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September 2013; published online 27 November 2013 Abstract I offer an account of the evolution of ethical life, using it to elaborate a meta-ethical perspective and a normative stance. In light of these discussions, I attempt to answer my title question. Keywords ethics, evolution, ethical progress, ethical
interest is the solid research by Goodey (1930) on Tylenchinema oscinellae, a parasite of Swedish fly. Shteinhouse (1952), evaluating the importance of allantonematids as enemies of insects, writes: "Allantonematidae represent a large group of nematodes living parasitically in insects; the life cycle of
their mother. They liked being together; they disliked being separated. The pleasure and pain systems were extended to respond to social stimuli. What was so advantageous about the way early mammal-like reptiles made a living that set the stage for this whole new way of having babies and extending care
National Univer- sity (founded in 1914) is the most significant in the Northwestern Region. THE BAMBOO PROJECT With the work of interdisciplinary teams in the rural areas of the province, the Na- tional University seeks a way to correlate scientific and technological knowledge to the life experiences of
priority in the cam- paign. In particular, it was assumed that contact with nature would provide an effective means to prevent and decrease diseases and problems that are typical of a stressful urban life-style such as obesity, asthma, chronic stress, heart diseases, and diabetes. However, during a
periods of his life as a boy. His childhood had been split by the death of his father, which took place unexpectedly when the patient was four years old. The recurrent nightmare reproposed his terror over the moon’s imminent crash into the Earth. The idea of the moon about to crash into the Earth leads to
. Then it offers a section about 'infrastructure' connecting and separating pieces of land motivated by humans. By its fragmentation and disturbance of the landscape it is usually seen as an enemy of 'nature', but to what extent it could be an ally? Every main section is introduced by the editors
bad at practical decision-making, and this in turn makes them significantly worse at living any kind of normal life. Damasio’s own interpretation of their deficit was in terms of an emotional disability, construed as the inability to ‘somatically mark’ actual and projected events, and thereby attach a
may have difficulty understanding normal conversation, espe- cially in noisy environments. To enhance communication abilities and increase quality of life, an audiologist will routinely prescribe a hearing aid or aids or assistive listening devices and assist in aural rehabilitation. Another common
Bamboo for Sustainable Development, pp. 173-186 Eds. A. Kumar, I.V. Ramanuja Rao and Ch. Sastry ©VSP2002 Bamboo-dependent livelihood patterns of fishing communities: A case study of the West Coast of India SANJA Y V. DESHMUKH PRASAD C. KARNIK BALAKRISHNA BHATKHANDE AMOL B. DESHMANE Manav