Abstract The Wagner Act established a right to collective action as the keystone of industrial democracy. In doing so, it also articulated radical conception self: that individuals form genuine desires and attain full self-actualization through action. This ran counter traditional liberal idea selfhood, which took possessive individualism fundament democratic governance. paper places its recept...

Dans cet article, j’analyse la stratégie rhétorique qui oriente l’affirmation d’un membre de l’élite l’État São Paulo (rapportée par Lévi-Strauss dans Tristes Tropiques) que les colons portugais avaient exterminé tous indigènes brésiliens et l’une des méthodes d’extermination était l’offre aux vêtements infectés variole. Je compare structure ce récit avec mythes grecs comme celui Médée ou Déjan...

Bioethicists appearing in the media have been accused of "shooting from the hip" (Rachels, 1991). The criticism is sometimes justified. We identify some reasons our interactions with the press can have bad results and suggest remedies. In particular we describe a target (fostering better public dialogue), obstacles to hitting the target (such as intrinsic and accidental defects in our knowledge...