Defending Life

Author : Francis J. Beckwith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139466424

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Defending Life by Francis J. Beckwith Pdf

Defending Life is arguably the most comprehensive defense of the pro-life position on abortion - morally, legally, and politically - that has ever been published in an academic monograph. It offers a detailed and critical analysis of Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey as well as arguments by those who defend a Rawlsian case for abortion-choice, such as J. J. Thomson. The author defends the substance view of persons as the view with the most explanatory power. The substance view entails that the unborn is a subject of moral rights from conception. While defending this view, the author responds to the arguments of thinkers such as Boonin, Dworkin, Stretton, Ford and Brody. He also critiques Thomson's famous violinist argument and its revisions by Boonin and McDonagh. Defending Life includes chapters critiquing arguments found in popular politics and the controversy over cloning and stem cell research.

Author : Randall Robinson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999-02-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781101213056

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Defending the Spirit by Randall Robinson Pdf

Randall Robinson's Defending The Spirit is a personal account of his rise from poverty in the segregated south to a position as one of the most distinguished and outspoken political activists of our time. In 1977, Robinson founded TransAfrica, the first organization to lobby for the interests of African and Caribbean peoples. TransAfrica was instrumental in the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in South Africa and the reinstatement of President Aristide in Haiti. Robinson's thoughtful and provocative memoir paints a vivid picture of racism in the hallowed halls of Harvard, where he went to law school, as well as the corridors of power in Washington, D.C. He also recounts in fascinating detail his trips to troubled African and Caribbean nations; more than anyone else, he has raised awareness of the problems in those countries. Defending The Spirit also gives a devastating commentary on America's foreign policy endeavors in African and Caribbean nations, and an impassioned call to African-Americans for new leadership and activism to fight racism all over the world.

Author : Francis Beckwith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Abortion
ISBN : 1107323452

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Defending Life by Francis Beckwith Pdf

Defending Life is the most comprehensive defense of the prolife position on abortion ever published.

Author : Kevin B. Witherspoon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781682260760

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Defending the American Way of Life by Kevin B. Witherspoon Pdf

The Cold War was fought in every corner of society, including in the sport and entertainment industries. Recognizing the importance of culture in the battle for hearts and minds, the United States, like the Soviet Union, attempted to win the favor of citizens in nonaligned states through the soft power of sport. Athletes became de facto ambassadors of US interests, their wins and losses serving as emblems of broader efforts to shield American culture--both at home and abroad--against communism. In Defending the American Way of Life, leading sport historians present new perspectives on high-profile issues in this era of sport history alongside research drawn from previously untapped archival sources to highlight the ways that sports influenced and were influenced by Cold War politics. Surveying the significance of sports in Cold War America through lenses of race, gender, diplomacy, cultural infiltration, anti-communist hysteria, doping, state intervention, and more, this collection illustrates how this conflict remains relevant to US sporting institutions, organizations, and ideologies today.

Author : Arthur Parnell
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783385465091

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The Action of Lightning and the Means of Defending Life and Property from its Effects by Arthur Parnell Pdf

Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.

Author : Shawn Carney,Steve Karlen
Publisher : Kolbe & Anthony
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1737047705

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What to Say When by Shawn Carney,Steve Karlen Pdf

Author : William Landay
Publisher : Delacorte Press
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780345527592

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Defending Jacob by William Landay Pdf

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “A legal thriller that’s comparable to classics such as Scott Turow’s Presumed Innocent . . . tragic and shocking.”—Associated Press NOW AN EMMY-NOMINATED ORIGINAL STREAMING SERIES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Entertainment Weekly • Boston Globe • Kansas City Star Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney for two decades. He is respected. Admired in the courtroom. Happy at home with the loves of his life: his wife, Laurie, and their teenage son, Jacob. Then Andy’s quiet suburb is stunned by a shocking crime: a young boy stabbed to death in a leafy park. And an even greater shock: The accused is Andy’s own son—shy, awkward, mysterious Jacob. Andy believes in Jacob’s innocence. Any parent would. But the pressure mounts. Damning evidence. Doubt. A faltering marriage. The neighbors’ contempt. A murder trial that threatens to obliterate Andy’s family. It is the ultimate test for any parent: How far would you go to protect your child? It is a test of devotion. A test of how well a parent can know a child. For Andy Barber, a man with an iron will and a dark secret, it is a test of guilt and innocence in the deepest sense. How far would you go? Praise for Defending Jacob “A novel like this comes along maybe once a decade . . . a tour de force, a full-blooded legal thriller about a murder trial and the way it shatters a family. With its relentless suspense, its mesmerizing prose, and a shocking twist at the end, it’s every bit as good as Scott Turow’s great Presumed Innocent. But it’s also something more: an indelible domestic drama that calls to mind Ordinary People and We Need to Talk About Kevin. A spellbinding and unforgettable literary crime novel.”—Joseph Finder “Defending Jacob is smart, sophisticated, and suspenseful—capturing both the complexity and stunning fragility of family life.”—Lee Child “Powerful . . . leaves you gasping breathlessly at each shocking revelation.”—Lisa Gardner “Disturbing, complex, and gripping, Defending Jacob is impossible to put down. William Landay is a stunning talent.”—Carla Neggers “Riveting, suspenseful, and emotionally searing.”—Linwood Barclay

Author : Lonnie T. Brown
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781503609174

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Defending the Public's Enemy by Lonnie T. Brown Pdf

What led a former United States Attorney General to become one of the world's most notorious defenders of the despised? Defending the Public's Enemy examines Clark's enigmatic life and career in a quest to answer this perplexing question. The culmination of ten years of research and interviews, Lonnie T. Brown, Jr. explores how Clark evolved from our government's chief lawyer to a strident advocate for some of America's most vilified enemies. Clark's early career was enmeshed with seminally important people and events of the 1960s: Martin Luther King, Jr., Watts Riots, Selma-to-Montgomery March, Black Panthers, Vietnam. As a government insider, he worked to secure the civil rights of black Americans, resisting persistent, racist calls for more law and order. However, upon entering the private sector, Clark seemingly changed, morphing into the government's adversary by aligning with a mystifying array of demonized clients—among them, alleged terrorists, reputed Nazi war criminals, and brutal dictators, including Saddam Hussein. Is Clark a man of character and integrity, committed to ensuring his government's adherence to the ideals of justice and fairness, or is he a professional antagonist, anti-American and reflexively contrarian to the core? The provocative life chronicled in Defending the Public's Enemy is emblematic of the contradictions at the heart of American political history, and society's ambivalent relationship with dissenters and outliers, as well as those who defend them.

Author : Susan Rex Ryan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-09-30
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0984572007

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Defend Your Life by Susan Rex Ryan Pdf

Want to be healthier? Defend Your Life explains how you can empower your life by taking a safe and inexpensive daily dose of vitamin D3. This book addresses recent medical research-in easy-to-understand language-on vitamin D3's wide range of potential health benefits including: decreasing the risk of arthritis, autism, cancer, contagious illnesses, diabetes, heart disease, multiple sclerosis, and thyroid disorders. Adequate vitamin D3 in your body also may improve your athletic ability and dental health as well as slow genetic aging. Author Susan Rex Ryan shares her theory about how you can attain optimal vitamin D3 status and easily "defend your life" by enjoying better health.

Author : Matt Thomas,Denise Loveday,Larry Strauss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0380774585

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Defend Yourself! by Matt Thomas,Denise Loveday,Larry Strauss Pdf

One in five women will be attacked at some point in her life. Based on the self-defense approach currently being taught to thousands of women across the country, this book offers easily learned techniques women can use to protect themselves in a variety of dangerous situations.

Author : Karen Moriarty
Publisher : Infinity Publishing
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780741470324

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Defending a King by Karen Moriarty Pdf

A comprehensive, in-depth portrayal of Michael Jackson that includes his last mysterious years, Defending A King ~ His Life & Legacy reveals new information and unique insights into this king of a man. More controversial in life and in death than anyone

Author : Isabelle ; Jordan Fremeaux (Jay),Jay Jordan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : ART
ISBN : 0745345891

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We Are 'Nature' Defending Itself by Isabelle ; Jordan Fremeaux (Jay),Jay Jordan Pdf

"In 2008, as the storms of the financial crash blew, Isabelle Fremeaux and Jay Jordan deserted the metropolis and their academic jobs, traveling across Europe in search of post-capitalist utopias. They wanted their art activism to no longer be uprooted. They arrived at a place French politicians had declared lost to the republic, otherwise know as the zad (the zone to defend): a messy but extraordinary canvas of commoning, illegally occupying 4,000 acres of wetlands where an international airport was planned. In 2018, the 40-year-long struggle snatched an incredible victory, defeating the airport expansion project through a powerful cocktail that merged creation and resistance. Fremeaux and Jordan blend rich eyewitness accounts with theory, inspired by a diverse array of approaches, from neo-animism to revolutionary biology, insurrectionary writings and radical art history"--

Author : Ronny Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781637580219

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Holding the Line by Ronny Jackson Pdf

A behind-the-scenes political memoir written by a prominent White House physician. I would talk to the president before the chief of staff even saw the president in the morning. I walked into work, and I was already in the Oval Office talking to President Trump. It was rarely medical, to be honest with you; it was whatever was going on in the news. I’d be the first person he’d see in the morning. The president was completing tasks two to three hours before anybody else showed up in the West Wing to work. He’d get up at five o’clock in the morning and would be watching TV, tweeting, making phone calls, and doing all types of other tasks. President Trump would poke his head into my office or I’d walk out, and we would say, “Good morning. Did you see this or that?” He was always asking me about things on TV and what was going on, from Iran to Stormy Daniels. He’d say, “Walk with me.” So I’d walk him to the Oval Office, and we’d talk about everything. I’d walk out through the outer Oval Office and the chief of staff, national security advisor, and even the CIA briefer would be standing there, waiting to get in and talk to him. I’d walk out, they’d walk in, and his day would start. I was the first person he saw every morning and the last person he saw every evening when he went to bed.

Author : U.S. Catholic Church
Publisher : Image
Page : 849 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780307953704

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Catechism of the Catholic Church by U.S. Catholic Church Pdf

Over 3 million copies sold! Essential reading for Catholics of all walks of life. Here it is - the first new Catechism of the Catholic Church in more than 400 years, a complete summary of what Catholics around the world commonly believe. The Catechism draws on the Bible, the Mass, the Sacraments, Church tradition and teaching, and the lives of saints. It comes with a complete index, footnotes and cross-references for a fuller understanding of every subject. The word catechism means "instruction" - this book will serve as the standard for all future catechisms. Using the tradition of explaining what the Church believes (the Creed), what she celebrates (the Sacraments), what she lives (the Commandments), and what she prays (the Lord's Prayer), the Catechism of the Catholic Church offers challenges for believers and answers for all those interested in learning about the mystery of the Catholic faith. The Catechism of the Catholic Church is a positive, coherent and contemporary map for our spiritual journey toward transformation.

Author : Jonathan Spiro
Publisher : UPNE
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781584658108

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Defending the Master Race by Jonathan Spiro Pdf

A historical rediscovery of one of the heroic founders of the conservation movement who was also one of the most infamous racists in American history