We generalize the classic problem of fairly allocating indivisible goods to the problem of fair public decision making, in which a decision must be made on several social issues simultaneously, and, unlike the classic setting, a decision can provide positive utility to multiple players. We extend the popular fairness notion of proportionality (which is not guaranteeable) to our more general set...

Camila Vergara’s Systemic Corruption is an extraordinarily rich, provocative and original work of political theory, which makes several compelling interventions in the normative literature. It develops a forceful critique overly narrow definitions corruption, insisting that more ‘systemic’ conception required order to grasp scale oligarchic domination contemporary democracies. also points out l...

Abstract In this article we define a new concept that has not previously been theorized: non-Muslim Islam . We argue theories and methodologies within Islamic studies produce hierarchy between Muslim productions of Islam, prioritizing the first. However, highlights may be produced for other purposes than belief in deity; example important producing identity, politics, aesthetics, narratives, et...

Grounded theory analysis of data obtained in 10 interviews with Roman Catholic Christian professional counselors identified six themes. Three themes were common to all interviews: the value and beauty faith; autonomy obedience; healing, renewal, call. other themes, appearing topics both religion counseling within individual interviews, integrated whole, relational concerns, meshing theories. Re...

Mortality models often have inbuilt identification issues challenging the statistician. The statistician can choose to work with well-defined freely varying parameters, derived as maximal invariants in this paper, or with ad hoc identified parameters which at first glance seem more intuitive, but which can introduce a number of unnecessary challenges. In this paper we describe the methodologica...

This chapter is an effort to build an ironic political myth faithful to feminism, socialism, and materialism. Perhaps more faithful as blasphemy is faithful, than as reverent worship and identification. Blasphemy has always seemed to require taking things very seriously. I know no better stance to adopt from within the secular-religious, evangelical traditions of United States politics, includi...

Digital projectors have been steadily becoming smaller and cheaper, and are now used to augment various surfaces with digital information. However, in situations other than the ideal dark room with a perfect white screen we must contend with ambient light and non-uniformity in surface colour, which will reduce the contrast of the output and introduce visible irregularities. Here we present a me...

insisting that the equality sign holds when k = n. Here, x[X] > • • • > x[n] are the xt arranged in decreasing order and, similarly, y[X] > • • • > y[n]. If (1) is only required for the increasing (decreasing) convex functions on R then one speaks of weak sub-majorization x >, respectively). The first is equivalent to (2). Let & be an open convex subset of R...

This article considers the transfer and circulation of affects in Freud’s first clinical case, ‘Emmy Von N.’ We are especially concerned to tease out the unconscious communication of affects within Freud’s case study. In part, this is to contribute to an understanding of the relationship between affect and its representative, passionate, forms. In part, our close reading of the case study is al...