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Cyclopedia of Philosophy

By: Sam Vaknin

...xpense? Does one have the right to use other people's bodies, their property, their time, their resources and to deprive them of pleasure, comfort, ... ...ese hierarchies reflect cultural mores and lores and there cannot, therefore, be a universal, or eternal hierarchy. In Western moral systems, the R... ...re discussed in terms normally reserved to natural catastrophes (force majeure). At times, the embryo is compared to cancer, a thief, or an invader:... ...ere is a social contract which applies to the parties to the contract and which is universally known and, therefore, implicitly incorporated in eve... ... contract can be annulled this way – the consent of both parties is required. Many times we realize that we have entered a bad contract, but there ... ...would this be considered an achievement of his? To succeed to earn 1 million USD is universally judged to be an achievement. But to do so while coma... ...f hosts have been infected. It is a kind of Nash equilibrium. Macroevolution (the coordinated emergence of entire groups of organisms) trumps micr... ...onal collaboration between such authorities yielded a measure of harmonization and coordinated action (especially in cases of trusts which are the ... ...which was followed by a bilateral agreement with the EU in 1991. These provide for coordinated antitrust investigations and prosecutions. The Unite...

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