The original position /

A comparison of offspring levels of co-dependency based upon their family of origin positive or negative environment. by Dilbeck, Glynn D.

A theory of justice / by Rawls, John, 1921-2002

Table of Contents:

Illiberal justice : John Rawls vs. the American political tradition / by Schaefer, David Lewis, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: John Rawls and the crisis of American liberalism -- Justice as fairness -- The second principle of justice -- "Choosing" principles of justice in the original position -- A just constitution -- Economic justice -- Civil disobedience vs. the right of resistance -- "Goodness as rationality," self-respect, and Rawlsian jurisprudence -- The sense of justice -- The just and the good -- Political liberalism I : principles -- Political liberalism II : applications -- "The idea of public reason revisited" -- The law of peoples -- Conclusion.…”

Feminism is queer : the intimate connection between queer and feminist theory / by Marinucci, Mimi

Politics and literature at the turn of the millennium / by Keren, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Politics in literature -- The "original position" in José Saramago's Blindness -- Absurdity and revolt in Cormac McCarthy's The Road -- The bystander's tale : Gil Courtemanche's A Sundady at the Pool in Kigali -- Fiction and the study of slums : Anosh Irani's The Cripple and His Talismans -- Narrative and memory in Haruki Murakami's Kafka on the Shore, Günter Grass's Crabwalk and André Brin's The Rights of Desire -- The politics of victimhood in John Le Carré's Abolute Fiends -- The quest of identity in Sayed Kashua's Let It Be Morning -- Political escapism in contemporary Israel : David Grossman's To the End of the Land -- Body and mind in Margaret Atwood's Oryx and Crake -- A Canadian alternative to the clash of civilizations : Yann Martel's Life of Pi.…”

The horses of San Marco & the quadriga of the lord / by Jacoff, Michael, 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The Problem of the Placement of the Horses at San Marco -- Excursus I: The Galliazzo Thesis on the Original Positions of the Horses at San Marco -- Excursus II: Giotto's Representation of the Horses of San Marco at the Arena Chapel -- Excursus III: The Lord's Quadriga and Dante's "Procession of Holy Scripture" (Purgatorio XXIX) -- Excursus IV: The Lord's Quadriga in Titian's Triumph of Faith.…”

Group rationality in scientific research / by Sarkar, Husain

Table of Contents: “…-- The Williams problem and utopias -- Group rationality : a unique problem -- Not an evolution problem -- Not a game theory problem -- Ramsey and group rationality -- The problem explored : Sen's way -- Consistency, ordering, and rationality -- Other notions of rationality and scientific welfare -- The sen-problems of group rationality -- The problem defined -- The skeptical view -- The democratic councils -- No covenant, a tale -- Multiply, multiply, multiply -- Positive arguments -- Negative arguments -- The route to the goal -- The subjectivist view I -- Individuals, group, and goals -- Divisions and discrepancies -- A society of ruthless egoists -- Theory choice -- Problems and a paradox -- The subjectivist view II -- Values and individuals -- Group transitions and risk distribution -- History, values, and representative groups -- Negotiations in the scientists' original position -- The city of man? -- The objectivist view -- Two objectivist problems -- Toward the best available method -- The best available method -- Is the single method sufficient? …”

Clearing weather / by Meigs, Cornelia, 1884-1973