William Sessions on Honor

A Special Issue on "data Envelopment Analysis: Theories and Applications" in Honor of William W. Cooper

In tribute to, in honor of, and with respectful memories of Professor William C. Shoemaker

Accomplishment, recognition, innovation, discovery, respect, successes, titles, achievement, emulation, mentorship, growth, and completion of one’s objectives...coupled with impediments, peer resistance, frustration, uncertainty, disappointment, and occasional failures. These words represent the positive and occasionally negative experiences of many (if not most) physician-scientists who are de...

FROM LEARNING THEORY TO CONNECTIONIST THEORY : Essays in Honor of William K . Estes

Nietzsche on Honor and Empathy

Moral philosophers like Martha Nussbaum, Philippa Foot, and Michael Weber argue for what I call the “Neo-Stoic Reading” of Nietzsche, which includes two claims: first, Nietzsche allegedly recommends the relentless pursuit of self-interest at the expense of other persons; second, he denies empathy any major role in the ethical life. I will argue that the Neo-Stoic view misses an important unifyi...

Honor to Whom Honor Is Due

It was owing in a great measure to an Indian surgeon's (Sir Eanald Martin's) efforts that the Order of the Bath was iirst conferred on British army surgeons, yet how few of Sir Ranald's brethren in India have received it, and how still fewer have been thought worthy of the Indian Order! Wo frequently see wealthy Parsees, and chiefs of doubtful fidelity, receiving the Star of India, while it is ...