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my purpose in this article is not to offer any original insights into hegel’s ethics, but merely to provide a brief overview that draws upon the most reliable secondary sources. in order to help organize the material, i compare hegel’s views with the communitarian critique of liberalism. following this, there is a brief account of the relation between hegel’s ethical and religious thought. hege...

My purpose in this article is not to offer any original insights into Hegel’s ethics, but merely to provide a brief overview that draws upon the most reliable secondary sources. In order to help organize the material, I compare Hegel’s views with the communitarian critique of liberalism. Following this, there is a brief account of the relation between Hegel’s ethical and religious thought. Hege...

Dr William Whitby was a general practitioner in Sydney who, from 1978 until about 1987, self published two books extolling the virtues of smoking and ridiculing anti-smoking claims. Privately the tobacco industry regarded him as "nutty", while nonetheless believing that his views should be promoted. They quietly supported him by distributing his book, offering legal advice, and persuading him t...

it is a well-known position that al-ghazali believes in the disability of reason to know moral goodness and badness, and it is in need of religious laws to know them. but is this because of his belief in reason’s structural disability or is it based on another ground? in this paper we take into consideration this view-point and investigate its real foundations. we show that al-ghazali seriously...

We read with interest the article by Donnelly et al 1 on outcomes treated for persistent bacterial bronchitis. They reported on 81 children with persistent cough for a period of 1 month to 14 years with a retrospective chart review. The authors defined persistent bacterial bronchitis as a wet cough present for .1 month that resolved with appropriate antibiotic treatment. They concluded that per...