OF DISSERTATION Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of Criminology and Justice Policy Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, April, 2011

In comparative philosophy, there arises the problem of ground for comparison. Qualitative comparison is based on a certain qualitative comparison, e.g., weight. Quantitative brings more clarity into introducing discrete and homogeneous units: how much does it weigh? How cost? Both quantitative start from that already given clear; they simply apply to case at hand (Is this one heavier than other...

The ongoing process of liberalization, as well as the intensive technological breakthrough have a great impact either on the macroeconomic policy creators, or the dissimilarity of conventional approach to found a strategy of a certain company. Bearing in mind the very notation, core characteristics of the concept of competitiveness are needed to be explored, but also the necessity to establish ...

Sport aesthetics historically has been somewhat marginalized in the philosophy of sport, which is itself a focus philosophy—to some degree, not unlike itself. Despite relative neglect how artworld and sportworld both intersect diverge, for last decade or so there growing interest this topic, complemented part by theoretical advances everyday aesthetics, somaesthetics, related areas. Recent book...

The plurality of models of ultimate reality is a central problem for religious philosophy. This essay sketches what is involved in mounting comparative inquiries across the plurality of models. In order to illustrate what advance would look like in such a comparative inquiry, an argument is presented to show that highly anthropomorphic models of ultimate reality are inferior to a number of comp...