Harris levels two main criticisms against our original defence of QALYs (Quality Adjusted Life Years). First, he rejects the assumption implicit in the QALY approach that not all lives are of equal value. Second, he rejects our appeal to Rawls's veil of ignorance test in support of the QALY method. In the present article we defend QALYs against Harris's criticisms. We argue that some of the con...

There is a long normative ‘Social Contract’ tradition that attempts to characterize ex-post income inequalities that are agreeable to all ‘behind a veil of ignorance.’ This paper takes a similar normative approach to characterize social decision-making procedures. It is shown that quite generally some form of majority-voting is preferred to unanimity ‘behind a veil of ignorance’ whenever societ...

This paper seeks to review the anthropology typical of Islam by reviewing role text and its interlation with religious practices in islam before, this will focus on exploration authority that is fought guiding facts life Muslim community. One growing phenomena society use veils. The legal status veil for some scholars still leaves debate. debate lies point view understanding applying messages Q...

the effectiveness of pituitary extract from crucian carp (carassius auratus linnaes 1758) in inducing ovulation in veil tail gold fish (carassius auratus gibelio bloch 1783), was examined and the effect of maternal hormone treatment on egg quality in two types of fertilization (fertilization in aquarium and artificial fertilization), were evaluated in 22·c temperature. fish were injected intrap...

In this article I investigate why two shows from different television genres in countries resort to nearly identical costume choices convey villainy. argue that the directors, writers, and designers for US science fiction show Stargate SG1 BBC's Merlin use orientalist tropes of veil as exotic, oppressed or threatening costumes their non-Muslim characters because centuries-long association Weste...

High resolution structures and computational methods have been used to identify compounds that prevent amyloid fibrils associated with Alzheimer's disease from dissociating into toxic species.

In this regard, the veil has become a very controversial issue in Islam. Some Muslims regard it as command of Allah contained Qur'an, while other and non-Muslims, especially Westerners, is identified clothing that comes from Arab culture, many people assume wearing judged excessive who wear are considered to shut themselves off social interaction, feared there will be misuse for bad interests. ...

To veil and wear a proper dress are among the commands of Allah to Muslim women, stipulated in several verses Quran. The term hijab or jilbab is most important related that issue. In Indonesia, wearing identical women’s identity reflects their piety. However, when one decides unveil, negative stigma unavoidable. This article examines perception Quran on veiling command based two aspects. begin ...