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  1. An Assay on The Hobbesian Trap and Axioms of First Contact.Steven J. Firth - 2023 - Space Policy 1.
    Discussion surrounding first contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence (ETI) is hotly debated in the literature. This paper responds to claims made by Jebari and Olsson-Yaouzis that the ‘dominant thought’ in the philosophy of language indicates that communication with ETI would not be possible, and that the resultant uncertainty forces us into the Hobbesian Trap—the proclivity to adopt pre-emptive military strategies as a function of mutual distrust and fear of imminent attack. The ‘dominant thought’ in the philosophy of language constitutes largely behaviourist (...)
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    The Quality Adjusted Life Year: A Total-Utility Perspective.Steven J. Firth - 2018 - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 27 (2):284-294.
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  3. An Assay on the Hobbesian Trap and Axioms of First Contact.Steven J. Firth - 2025 - In William Anderson, Space, Philosophy and Ethics. Delaware: Vernon Press. pp. 109-140.
    Discussion surrounding first contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence (ETI) is hotly debated in the literature. This paper responds to claims made by Jebari and Olsson-Yaouzis that the ‘dominant thought’ in the philosophy of language indicates that communication with ETI would not be possible, and that the resultant uncertainty forces us into the Hobbesian Trap—the proclivity to adopt pre-emptive military strategies as a function of mutual distrust and fear of imminent attack. The ‘dominant thought’ in the philosophy of language constitutes largely behaviourist (...)
     
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  4. Agents and Responsibility Under the Many Worlds Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics.Steven J. Firth - 2013 - Dissertation, University of Lethbridge
    Bachelors Honours Thesis: -/- Much philosophical thought has been given to the subject of personal identity. However, almost all of the discourse on personal identity seems to assume the Copenhagen Interpretation of quantum mechanics without giving thought to whether or not such a paradigm accurately describes reality – and though David Lewis briefly addresses Personal Identity under the Many Worlds Interpretation of quantum mechanics, his conclusion is Struldbruggian immortality. This paper surveys the major philosophical contributions in personal identity, and attempts (...)
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  5. The Picture Theory of Disability.Steven J. Firth - 2023 - Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 1 (2):198-216.
    The leading models of disability struggle to fully encompass all aspects of “disability.” This difficulty arises, the author argues, because the models fundamentally misunderstand the nature of disability. Current theoretical approaches to disability can be understood as “nounal,” in that they understand disability as a thing that is caused or embodied. In contrast, this paper presents an adverbial perspective on disability, which shows that disability is experienced as a personally irremediable impediment to daily-living tasks or goals-like-ours. The picture theory of (...)
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    Anent the theoretical justification of a sex doula program.Steven J. Firth & Ivars Neiders - 2023 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 44 (2):125-140.
    The Human Condition is neither a well-defined nor well-described concept—nevertheless, it is generally agreed that human sexuality is a fundamental and constituent part of it. For most able-bodied persons, accessing and expressing one's sexuality is a (relatively) trouble-free process. However, many disabled persons experience difficulty in accessing their sexuality, while others experience such significant barriers that they are often precluded from sexual citizenship altogether. Recognising the barriers to the sexual citizenship of disabled persons, the concept of a Welfare-Funded Sex Doula (...)
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    Sexual citizenship: defending society’s most disadvantaged.Steven J. Firth & Ivars Neiders - 2023 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 2023 (1):1-4.
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    The place of sexuality in society: misplaced grand theorising will sideline disabled people’s sexual rights.Steven J. Firth & Ivars Neiders - 2023 - Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics 44 (4):405-409.
  9. The Sex Doula Programme.Steven J. Firth & Ivars Neiders - 2024 - In Gabriel Bennett & Emma Goodall, palgrave encyclopedia of disability. Palgrave Macmillan Cham. pp. 1-9.
    The Welfare-Funded Sex Doula Programme is a proposed sexual needs service that advances the sexual citizenship of disabled people by providing specially trained ‘sex doulas’ to meet the various, often complex, sexual needs of disabled people. Conceived as providing disabled individuals with practical sexual support services, the role of the sex doula includes advocacy, counselling, therapy, and practical relief from sexual tension. The programme constitutes a robust, comprehensive, and theoretically cohesive welfare service that seeks to provision access to sexual citizenship (...)
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    (1 other version)Whither a Welfare-Funded ’Sex Doula' Programme?Steven J. Firth - 2019 - Journal of Medical Ethics 45 (6):361-364.
    The sexual citizenship of disabled persons is an ethically contentious issue with important and broad-reaching ramifications. Awareness of the issue has risen considerably due to the increasingly public responses from charitable organisations which have recently sought to respond to the needs of disabled persons—yet this important debate still struggles for traction in academia. In response, this paper continues the debate raised in this journal between Appel and Di Nucci, concurring with Appel’s proposals that sexual pleasure is a fundamental human right (...)
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    Antinatalism, Extinction, and the End of Procreative Self-Corruption, by Matti Häyry and Amanda Sukenick. [REVIEW]Steven J. Firth - 2024 - Teaching Philosophy 47 (4):610-613.
  12. Research Ethics Insurrection: Challenges to REB Criteria from the Social Sciences.Steven J. Firth - 2017 - The Meeting of the Minds 1 (1).
    Social Science relies heavily on the use of ethnography and other forms of qualitative study, research that may place the researcher as well as their subjects at significant ethical risk. In Canada, Research Ethics Boards are responsible for protecting research participants during these studies. But how much ethical oversight ought the Research Ethics Boards be entitled to? Are they repressing valuable qualitative studies or are the Social Science simply rebelling against new but appropriate control mechanisms not formerly applied to them? (...)
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    Whither a Better Place: Philosophical Reflections on Disability and Inclusion.Steven J. Firth - 2024 - Dissertation, University of Helsinki
    Broadly speaking, exclusion for disabled people can be understood as a general lack of social and political integration within a society. Inequalities arising from the multi-dimensional causes of exclusion not only include poverty, but more fundamental aspects of societal membership such as social participation, financial autonomy, friendship, sexual citizenship, and accessibility. The articles of this thesis offer insight to the nature of the experience of exclusion for disabled people by considering specific examples of exclusion (such as the exclusion from sexual (...)
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    The Bioethics of Space Exploration, by Konrad Szocik. [REVIEW]Steven J. Firth - 2024 - Teaching Philosophy 47 (2):292-296.
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    Public opinion quarterly : Steven J. Rosenstone, John Mark Hansen, and Donald R. Kinder, measuring change in personal economic well-being, 50 (1986) 176-192.J. Scott Armstrong & Steven J. Rosenstone - 1988 - International Journal of Forecasting 4 (1).
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    Making Sense of Genetics: The Problem of Essentialism.Steven J. Heine, Benjamin Y. Cheung & Anita Schmalor - 2019 - Hastings Center Report 49 (S1):19-26.
    Abstract“Psychological essentialism” refers to our tendency to view the natural world as emerging from the result of deep, hidden, and internal forces called “essences.” People tend to believe that genes underlie a person’s identity. People encounter information about genetics on a regular basis, as through media such as a New York Times piece “Infidelity Lurks in Your Genes” or a 23andMe commercial showing people acquiring new ethnic identities as the result of their genotyping. How do people make sense of new (...)
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    Is there a universal need for positive self-regard?Steven J. Heine, Darrin R. Lehman, Hazel Rose Markus & Shinobu Kitayama - 1999 - Psychological Review 106 (4):766-794.
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    Comment on “Resilience of Complex Systems: State of the Art and Directions for Future Research”.Steven J. Lade & Garry D. Peterson - 2019 - Complexity 2019:1-4.
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    The moment of truth.Steven J. Lawson - 2018 - Orlando, Florida: Reformation Trust.
    The reality of truth -- The reality of truth in a fallen world -- The reality of truth in the inerrant word -- The reality of truth in the written word -- The reality of truth in the exclusive Gospel -- The rejection of truth -- The rejection of truth by the first couple -- The rejection of truth by an unbelieving age -- The rejection of truth by a worldly church -- The rejection of truth in the Christian's life (...)
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    Sense and the identity conception of truth.Steven J. Methven - 2018 - European Journal of Philosophy 26 (3):1041-1056.
    The identity conception of truth holds that a thinkable is true just in case it is a fact. As such, it sets itself against correspondence theories of truth, while respecting the substantive role played by truth in respect of enquiry. In this article, I motivate and develop that view, and, in so doing, promote a particular conception of sense. This allows me to defend the view from two substantial criticisms. First, that the identity conception of truth is incoherent in respect (...)
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    Judging in Good Faith.Steven J. Burton - 1992 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
    This book offers an original theory of adjudication focused on the ethics of judging in courts of law, and proposes two main theses. One is the good faith thesis, which defends the possibility of lawful judicial decisions even when judges exercise discretion. The other is the permissible discretion thesis, which defends the compatibility of judicial discretion and legal indeterminacy with the legitimacy of adjudication in a constitutional democracy. Together these two theses oppose both conservative theories that would restrict the scope (...)
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    Naturalism: A Critical Appraisal.Steven J. Wagner & Richard Wagner (eds.) - 1993 - University of Notre Dame Press.
    Naturalism - the thesis that all facts are natural facts, that is the facts that can be recognised and explained by a natural science - plays a central role in contemporary analytical philosophy. Yet many philosophers reject the claims of naturalism. The essays in this anthology explore the difficulties of naturalism by revealing the ambiguities surrounding it, as well as the tensions that exist among its critics.
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  23. The Evolution of Imagination: An Archaeological Perspective.Steven J. Mithen - 2001 - Substance 30 (1/2):28.
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    Hypnotic involuntariness: A social cognitive analysis.Steven J. Lynn, Judith W. Rhue & John R. Weekes - 1990 - Psychological Review 97 (2):169-184.
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    The Influence of Leader-Follower Cognitive Style Similarity on Followers’ Organizational Citizenship Behaviors.Steven J. Armstrong & Meng Qi - 2020 - Frontiers in Psychology 11:526177.
    While cognitive style congruence has been highlighted as a potentially important variable influencing performance outcomes in work-related contexts, studies of its influence are scarce. This paper examines the influence of leader-follower cognitive style similarity on followers’ organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs). Data from 430 leader-follower dyads were analyzed using polynomial regression and response surface analysis. Results demonstrate that congruence of leader/follower cognitive style is a predictor of follower OCBs. Organizations may therefore benefit from considering issues of similarity of cognitive styles in (...)
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    Chinese science: Theory and practice.Steven J. Bennett - 1978 - Philosophy East and West 28 (4):439-453.
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    Causal Constraints on Intention.Steven J. Jensen - 2014 - The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 14 (2):273-293.
    Christopher Tollefsen, relying on the new natural law theory, has suggested that in the Phoenix abortion case, the action might be characterized simply as removing the baby rather than killing the baby. Tollefsen and other proponents of the new natural law theory fail to give proper weight to the observable facts of the world around us, and thereby tend to ignore the importance of observable causes in shaping the character of our intentions and our actions. An appreciation of the role (...)
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    Neuromarketing: Ethical Implications of its Use and Potential Misuse.Steven J. Stanton, Walter Sinnott-Armstrong & Scott A. Huettel - 2017 - Journal of Business Ethics 144 (4):799-811.
    Neuromarketing is an emerging field in which academic and industry research scientists employ neuroscience techniques to study marketing practices and consumer behavior. The use of neuroscience techniques, it is argued, facilitates a more direct understanding of how brain states and other physiological mechanisms are related to consumer behavior and decision making. Herein, we will articulate common ethical concerns with neuromarketing as currently practiced, focusing on the potential risks to consumers and the ethical decisions faced by companies. We argue that the (...)
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    The rationalist conception of logic.Steven J. Wagner - 1987 - Notre Dame Journal of Formal Logic 28 (1):3-35.
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    Comets and the Origin of Life by Janaki Wickramasinghe, Chandra Wickramasinghe, and William Napier.Steven J. Dick - 2012 - Journal of Scientific Exploration 26 (2).
    This volume is the latest in a series of books and articles stretching back more than three decades on a theme quite startling in its claims and implications: that terrestrial life did not originate on Earth but arrived in the form of cells or bacteria from outer space. The idea of “panspermia,” that the seeds of life are spread from planet to planet, dates to the 19th century with the ideas of Lord Kelvin. It was championed by the Swedish physicist, (...)
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    How law can help solve the collective action problem of antimicrobial resistance.Steven J. Hoffman, Reema Bakshi & Susan Rogers Van Katwyk - 2019 - Bioethics 33 (7):798-804.
    Antimicrobial resistance is a global collective action problem with dire consequences for human health. This article considers how domestic and international legal mechanisms can be used to address antimicrobial resistance and overcome the governance and political economy challenges that accelerate it.
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  32. Arjuna's decision : the warrior ethic in the Bhagavad Gītā.Steven J. Rosen - 2024 - In Jeffery D. Long & Steven J. Rosen, Ahiṃsā in the Indic traditions: explorations and reflections. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.
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  33. Subverting hierarchies : the song of the pious butcher.Steven J. Rosen - 2024 - In Jeffery D. Long & Steven J. Rosen, Ahiṃsā in the Indic traditions: explorations and reflections. Lanham, Maryland: Lexington Books.
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    A view to a death in the morning: Hunting and nature through history.Steven J. Bissell - 1997 - Environmental Ethics 19 (4):441-444.
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  35. The Identity of the Individual in the Psalms.Steven J. L. Croft - 1987
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    Andrea del Sarto's Noli me tangere : Sight, Touch, and an Echo of St. Augustine.Steven J. Cody - 2018 - Arion 26 (2):37.
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    The Ethics of Access: Who Is Offered a Cesarean Delivery, and Why?Steven J. Ralston & Ruth M. Farrell - 2015 - Hastings Center Report 45 (6):15-19.
    Much of the discourse in the bioethics literature on what is often called “cesarean delivery on maternal request” has focused on balancing respect for patient autonomy with attention to the short- and long-term risks of this procedure to maternal and neonatal well-being. And while there has been some analysis of the social and economic costs inherent in performing cesareans, much of the clinical and ethical analysis has concluded that, given the degree of risk to the mother and neonate from a (...)
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  38. Hollywood: Silent Film and the Shaping of Class in America.Steven J. Ross - 1999 - Science and Society 63 (2):271-274.
     
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    The Legitimacy of Capital Punishment in Hegel’s Philosophy of Right.Steven J. Heyman - 1996 - The Owl of Minerva 27 (2):175-180.
    At the end of the first part of the Philosophy of Right, Hegel outlines a retributivist theory of criminal punishment. According to this view, crime is an infringement of right, a negation which itself must be negated in order to establish the actuality of right. Crime is superseded through punishment, which inflicts on the criminal an injury that is equal in magnitude or “value” to the injury inflicted by the crime itself. Nothing in this account appears to foreclose the possibility (...)
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  40. Supervenience, recognition, and consciousness.Steven J. Wagner - 1994 - In Richard Warner & Tadeusz Szubka, The Mind-Body Problem: A Guide to the Current Debate. Cambridge, USA: Blackwell.
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    Phoenix Rising from the Ashes.Steven J. Jensen - 2020 - The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly 20 (3):525-544.
    New natural law advocates are somewhat notorious for their loose action theory, having a track record of counterintuitive claims. In response to criticisms, advocates have entrenched, further defending their questionable action theory. This paper first rehearses the basic criticism against the new natural law action theory. It then examines four recent attempts to revive this action theory and finds these attempts wanting. Within these attempts, certain patterns arise. Given a certain means A to a goal C, a search is made (...)
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    Descartes's arguments for mind-body distinctness.Steven J. Wagner - 1983 - Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 43 (4):499-517.
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    A history of archaeological thought.Steven J. Mithen - 1991 - History of European Ideas 13 (4):450-451.
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    Justice toward God and the American Political Order.Steven J. Brust - 2022 - Catholic Social Science Review 27:5-14.
    In these remarks to the co-author, I offer general support for their overall argument, especially the relationship between faith and reason, the retrieval of religion as a virtue and its relation to the political community, and their emphasis on the confessional nature of any political community. I also offer some remarks on the importance of their ecclesiological argument.
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    Tokyo in Transit: Japanese Culture on the Rails and Road.Steven J. Ericson - 2014 - The European Legacy 19 (6):794-795.
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    Undeifying Tiberius: A reconsideration of seneca, apocolocyntosis 1.2.Steven J. Green - 2010 - Classical Quarterly 60 (1):274-.
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    Behavioral disruption versus signal-generated memory retrieval as determinants of the signal-generated partial reinforcement extinction effect.Steven J. Haggbloom & Vickie R. Brewer - 1989 - Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 27 (2):99-102.
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    Partial reinforcement effect following a shift from massed acquisition to spaced extinction.Steven J. Haggbloom & Elizabeth K. Pond - 1981 - Bulletin of the Psychonomic Society 18 (5):278-280.
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    Author Meets Critics.Steven J. Brust - 2022 - Catholic Social Science Review 27:3-4.
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    Lessons from Malinowski: scholarship opportunities and the clinical academic.Steven J. Ersser - 2007 - Nursing Inquiry 14 (2):97-98.
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