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Hidden histories of the dead : disputed bodies in modern British medical rese…
In this discipline-redefining book, Elizabeth T. Hurren maps the post-mortem journeys of bodies, body-parts, organs, and brains, inside the secretive culture of modern British medical research after WWII as the bodies of the deceased were harvested as bio-commons. Often the human stories behind these bodies were dissected, discarded, or destroyed in death. Hidden Histories of the Dead recovers …
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- 9781108633154
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- xvii, 322 p. ; ill
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- 174.20941 HUR h
Handbook the global history of work
What is the day-to-day reality for workers in various parts of the world, and how was it in the past? How do they work today, and how did they work in the past? Did workers ever protest? If so, how? These and many other questions comprise the field of the global history of work - a young discipline that is introduced with this handbook.
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- 9783110424584
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- vii, 604p.
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- 174 HOF h
Perspectives on digital humanism
This open access book aims to set an agenda for research and action in the field of Digital Humanism through short essays written by selected thinkers from a variety of disciplines, including computer science, philosophy, education, law, economics, history, anthropology, political science, and sociology. This initiative emerged from the Vienna Manifesto on Digital Humanism and the associated le…
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- 9783030861445
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- xviii, 342 p. : ill.
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- 004 WER p
Big and little histories : sizing up ethics in historiography
This book introduces students to ethics in historiography through an exploration of how historians in different times and places have explained how history ought to be written and how those views relate to different understandings of ethics. No two histories are the same. The book argues that this is a good thing because the differences between histories are largely a matter of ethics. Looking …
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- 9780429399992
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- XI, 209 p.
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- 174.99072 HUG b
Narrowed lives : meaning, moral value and profound intellectual disability
What is day-to-day life like for people with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities who live in group homes? How do they express their desires and wishes? How do care workers think about them and treat them? Do they have basic rights to activities most of us take for granted: activities like sociability, sexuality, and moral affirmation? Narrowed Lives is an illuminating portrait of wh…
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- 9789176351482
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- xxii, 252p.:
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- 362.41092 VEH n
Animals in our midst : the challenges of co-existing with animals in the anth…
This Open Access book brings together authoritative voices in animal and environmental ethics, who address the many different facets of changing human-animal relationships in the Anthropocene. As we are living in complex times, the issue of how to establish meaningful relationships with other animals under Anthropocene conditions needs to be approached from a multitude of angles. This book offe…
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- 9783030635237
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- xiii, 579p. : ill.
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- 179.3 ANI a
Studies in Malaysian oral and musical traditions
The first of two studies included is “Music in Kelantan, Malaysia and Some of Its Cultural Implications,” by William P. Malm. Kelantan is the northernmost province on the east coast of Malaysia. It is considered to be the most orthodox area in a nation whose state religion is Islam. At the same time it must be noted that it borders to the north with the Buddhist country of Thailand and to t…
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- 9780472902286
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- 99 p.
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- Michigan Papers On South And Southeast Asia
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- 781.75951 MAL s
Robotics, AI, and humanity : science, ethics, and policy
This open access book examines recent advances in how artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have elicited widespread debate over their benefits and drawbacks for humanity. The emergent technologies have for instance implications within medicine and health care, employment, transport, manufacturing, agriculture, and armed conflict. While there has been considerable attention devoted to robot…
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- 9783030541736
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- x, 269p. : ill.
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- 174.9629892 ROB r
Artificial intelligence for a better future : an ecosystem perspective on the…
This open access book proposes a novel approach to Artificial Intelligence (AI) ethics. AI offers many advantages: better and faster medical diagnoses, improved business processes and efficiency, and the automation of boring work. But undesirable and ethically problematic consequences are possible too: biases and discrimination, breaches of privacy and security, and societal distortions such as…
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- 9783030699789
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- x, 124p. : ill.
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- 174.90063 STA a
Genetic resources, justice and reconciliation : Canada and global access and …
When the oral history of a medicinal plant as a genetic resource is used to develop a blockbuster drug, how is the contribution of indigenous peoples recognized in research and commercialization? What other ethical, legal, and policy issues come into play? Is it accurate for countries to self-identify as users or providers of genetic resources? This edited collection, which focuses on Canada, i…
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- 9781108557122
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- xix, 279p. : ill.
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- 346.710469534 GEN g
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