Parents are 5 in many ways in their lives: there is "no exit" when it comes to children. Society expects-and needs-parents to provide their children with continuity of care, meaning the 6and imitate care that human being need to develop their intellectual, emotional and moral capabilities. ...
other are benign or even autonomy-enhancing. The multiplicity of meanings associated with modesty-related practices is a challenge to the policy maker. The Paper proposes that sometimes it is possible to transform the social meaning of modesty-related practices without transforming the practices ...
The principle of in dubio mitius stipulates that if treaty interpreters have doubts about the correct meaning of a provision, they should adopt the interpretation that imposes the less demanding obligation. Although the principle is commonly rejected by scholars, it keeps surfacing i...
In Defence of Modesty A modest theory of meaning for a language — in the technical sense introduced by Michael Dummett — is one that gives no account of the concepts expressed by primitive terms of the language. We should note that the use of 'concepts' her... J Mcdowell - Springer Ne...
In his first letter to the Corinthians, Paul advises single Christians who were avoiding marriage but unable to control their lust to get married. Paul seems to think that sex in marriage will solve the lust problem, or at least alleviate it: “it is better to marry than to burn” (1 ...