scholarly journals Let Me Tell You a Story

Daedalus ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 149 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-233
Author(s):  
Antonio Oposa
Keyword(s):  
The Philippines ◽  
Environmental Crime ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Law And Science ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Climate Crisis

I've spent my time caring for the Life-sources of Land, Air, and Waters – the LAW of Life. It began by being touched by the Sea and the story of my mariner grandfather. It went on to raids to fight environmental crime syndicates in the Philippines and on to the court of law. The Court is a good venue to light a STAR: to tell a Story, put the issues on the Table for orderly discussion, spark Action, and arrive at a Resolution. I founded the SEA Camp (Sea and Earth Advocates) to train children to care for the Sea and Earth and, later, founded the School of the SEA. Twice – in 2008 and in 2013-I saw the School erased by an extraordinary typhoon, a foretaste of the climate crisis. I've realized that when you use the law and science to change the mind, it can change tomorrow. But when you change the heart, it is forever. In the midst of the ongoing climate and COVID-19 crises, I believe that we can change the story of the world if we change the storyline. “The seeds of goodness live in the soil of appreciation for goodness.”

James’s Radical Empiricism: Sensation and Pure Experience

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wesley Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Radical Empiricism ◽  
The World ◽  
Mind And Body ◽  
Pure Experience ◽  
The Law ◽  
Nomic Structure ◽  
The Mind

This chapter examines the concept of sensation in William James’s Principles of Psychology (1890). Like empiricists before him, James thought that the contents of the mind are built up from sensations; this is the sensationalism of the Principles. But for him, this interior location is secondary to sensation’s first location, which is exterior to the mind. In James’s psychology, the interiority and exteriority of sensations are differentiated by their role in the economy of the mind. In his radically empiricist metaphysics, the economy of the mind will become the economy of the world. The law-governed dualism of mind and body persists, even if these categories are anachronistic from a metaphysical viewpoint. The world of pure experience retains the nomic structure introduced in the Principles, and as such it is not autonomous from the physical. The physical is rendered pure-experiential, but its relationship to the mental, also now rendered pure-experiential, remains governed by scientific law. The chapter then considers how, in the Principles, James’s sensationalism is tied to his cerebralism.

scholarly journals Poligami di Indonesia dalam perspektif CEDAW dan mazhab Shafi’i

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Qurrotul Ainiyah
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Islamic Law ◽  
Religious Texts ◽  
Single Person ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Mind

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women or CEDAW’s paradigm ofthought is gender equality, women should be given rights as men in principles and rights in marriageincluding marriage approval, marriage dismissal, marriage guardian, and so on. Discrimination is anattitude that opposite of justice and must be eliminated. The source of the CEDAW’s concept paradigmof thought is mind, lustand feeling, and then the concept of CEDAW considered rational andMaslahah (good) enough. The Shafi’i paradigm is guiding the mind and heart based on religious texts.The religious prohibition have Madharat in the world and in the after life. If the world have not seen theMadharat, it will be feltin the after life. The Maslahah principle in CEDAW included al-Maslahah al-Mulghah, as it is contrary enough to the teachings of Islamic law contained in religious texts. In fact, anylaw that is contrary to Islamic law governed by religious texts is not Maslahah but Madharat and shouldbe abandoned even it is logical and good enough by the reason of thought. CEDAW uses Nash’sGuidelines that understand the Qur’an verse by considering Siyaq al-Kalam, so it interprets ‘fair’bythough of mindor in love and affection. Polygamy will no longer mu’asharah bi al-ma’ruf by causing thesuffering of wives. With the Sad al-Dhari’ah consideration, it will change the polygamy law from allowedor mubah to haram lighoirihi. Shafi’i madhhab uses the dalalah ‘ibarah’ which understands the Qur’anverse without considering siyaq al-kalam. The law of Haram li ghairihi on the permissibility of Polygamybased on Sad al-Dhari’ah is not applicable generally, and means that polygamy can not be judged as haramli ghairihi but keep see the conditions with the consideration of the single person condition.

scholarly journals Digital Dustbin - Smart Bins for Smart Cities

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (7S) ◽  
pp. 60-65
Keyword(s):  
Waste Management ◽  
Product Development ◽  
Management System ◽  
Smart Cities ◽  
Detailed Model ◽  
The World ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Climate Crisis

This paper researches around the area of the solution of the garbage disposal and waste management with the help of technology. It gives a detailed model of how we can achieve the goal of ‘Clean India’ together with the use of sensors, cameras, servers, and even human psychology. With the revolutions taking place all over the world on the subject of the climate crisis and global warmings, it becomes a duty of every citizen to contribute to the future lifestyle. Satisfying all the parameters, at first, past researches have been compared, objectives have been defined and then a working model is thus presented. It has always been difficult to change the mind-set of a whole lot of people, and thus in this research paper, addressing this problem, the solution of such product development is given which satisfies the need of the citizens and also contributes effectively to the waste management system. The model is proved with a prototype, and all the facts& figures are provided, which are necessary

scholarly journals The Pivotal Role of a Lawyer in Combating Official Corruption in Nigeria

Rechtsidee ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 113
Author(s):  
Ushie James Ebuara
Keyword(s):  
Federal Government ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Body Politics ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Official Corruption

The fact that Nigeria is a corrupt nation is no longer news. Nigeria is ranked internationally as one of the most corrupt nations in the world. As embarrassing as this status is, it is indeed the reality of our situation. The general public and now even the executive arm of the Federal government have continued to question how members of the legal profession discharge their role in applying the law because they have absolute belief in the law as their protection against the tendencies that are depriving them of their well being, dehumanizing them and even threatening the existence of their country, they waited for the law to respond to these tendencies by putting them in check, stop them completely or control them, they have watched helplessly the inability of law to effectively respond to these tendencies and have watched the tendencies continue unabated and escalated into the conditions we found ourselves today The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of lawyers as Judges, as Prosecutors and defence Attorneys in promoting and encouraging corruption in our body politics. It further examines in contrast the role lawyers should play in the renewed fight against corruption. Lawyers as  agents of social change should be in the vanguard for the reorientation of the mind set of Nigerian in the renewed fight against corruption and social rebirth generally. To effectively play this role members of the legal profession must purge themselves of corrupt tendencies and must be seen to be above board.

scholarly journals World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Saskia Stucki ◽  
Guillaume Futhazar ◽  
Tom Sparks ◽  
Bruce Ackerman ◽  
Fatou Bensouda ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Profession ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Law Students ◽  
Open Letter ◽  
Legal Development ◽  
The World ◽  
Climate Action ◽  
The Law ◽  
Climate Crisis

 The World Lawyers’ Pledge on Climate Action is an open letter from and to the global legal community, calling for the mainstreaming of climate concerns throughout the law and legal profession. It seeks to rethink and redefine the role and responsibilities of lawyers in the climate crisis, and invites lawyers of all kinds –including practitioners, judges, scholars, civil servants, law students, and lawmakers –to integrate climate concerns into their respective areas of expertise and work. The magnitude and urgency of the climate crisis require all lawyers, not just environmental lawyers, to be part of the solution and contribute to climate-protective legal development. The Pledge can be endorsed and signed at http://www.lawyersclimatepledge.org.

The Irresistible Rise of Asian Cinema 1

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald Pratley
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
South Korea ◽  
Motion Pictures ◽  
The Philippines ◽  
New Wave ◽  
World Today ◽  
The World ◽  
Production Activity ◽  
Exciting Development ◽  
Asian Cinema

PRODUCTION ACTIVITY It was not so many years ago it seems when speaking of motion pictures from Asia meant Japanese films as represented by Akira Kurosawa and films from India made by Satyajit Ray. But suddenly time passes and now we are impressed and immersed in the flow of films from Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, the Philippines, with Japan a less significant player, and India and Pakistan more prolific than ever in making entertainment for the mass audience. No one has given it a name or described it as "New Wave," it is simply Asian Cinema -- the most exciting development in filmmaking taking place in the world today. In China everything is falling apart yet it manages to hold together, nothing works yet it keeps on going, nothing is ever finished or properly maintained, and yes, here time does wait for every man. But as far...

The New Terrain of International Law

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen J. Alter
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Domestic Politics ◽  
Political Influence ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Constitutional Review ◽  
Delegation Of Authority ◽  
The World ◽  
The Law

In 1989, when the Cold War ended, there were six permanent international courts. Today there are more than two dozen that have collectively issued over thirty-seven thousand binding legal rulings. This book charts the developments and trends in the creation and role of international courts, and explains how the delegation of authority to international judicial institutions influences global and domestic politics. The book presents an in-depth look at the scope and powers of international courts operating around the world. Focusing on dispute resolution, enforcement, administrative review, and constitutional review, the book argues that international courts alter politics by providing legal, symbolic, and leverage resources that shift the political balance in favor of domestic and international actors who prefer policies more consistent with international law objectives. International courts name violations of the law and perhaps specify remedies. The book explains how this limited power—the power to speak the law—translates into political influence, and it considers eighteen case studies, showing how international courts change state behavior. The case studies, spanning issue areas and regions of the world, collectively elucidate the political factors that often intervene to limit whether or not international courts are invoked and whether international judges dare to demand significant changes in state practices.

Nihilistic Thinking as the Self-Will of the Mind and the Projects of Its Overcoming

2020 ◽  
Vol 63 (10) ◽  
pp. 74-87
Author(s):  
Irina N. Sidorenko
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Current Situation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Spatial Perspective ◽  
The World ◽  
The Will ◽  
The Mind ◽  
Radical Transformation

 The author analyzes the conceptions of ontological nihilism in the works of S. Kierkegaard, F. Nietzsche, M. Heidegger, E. Jünger. On the basis of this analysis, violence is defined as a manifestation of nihilism, of the “will to nothingness” and hypertrophy of the self-will of man. The article demonstrates the importance of the problem of nihilism. The nihilistic thinking of modern man is expressed in the attitude toward a radical transformation of the world from the position of his “absolute” righteousness. The paradox of the current situation is that there is the reverse side of this transformative activity, when there is only the appearance of action and the dilution of responsibility. Confidence in the rightness of own views and beliefs increases the risk of the violent imposition of own vision of reality. Historical and philosophical reconstruction of the conceptions of nihilism allowed to reveal the following projects of its comprehension and resolution: (1) the project of “positing of values,” which consists in the transformation of the evaluation, which is understood as another perspective of positing values, leading to the affirmation of being; (2) the project of overcoming nihilism from the space of temporality, carried out through the resoluteness to accept the historicity of own existence; (3) the project of overcoming nihilism as the oblivion of being from the spatial perspective of the “line,” allowing to realize the “glimpse” of being. The author concludes that it is impossible to solve the problem of violence and its various forms of its manifestation without overcoming “ontological nihilism.” Significant role in solving the problem of ontological violence is assigned to philosophy as a critical and responsible form of thinking, which is capable to help a person to bear the burden of the world, to provide meanings and affirm being, as well as to unite people and resist the fundamentalist claims of exclusivity and rightness.

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