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- Creator:
- De Marchi, Paola Premoli
- Description:
- This paper consists of four parts: (i) The first part develops a phenomenological description of power as an interpersonal relationship of influence of a human being over some other human being and aim to show that the two fundaments of any ethics of power are the respect of the recipient of the relationship – which is a human dignity endowed with a dignity - and the intentional and transcendent character of the relation itself. (ii) The second part is dedicated to the question why power is a temptation for man, namely the use of power can easily turned into abuse. (iii) The third part inquiries hatred as that specific temptation of power which can motivate some human being to perform criminal acts against humanity. (iv) The fourth and final part of the paper aims to summarize the different moral responsibilities of any human being in the fight against genocide and other crimes against humanity.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Ding, John Zijiang
- Description:
- For over a decade, Confucian studies have gone through several evolutions and developments. From 2010 to today, this area has delivered a number of the fine scholars. This special issue of JET will examine the works of those Confucian scholars who have advanced significantly in the last few years in certain genres, and also share our thoughts on where certain tendencies are heading in the near future. For this purpose, we will analyze and compare five current trends in Confucian studies: global-contextualism, Asian-modernism, Asian-Americanism，multi-comparativism, and classical-textualism. We will offer an overview of these five trends revealing how each of them comprise a significant movement in Confucian studies. In addressing each, we will provide certain theoretical critiques and the responses to those critiques. The main thrust of this issue is to examine the similarities and differences among (between) those scholarly inquiries as well as to justify those research programs which are debatable, controversial and even confusing.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Liu, Haiming
- Description:
- The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, followed by a series of Chinese exclusion laws, barred the Chinese from coming to this country for half a century. While existing scholarship on this topic has focused on American racial politics, this article documents how the U.S.-China relationship impacted the making of Chinese exclusion laws. The thesis is that racist immigration laws reflected not only the domestic situation in America but also China’s international standing and ups and downs in the U.S.-China relationship. The unfair treatment of the Chinese in America had a great deal to do with a divided and weakened China. This linkage between Chinese America and China is a key issue for understanding Chinese American experience.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Lu, Zhaolu
- Description:
- A developmental review of cognitive science and philosophy of cognition reveals that over the sixty years since cognitive science began Leibniz’ theory of perception has been largely ignored. It has been systematically overlooked that Leibniz offers an insightful theory of perception from the rationalist perspective. Although programs and projects in cognitive studies have been conducted primarily in the empiricist framework, rationalist perspective has become increasingly demanding. A review of literature on Leibniz’ theory of perception reveals that there exist significant amount of misinterpretation and misunderstanding of Leibniz’ theory of perception. This paper introduces and clarifies Leibniz’ theory of perception through criticisms against M. Kulstad's claim that Leibniz’ theory of perception is inconsistent with several important doctrines of his philosophical system, which is M. Kulstad’s paper “Some Difficulties in Leibniz’ Definition of Perception” is a salient example and representative work that embodies Leibniz’ theory of perception is entirely ignored.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Crecelius, Anahid
- Description:
- A pilot survey was conducted on 18 predominantly upper class Egyptian women ages 23 to 47 years. Questions on demographic status, dietary habits, and health status were asked. Anthropometric measurements of height, weight, waist and hip circumferences were done. The results show that this group of women has dietary habits similar to a“western” diet of high fat, high simple carbohydrates and low fiber. The Body MassIndex (BMI) of 50% of the group falls in the overweight (above 25) and obese (above 30) regions. Twelve members of the group, or 67%, have waist/hip circumference ratios of 0.73 or above, a factor relating positively to the onset of breast cancer. Four of the subjects (22%) have waist/hip circumference ratios of above 0.80, three of whom have blood relatives with breast cancer.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- McKee, Gilbert J.
- Description:
- In the last 25 years, not-for-profit organizations as a whole appear to have become larger and less government subsidized. Although eleemosynary institutions represent a significant and growing sector of the U.S. economy, few would doubt that charities' special status of not being oriented towards returning profits on owners' investments (but instead being oriented towards spending the funds given to them in accordance with donors' intent) has resulted in financial management systems far less developed than those typically used by for-profit companies. For example, not-for-profit organizations are subject to fewer legal requirements for disclosing financial information to outsiders, nor has a tradition of continuous, consistent disclosure developed. An excellent example of the trends can be found in the state supported teaching university. The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the budget process at one such university in order to evoke thought on how the process works, and how it differs from the process normally found in the private sector, with an eye on triggering ideas on how to enhance non-profit financial management systems.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Cogger, Edward A.
- Description:
- The lobster (Homarus americanus) fishery in the Gulf of Maine is being threatened by the taking of ovigerous lobsters with the subsequent removal of their eggs by dipping their tails in a sea water and bleach solution. Solutions equal to or greater than 20 percent (v/v) commercial bleach will cause the complete removal of the eggs in less than 2 minutes with a 50 percent solution taking only one minute. However, this process causes chemical damage to the plumose setalhairs on the pleopods which can be easily detected with a light microscope. The research reported in this paper investigates this process and provides a method of detecting the removal of the eggs so marine enforcement officers will be able to prosecute the offenders.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Oladi, Soudeh
- Description:
- Through the Deleuzian analogy of the nomadic war machine, this paper seeks to tap into Rumi's writings to uncover potential points of contact. In so doing, what emerges is the war machine of love that works to awaken a powerful desire to seek transformative knowledge by advocating the release of the infinite power of love. In essence, the war machine of love inspires an endless intellectural and spiritual struggle that can guide an individual in their search for meaningful introspection and transformation. In engaging with the war machine of love, an individual can transform into a spiritual activist who explores limitless possibilities for being.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona
- Creator:
- Patten, Thomas H.
- Description:
- Together with such factors as training required, degree of initiative, responsibility for product or service, supervision of others, safety, working conditions and other considerations weighed in the evaluation of jobs, is the possibility of assessing relative job stress. But we seldom see stress per se considered in the design of job evaluation plans. There have been myriad conceptual and measurement problems involved in explicating what stress is.Thus stress has not been ignored in the social sciences and business. Morever, it is possible to build ad hoc job stress scales; and there is good reason for companies and agencies to experiment with them. A way of exploration and measurement of perceived stress in the job is proposed and suggested as a worthwhile beginning for interested scholars, companies, agencies, and otherwork organizations. Such endeavors would also generate studies of individual job performance in organizations and their connection with occupational stress research.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Campus Tesim:
- Pomona