... prevails. Our study thus provides insight into delicate balance between cooperation and competition in cooperative breeding. alloparental care grandmother hypothesis historical demography human life history post-reproductive lifespan socioeconomic status The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 17-11983S...

... independent at time t, if and only if γ t = 0 . They are conditionally positively (or negatively) dependent according to the sign of γ_t. ³ audit conditional dependence COVID-19 endogenous selection patient assignment value of human life C12 C4 I1...

...://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. developmental plasticity human life history growth patterns maturation My comments on Lea et al.’s review discussing “developmental...

... will restore to the position he would have been in if that particular damage had not occurred. This article attempts to develop actuarial models using the concept of human life value that can be used as a guide to determine the amount of loss of future earnings. We believe this is where actuarial scientists...

... authority to terminate an unwelcome pregnancy is still mitigated by moral qualms about the attendant loss of human life. ⁶ There was, at least in the past, a tendency, especially among those who professionally counsel women seeking an abortion (as is required by law in Germany), to (tacitly...

..., Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 0073 ; Fax: +44 (0) 114 222 0002 ; E-mail: [email protected] metabolic syndrome silver spoon human life-history developmental constraint developmental plasticity early-life nutrition It is well-established that nutritional...

... Democratic Republic. Key Words: elective abortion, embryo transfer, in vitro fertilization, protection of human life, reproductive ethics, German Democratic Republic, bioethics Progress in medicine has been accompanied by the emergence of new possibilities and freedom...

... to better understand the universe around us. It includes a section dedicated to art in the human life cycle and explains the author's own conception of “the human unit of time.” Lastly, the book suggests ways to tap in to the artfulness and artistry of our own lives and how to find audiences for your work...

... claims that Origen approaches texts to enhance, not evade, embodied human life. A comparison of Origen and Boyarin reveals that the precise character of the body as such is still a matter for debate. Allegory Alexandrian Body and spirit Boyarin Daniel on allegory Incarnation Auerbach on Meaning...

... that shape a human life and the ways those forces are suffered, resisted, and reimagined. It also mentions Mamina Yegbe Marah, who inadvertently offered the author insights into the magical uses of literacy. The chapter considers Mamina Yegbe and his persecutors as the interplay in their imaginations...

... for the conditions of human life and for human experience as the basis for theology. The conceptual origin of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Job is of a world created and therefore ordered, but they disagree on whether man is capable of perceiving that order. They agree that the path to wisdom is through experience...

...For the last forty years or so, the dialogue between religion and science has wrestled with questions of meaning and purpose about human life. We wonder: Who are we? Where are we going? And why are we here? This article emphasizes ethical concerns and feminist insights. Everyone is embedded...

...This chapter discusses not only how the fabric of relations binds people to all others, but also how its fissures are a part of the “nature” or the “essence of life,” at least “human life.” If it is true that all life, however it defines its belonging, is protected by the ideals...

...This chapter develops personalism on the question of the purpose of human life, which the author argues is human flourishing. The six basic goods mentioned in chapter 5 are here said to serve this larger purpose of human life, this telos. The happiness and flourishing can also...

... reality, in which human life is properly oriented toward goods, virtues, and flourishing, why do failure, destruction, and evil happen? Briefly, the answer offered is that the accomplishment of flourishing is based upon a certain set of resources, experiences, and efforts provided by other persons...

... morality order shame generosity magnificence goodwill honor anger Plato friendliness wealth law koinonia polis society communities common activities slaves village procreation economic activity literature religion security Aristotle ancient philosophy human life virtues...

... philosophy Stoicism human life Schools of philosophy—organized places for study and instruction in philosophy and related matters—existed in Greece at least since Plato founded his famous Academy just outside the Athenian walls. That was not long (perhaps only fifteen years) after Socrates’s death...

... times pragmatism inapprehensibility Clitomachus Dogmatists choice Epicurus Pyrrhonian skepticism skeptics ancient philosophy human life Sextus Empiricus Despite their many individual differences, for all the philosophers we have discussed in previous chapters—Socrates, Aristotle...

..., and anthropological fieldwork pursued over many years in such places as Sierra Leone and Australia, the author explores variations on this theme. As he describes the ways we address and negotiate the vexed relationships between “I” and “we”—the one and the many—he is also led to consider the place of thought in human...

... Heidegger Martin knowledge opening relativism truth absolutism concepts consciousness perspectivism affirmation Brzozowski Stanisław experimentation understanding nihilism rejection negation of life history human life philosophy Curiosity about the world, as we know, sometimes...