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Paths, Dangers, StrategiesThe human brain has some capabilities that the brains of other animals lack. It is to these distinctive capabilities that our species owes its dominant position. Other animals have stronger muscles or sharper claws, but we have cleverer brains.  If machine brains one day come to surpass human brains in general...

This authoritative reference guide includes a comprehensive history of Mississippi&'s constitutional developments over the past 175 years and points to needs for contemporary reform. The volume provides the text of the constitution, including an article-by-article commentary, and uses court cases and interpretative opinions over the past century to...

Vocal scoreAn easy harvest anthem for unison children&'s and/or SATB choir, with piano or organ or orchestral accompanimentLook at the world is suitable for Harvest Festival services, or for any occasion where it is appropriate to praise God for the gifts of creation.  An orchestral accompaniment is available on hire.  Also available in John Rutter...

Regulating Excessive ConsumptionPermit But Discourage: Regulating Excessive Consumption, by W.A. Bogart is the first book to focus on problem gambling and its regulation and to situate this analysis in the larger context of regulating excessive consumption. This work analyzes the effectiveness of law in controlling excessive consumption. It engages...

The idea that international humanitarian law (IHL) and international human rights law (IHRL) are complementary, rather than mutually exclusive regimes generated a paradigmatic shift in the international legal discourse. The reconciliation was driven by a humanistic ethos and its purpose was to offer greater protection of the rights to life, liberty...

How to Think About What to ThinkJonathan L. Kvanvig presents a conception of rationality which answers to the need arising out of the egocentric predicament concerning what to do and what to believe. He does so in a way that avoids, on the one hand, reducing rationality to the level of beasts, and on the other hand, elevating it so that only the...