On Parfit's View That We Are Not Human Beings

Are we living in depressing times that are not NICE?

The recent well advertised problems in the treatment of depression (The Times, February 2008) 1 raise important and difficult issues that will impinge upon the medico-legal interface. Antidepressant medicines, used for decades and considered by clinicians to have been effective, have been now deemed not only to be ineffective but to increase the rate of suicide, particularly, it is said, amongs...

We Are Humor Beings: Understanding and Predicting Visual Humor

Scenes Vocabulary The abstract scenes interface developed by Antol et al. [1] consists of 20 “deformable” humans, 31 animals in different poses, and about 100 objects that can be found in indoor scenes (e.g., couch, picture, doll, door, window, plant, fireplace) or outdoor scenes (e.g., tree, pond, sun, clouds, bench, bike, campfire, grill, skateboard). In addition to the 8 different expression...

On cloning human beings.

The purpose of this paper is to show that arguments for and against cloning fail to make their case because of one or both of the following reasons: 1) they take for granted customary beliefs and assumptions that are far from being unquestionable; 2) they tend to ignore the context in which human cloning is developed. I will analyze some of the assumptions underlying the main arguments that hav...

Reflection for the undergraduate on writing in the portfolio: where are we now and where are we going?

Introduction: The portfolio can be seen as a tool for assessmentof a variety of learning activities that differ in content, usage, andassessment. The portfolio not only meets the learner’s educationalneeds but also the political and public reassurance demand thatthe health professional has achieved the required competency ofthe curriculum that allows him or her to practice safely with orwithout...

Brucella Infection Causing Abortion in Human Beings