regulatory environment, innovation and investment climate. Moreover, the implementation of this policy should be carried out purposefully, consistently and systematically, as part of the complex of the national innovation system.

scholarly journals Impedance Adaptive Controller for a Prototype of a Whiplash Syndrome Rehabilitation Device

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Isai Guzman-Victoria ◽  
Ivan Salgado-Ramos ◽  
Manuel Mera-Hernandez ◽  
Isaac Chairez ◽  
Hafiz Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Sliding Mode ◽  
Weighting Function ◽  
Adaptive Controller ◽  
Reference Trajectory ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Cervical Orthosis ◽  
Single Structure ◽  
The Face ◽  
On Line ◽  
Whiplash Syndrome

The objective of this study was to design of an output based impedance adaptive controller for a special class of cervical orthoses, a class of biomedical devices for the rehabilitation of neck illnesses. The controller used the adaptive sliding mode theory to enforce the tracking of the reference trajectory if the patient was not resistant to the therapy. If the patient rejects the orthosis activity, a second impedance-based controller governs the orthosis movement allowing the patient to take the leading role in the orthosis sequence of movements. The proposed controller considers a weighted controller combining the tracking and the impedance controls in a single structure. The monitoring of the external force was evaluated on a novel weighting function defining on-line the role of each controller. The proposed orthosis was motivated by the prevalence of whiplash, which is a syndrome that is produced by forced hyperextension and hyperflexion of the neck. This study included the development of a technological prototype of the orthotic type to support the recovery of patients diagnosed with whiplash. The sections that make up the orthotic device are two independent systems that move the patient’s head in the sagittal and frontal planes. For this purpose, the mechanical structure of the cervical orthosis was made up of 7 pieces printed in 3D with polylactic acid (PLA). The operation of the cervical orthosis was evaluated in two sections: (a) using a simulation system, which consists of a spring with an artificial head and the development of a graphic interface in Matlab, and (b) evaluating the controller on the proposed orthosis. With these elements, the follow-up of the trajectory proposed by the actuators was evaluated, as well as its performance in the face of the opposition that a patient generates. The superiority of the proposed controller was confirmed by comparing the tracking efficiency with proportional-integral-derivative and first-order sliding variants.

scholarly journals Aktywność cesarza w kontekście sporów chrystologicznych w Bizancjum w VII wieku

Vox Patrum ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 66 ◽  
pp. 411-428
Author(s):  
Oleksandr Kashchuk
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Seventh Century ◽  
Religious Authority ◽  
Christian Doctrine ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Special Character ◽  
State Authority ◽  
The Face ◽  
Byzantine Church ◽  
The Church

In the quest of theological agreement in Byzantium in the seventh century Emperors played a leading role. The rulers were promoters of the theological discussions and promulgated documents concerning a Christian doctrine oblig­ing all over the Empire. That would lead to a compromise between supporters of both Monophysitism and Chalcedon. The aim of theological compromise was to achieve peace in the Empire in the face of danger. When the necessity for recon­ciliation with the Monophysites ceased to be valid, Emperor Constantine IV con­vened the Council in Constantinople, which condemned the adherents of Mono­theletism. Emperors had a solid ideological basis for their activities. Emperor was treated as a person with religious authority entitled to intervene in the affairs of the Church, even in matters of faith. His concern for the state included not only the secular affairs, but also religious. Religion is subordinated to state authority. Such ideological contents were supported by majority of the hierarchs of the Byzantine Church in the seventh century. The ideology of the special character of the person of the Emperor was especially alive in Byzantium during various crises.

scholarly journals ANOTHER FACE OF THE NETWORK SOCIETY: AVATAR ACTIVISM AND JOKER (2019) IMAGERY

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 505-520
Author(s):  
Gözde KURT ◽  
Ahmet İlkay CEYHAN
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Document Analysis ◽  
Network Society ◽  
Global Communication ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Face ◽  
Manuel Castells

Joker which was released in 2019 is a popular movie that has reached the global audience. In the same year, the face paint, mask and costume of the Joker character who is in the leading role of the movie Joker (2019) was used by the activists in the protests that took place in different countries. In the theoretical part of this study, by adopting Manuel Castells’ approach which is named as the Network Society, the local and global communication dimensions and influence of Avatar activism are discussed and examined through the character of Joker (2019). In this study, it is revealed that, by using Avatar Activism as a communication tactic, the activists aim to make their neglected problems more visible, to make their voices heard by local and global masses, and to keep the media’s interest in the protests alive for longer. In this context, the statements made by the activists who participated to protests in Lebanon, Chile and China with Joker face paint, mask or costume within the scope of Avatar activism to newspapers and media outlets on the reasons and purposes of their preference for this appearance were subjected to examination by document analysis, which is a qualitative data analysis method, and the theoretical and conceptual infrastructure of the study was supported by direct quotations from related explanations. As a result of this study, it is revealed that in 2019, activists participating in protests in Lebanon, Chile and China made similar statements about the reasons and purposes of preferring the Joker appearance, and within the scope of Avatar activism, they aim to express their neglected problems and make them more visible through the Joker appearance.

scholarly journals A IMPORTÂNCIA DO MOVIMENTO PROFÉTICO DIANTE DA INJUSTIÇA EM ISRAEL

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 172
Author(s):  
Jeová Rodrigues dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Reference Point ◽  
The Face

Este artigo objetiva apresentar um quadro panorâmico do conceito de justiça no Antigo Testamento à luz do movimento proféticoem Israel, que encontrou seu nascedouro, ápice e ocaso no período do estabelecimento, consolidação e falência do sistema monárquico de governo em Israel. A partir desse referencial, pretende-se demonstrar como o discurso profético que proclamava a “Palavra de YHWH” estava intrinsecamente relacionado com a exigência da prática de justiça em todas as esferas da sociedade da época, para então, apontar diretrizes que sirvam para nortear ações que promovam a prática da justiça em nossa sociedade carcomida pela corrupção e injustiça social. THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPHETIC MOVEMENT BEFORE INJUSTICE IN ISRAEL This paper aims to present a panoramic picture of the role of prophetism in the face of injustice in Israel. The prophetic movement found its birth and apex in the period of establishment, consolidation and bankruptcy of the monarchical system of government in Israel. From this reference point, it is intended to demonstrate how the prophetic discourse that proclaimed the "Word of YHWH" was intrinsically related to the requirement of practicing justice in all spheres of society at that time.

Freedom in the Face of Fate

2020 ◽  
pp. 211-223
Author(s):  
Robert H. Abzug
Keyword(s):  
William James ◽  
Existential Psychology ◽  
Religion And Literature ◽  
International Conference ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
The Face ◽  
American Leader ◽  
The Way

This chapter explores May’s leading role as the American leader of the existential psychology movement and the irony that as he gained in notice and attended a series of international conference, he came to realize that Existentialism had much in the way of American roots, especially in the work of William James. He was critical of his European colleagues for their narrower conception of existential thought. Meanwhile, with Existence published and an existential movement under way, May turned to his longstanding interest in creativity and in that regard participated in various panels and article collections on the topic. He also edited, with a long introduction, Symbolism in Religion and Literature. But, in attempting at least two novels in various versions, he found that writing about literature wasn’t quite the same as creating it. Meanwhile, he developed various strong friendships at Yale, especially William Sloane Coffin.

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