Respect for Experts or Respect for Unanimity? The Liberal Paradox in Probabilistic Opinion Pooling

Respect: or, how respect for persons became respect for autonomy.

This article provides an intellectual archeology of how the term "respect" has functioned in the field of bioethics. I argue that over time the function of the term has shifted, with a significant turning point occurring in 1979. Prior to 1979, the term "respect" connoted primarily the notion of "respect for persons" which functioned as an umbrella which conferred protection to autonomous perso...

Probabilistic Opinion Pooling

How can several individuals’opinions on some factual matters be aggregated into uni…ed collective opinions? This question arises in many contexts. A panel of climate experts may have to aggregate the panelists’con‡icting opinions into a compromise view, in order to deliver a report to the government. A jury may have to arrive at a collective opinion on the facts of a case, despite disagreements...

Probabilistic opinion pooling generalized Part two: Premise-based opinion pooling

We consider the classical problem of aggregating di¤erent individuals’probability assignments (opinions) over a -algebra of events. In practice, some events represent basic propositions, such as ‘it rains’or ‘CO2 emissions cause global warming’, while others represent combinations thereof, for instance disjunctions (unions) of basic events. It is plausible to treat the basic events as premises ...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...

A Framework for Urban Morphology with Respect to the Form