Nobis: 8 books

High-school writing prompts often ask students to provide overly simplified responses to complicated issues, but a person’s stance in the real world can rarely, if ever, be reduced to “agree or disagree.” Arguments are complex, with more than two points of view and a range of evidence to consider;...

Edited by Mylan Engel Jr. and Gary Lynn Comstock, this book employs different ethical lenses, including classical deontology, libertarianism, commonsense morality, virtue ethics, utilitarianism, and the capabilities approach, to explore the philosophical basis for the strong animal rights view, which...

A balanced, accessible discussion of whether and on what grounds animal research can be ethically justified. An estimated 100 million nonhuman vertebrates worldwide—including primates, dogs, cats, rabbits, hamsters, birds, rats, and mice—are bred, captured, or otherwise acquired every year...

Since 2013, an organization called the Nonhuman Rights Project has brought before the New York State courts an unusual request—asking for habeas corpus hearings to determine whether Kiko and Tommy, two captive chimpanzees, should be considered legal persons with the fundamental right to bodily liberty. While...

Seminar paper from the year 2012 in the subject American Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: Beloved is a novel with many interesting themes which are worth examining. The following paper deals with the significance of numbers in Toni Morrison's...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Jura - Strafrecht, Note: 17 Punkte, Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Institut für Strafrecht und Kriminologie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die Untreue gemäß § 266 StGB ist eine der zentralen Normen des Wirtschaftsstrafrechts....

Written in Australian poetic vernacular, *Boy Out of the Country tells a story of land, family and belonging. A family property, worthless for generations, is suddenly zoned as part of a regional housing estate to accommodate an ever-increasing urban sprawl. At this moment of shifting economies...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2011 im Fachbereich Jura - Medienrecht, Multimediarecht, Urheberrecht, Note: 13 Punkte (gut), Bayerische Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Bürgerliches Recht / Lauterkeitsrecht), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die in der deutschen Rechtsprechung entwickelte Störerhaftung...