Several presidents have created bioethics councils to advise their administrations on the importance, meaning and possible implementation or regulation of rapidly developing biomedical technologies. From 2001 to 2005, the President's Council on Bioethics, created by President George W. Bush, was under the leadership of Leon Kass. The Kass Council, as it was known, undertook what Adam Briggle describes as a more rich understanding of its task than that of previous councils. The council sought to understand what it means to advance human flourishing at the ...

In times of fear, people seek comfort, purpose, and direction. We feel sadness and depression. We think about such issues as responsibility, error, guilt and forgiveness. We explore spiritual recourses such as prayer and sacred scripture. This book deals with such issues and concerns. These pages draw upon the world's longest continuous discussion of salvation, the precious traditions of Judaism, as preserved in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the Midrash, and the Zohar (Kabbalistic commentary on the Bible). This book will inspire, comfort, and challenge ...

A Dictionary of Old English Plays is a comprehensive reference book compiled by James Orchard Halliwell in 1860. The book contains detailed information about plays that were written in Old English and were in existence either in print or manuscript form from the earliest times to the close of the seventeenth century. The dictionary contains entries for each play, including the author's name, the date of publication or creation, and a brief synopsis of the plot. The book also includes an index of authors and a list of plays that were lost or destroyed over ...

If you want to please a dog lover, give them this book. If you want to piss off a cat lover, give them this book. Dogs vs. Cats: Which Pet Is Superior? This is the first book to reveal the truth about cats: They are not-very-bright, difficult-to-train, self-centered animals that luxuriate in human benevolence but give little in return. This book offers proof that, in the rivalry between canines and felines, dogs are eminently superior with respect to their cognitive skills, emotional intelligence, language comprehension, and service to humanity all the ...

Prophecy does not care who you are and you can't escape it. Life at Corlain Castle has not improved for Elona since her return, and when Jaymis suggests they go on a Grand Tour, she agrees just to get away. Together, she and Jaymis seek some sort of peace, but powerful and ancient forces are rising. But their arrival in Mirriasmia sparks a series of events that shows Elona's previous adventure was not just a one-off. Soon it becomes impossible to tell friend from foe...

There is no such thing in Nature as chance, accident, or uncaused lack. Everything in Nature operates in accordance with LAW. All progress, whether physical, mental, moral, spiritual or financial, is based upon LAW and those who are successful is so because they followed, knowingly or not. The Law of Attraction says you are a living magnet, a force field of energy that radiates out from you and attracts back into your life people and circumstances in harmony with it. The Law of Financial Success explains how to apply this energy so you may achieve all you ...

Nas actividades de reabilitação baseada na comunidade (RBC), a cooperação harmoniosa dos prestadores de serviços de RBC é essencial para a prestação eficiente e eficaz de diversos serviços aos beneficiários dos cuidados. Apesar de se ter defendido a necessidade desta colaboração durante muitos anos, porque é que os beneficiários dos cuidados de saúde são prejudicados no cenário atual dos cuidados de saúde? A primeira causa do problema ...

When Jayne Silver moves into a share house in Brooklyn with three young men, her charismatic best friend Abby quickly becomes a permanent house guest. Incensed by plans for yet another militaristic 'humanitarian intervention', the household friends create a pacifist-activist group, Patriots Opposed to War - POW. The story of how these hazy hedonists graduate from low level vandalism to burglary and destruction, and ultimately to armed robbery and mass murder, is witty, engrossing and vibrant. It's a story of relationships and ideals, appetites and adventures ...

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