Rationalizing the Permissibility of Mosque Decoration

The Study of Jame Mosque of Kashan’s Brick Decoration

Based on its inscription, the history of Kashan’s Jame mosque minaret dates back to 466 A.H. One of the prominent features of remaining architectural works, including minarets, is the vast and subtle use of bricks and the brick ornament’s integrity with the structure of buildings. Unlike other examples contemporary with Jame mosque minaret, there is no trace of subtle brick decoration. Also, th...

On the permissibility of torture.

Comparative study of the physical and substantive components of the architecture of the mosque, case study: the Mosque – School Aghabozorg in Kashan and Mosque - School Putrajaya Malaysia

The architecture of the mosque and the mosque of Islam to the present day with the new architecture of the symbols of wisdom are very high. Throughout history, structural and functional changes in the geometry of the mosque can be seen that the former mosque, reflecting the specific changes and is applicable. Designed mosques abroad in terms of structural and physical components, a special divi...

The Complexity of Rationalizing Matchings

Given a set of observed economic choices, can one infer preferences and/or utility functions for the players that are consistent with the data? Questions of this type are called rationalization or revealed preference problems in the economic literature, and are the subject of a rich body of work. From the computer science perspective, it is natural to study the complexity of rationalization in ...

Consciousness and the Moral Permissibility of Infanticide

In this paper, we present a conditional argument for the moral permissibility of some kinds of infanticide. The argument is based on a certain view of consciousness and the claim that there is an intimate connection between consciousness and infanticide. In bare outline, the argument is this: it is impermissible to intentionally kill a creature only if the creature is conscious; it is reasonabl...