A theory of justice by john rawls7/8/2023 ![]() ![]() that social and economic inequalities must be arranged so that they benefit the least-advantaged members of society.that offices and positions are open to all under conditions of fair equality of opportunity, and.each person has the same claim to a full scheme of equal basic liberties.Through the original position, Rawls reasons the two principles of justice, which dictate that: This thought experiment leads Rawls down a social contractarian philosophical journey that addresses distributive justice from a Kantian perspective, with the aim of offering an alternative to utilitarian doctrines. In the original position, mutually-disinterested rational persons, in a hypothetical original situation, shielded from the particulars of society and their place in it by what Rawls calls the veil of ignorance, agree on the kind of society in which they choose to live. To do this, Rawls employs a thought experiment called the original position. and raising the prospects of the least advantaged in society. ![]()
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![]() ![]() If you have trouble setting boundaries in your life, there are ways to talk to yourself and others that might ease the process. Telling people what you need can also lead to "increased feelings of empowerment and control over your own life experience," she says. ![]() "This is important because it is the first step in protecting yourself from experiences that would be harmful to you if you allowed them." "Setting boundaries means knowing your own limits about what you will and won't tolerate," she says. ![]() Setting boundaries can also shield you from damaging experiences at work, says Lisa Bobby, psychologist and clinical director of Growing Self Counseling & Coaching in Denver, Colorado. "People want to feel seen and being unable to have your needs met equates to you not being seen in relationships," Tawwab says. "The lack of boundaries can make people feel powerless and hopeless."Īnd setting boundaries with friends, family, and partners can actually help strengthen those relationships. "Anxiety and depression are just some of the mental issues or concerns that arise when boundaries are not present in relationships," she says. However, there are tons of psychological benefits to drawing lines in your personal and professional life. ![]() If saying any of this scares you, you're not alone.įor many, the idea of setting boundaries with people you love and work with can feel mean, says Nedra Glover Tawwab, a licensed therapist and author of Set Boundaries, Find Peace. "I know I said I was available tonight, but I think I do need a quiet night at home." ![]() ![]() On SoundCloud, where the EP originally made its debut, the tracks are ordered: Yes! On Lil Uzi Vert’s SoundCloud, the project’s tracklist is ordered differently in comparison to streaming services. ![]() The following day, “CIGARETTE” was released on the streaming version of RED & WHITE in place of “BELIEVE ME” - likely due to a sample clearance issue. ![]() Once all nine tracks were released, Uzi confirmed the EP’s completion on Twitter: Within the early hours of July 22, 2022, five more tracks were periodically released through Uzi’s SoundCloud and streaming platforms hours later. The EP’s fourth and final promotional single “HITTIN MY SHOULDER” was released via SoundCloud on July 20, whilst the EP’s first single “SPACE CADET” became available on all streaming platforms. The third promotional single “FLEX UP” was released a day after. The second promotional single “I KNOW” was released on SoundCloud just two days after. The EP’s lead single “SPACE CADET” released on Uzi’s SoundCloud on July 16, 2022. ![]() Uzi announced the project and revealed its cover artwork via their Instagram on July 12, 2022. The EP marks their first solo body of work since March 2020’s Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. RED & WHITE is Lil Uzi Vert’s third EP and the predecessor to their upcoming project, THE P!NK TAPE. ![]() Gallipoli by Peter Hart7/7/2023 ![]() In addition to excellent facilities, this also provides a convivial atmosphere for those that wish to socialise in the evenings.Īll tours will be led by Peter Hart accompanied by one of the other members of PHBT acting as administrator and coordinator for the group. ![]() In acknowledging the challenges that Covid19 will no doubt continue to present this keeps the group together in one hotel and as can be seen from the website below, provides leisure activities as well as access to a beach for relaxation. Our plans are to again place ourselves in the heart of the battlefield at the Hotel Kum. We are one of the few to offer full board which includes breakfast and evening meal as well as a lunch brought out to the battlefield. ![]() This is on occasion extended to nine or even ten days. PHBT are unique in offering tours of eight days which include the travel days to and from Istanbul, which means six full days on the battlefield. ![]() ![]() The Great War Group is delighted to announce a partnership with Peter Hart Battlefield Tours that will see our members receive early-bird booking privileges and a discount beginning with two tours to Gallipoli next year in May and September. ![]() ![]() ![]() As her family’s financial situation worsened and her health deteriorated, Rossetti grew more devoutly religious. Rossetti’s early poetry-influenced by Romantic literature as well as her own ill health-focused on themes of love and death. Although not an official member, Rossetti collaborated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, contributing poetry to their journal, The Germ, under the pen name Ellen Alleyn, and modelling for their paintings. All three of her siblings were writers, and her brother, Dante Gabriel, helped found the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, one of the most influential artistic movements of the Victorian period. The Rossetti household was intensely creative and artistic. ![]() Like many young women in her position, Rossetti prepared to become a governess (one of the few “respectable” occupations for women at the time), but poor health prevented her from teaching. ![]() Despite the family’s literary connections, they were relatively poor. Rossetti was educated at home by her mother, Frances, who was devoutly religious and influenced her daughter’s lifelong devotion to the Anglican faith. Her father was a political exile, poet, and translator, and her maternal uncle, John Polidori, was a writer and physician to the famous Romantic poet Lord Byron. ![]() Christina Georgina Rossetti was born into an artistic, well-educated Italian-English family. ![]() Amazon the splendid and the vile7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Riding home on one of his own buses, Charles couldn’t keep himself from thinking about the boys who robbed him. Then one day some street boys hijacked his car. He was a genuinely rich man in a genuinely poor country. He worked hard and made his way up the corporate pyramid, eventually owning his own bus company and becoming regional distributor for an oil company. Then followed years of living on the street and begging, until he finally found work. One morning when he was six, he woke to discover his family had disappeared overnight – they’d just moved away, leaving him behind. I should have believed what Dixey told me about it.Ĭharles Mulli was born in poverty in a village in Kenya. One of its co-producers, Lukas Behnken, happens to be the son of one of my oldest friends, my college roommate Dixey Behnken. I was late in seeing this film, which I’ve known about since its release in 2017. But that second act is nothing less than astonishing. The story of Charles Mulli, chronicled in the documentary, Mully, would have offered a remarkable story even without its amazing second act. ![]() Jk rowling fantastic beasts books7/7/2023 ![]() The newest streaming service joining the likes of Netflix and Disney+ is HBO Max this spring. (Image credit: (HBO)) Will The Harry Potter Find A Place On HBO Max? Following the massive backlash, we’re curious if Rowling will take some of it to heart and be more straightforward about the Dumbledore and Grindelwald romance or continue to leave it out of the Fantastic Beasts storyline. Fans quickly took issue with Rowling’s decision, especially those looking forward to seeing LGBT representation in the franchise. ![]() In the Crimes of Grindelwald bonus features, Rowling spoke out about the character’s relationship, saying their relationship was “incredibly intense” and had “sexual dimension,” but she is “less interested in the sexual side” of things. Going into Crimes of Grindelwald without this context, you wouldn’t have any idea of this element of the story. However, when it came time for their romance to be portrayed on the big screen, it was barely hinted at. Rowling that a young Albus fell in love with Gellert before finding out his plans to find the Deathly Hallows and lead a wizarding revolution. After the book series was published, fans learned from J.K. ![]() ![]() (Image credit: (Warner Bros)) Will Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s Romance Ever Get Screen Time?Īnother controversy surrounding the Harry Potter franchise is the matter of Dumbledore and Grindelwald’s relationship. ![]() Dan brown angels and demons series7/7/2023 ![]() ![]() While the minutes tick away, Langdon joins forces with Vittoria Vetra, a beautiful and mysterious Italian scientist, to decipher the labyrinthine trail of ancient symbols that snakes across Rome to the long-forgotten Illuminati lair - a secret refuge wherein lies the only hope for the Vatican. ![]() ![]() Yet somewhere within the walls of the Vatican, an unstoppable bomb of terrifying power relentlessly counts down to oblivion. In Rome, the college of cardinals assembles to elect a new pope. His baffling conclusion: that it is the work of the Illuminati, a secret brotherhood presumed extinct for nearly four hundred years - reborn to continue their bitter vendetta against their most hated enemy, the Catholic church. When a world renowned scientist is found brutally murdered in a Swiss research facility, a Harvard professor, Robert Langdon, is summoned to identify the mysterious symbol seared onto the dead man's chest. ![]() That hideous strength by cs lewis7/6/2023 ![]() This scenario comes vividly and ironically to mind as I prepare to teach an online course for Memoria College on “The Adult Fiction of C. ![]() ![]() Lewis estate objected to this title, necessitating the alternative title that the volume was finally given. I had originally intended the title to be “Narnia for Grown-Ups” as a way of showing that the deep theological and other thematic elements of the Narnia stories illustrated that they were for adults, not solely for children. Several years ago I wrote a book on The Chronicles of Narnia, which was published by TAN Books with the title Further Up and Further In: Understanding Narnia. Lewis teaches this priceless lesson, the learning of which is necessary if adults want to become grown-ups. In his adult fiction, as in his children’s fiction and his non-fiction, C.S. It is only by freeing ourselves from our possessiveness of others that we can avoid being possessed by the false “loves” that keep us from True Love. ![]() The mayfair bookshop7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Now you can wander IRL once again, and take advantage of its book-trading program to refresh your collection. West Seattle’s longtime (mostly used) bookstore approximated browsing online by posting pictures of its shelves to Instagram during the pandemic. Opened in 2019 by a married couple (he a former bassist in Modest Mouse, she an interior designer), Paper Boat is West Seattle’s lone bookstore for new titles, which rounds out its shelves with events and book clubs. The selection at the Annex will likely lean more niche and family-friendly than that of the OG location. The venerated U District bookseller announced in September that it would relieve some of its groaning shelves on the Ave with an expansion to Wallingford, setting up shop in the basement of the building that housed Open Books before the poetry emporium’s move to Pioneer Square. The rest of us can stop by for its wide range of titles and always rad clearance tables. 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