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  • 11Mill, John Stuart: Ethics and politics — J.S.Mill Ethics and politics R.F.Khan ON LIBERTY John Stuart Mill’s mature views on ethics and politics are to be found in On Liberty (published in 1859), Utilitarianism (1861), Considerations on Representative Government (1861) and The… …

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  • 12Clergy — (left to right) George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury (1991–2002), Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi (UK), Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, Jim Wallis, Sojourners, USA. 2009 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Cleric redirects here. For… …

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  • 13W. D. Ross — William David (W. D.) Ross Full name William David (W. D.) Ross Born 15 April 1877 Thurso, Scotland Died 5 May 1971 Oxford, United Kingdom Era 20th century philosophy Region Western Philosophy …

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  • 14Étienne Vacherot — (July 29, 1809 July 28, 1897) was a French philosophical writer.LifeHe was born of peasant parentage at Torcenay, near Langres in the Haute Marne département of France.He was educated at the École Normale, and returned thither as director of… …

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  • 15Ecclesiastical court — An ecclesiastical court (also called Court Christian or Court Spiritual ) is any of certain courts having jurisdiction mainly in spiritual or religious matters. In the Middle Ages in many areas of Europe these courts had much wider powers than… …

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  • 16Sentō — nihongo|Sentō|銭湯| is a type of Japanese communal bath house where customers pay for entrance. Traditionally these bath houses have been quite utilitarian, with one large room separating the sexes by a tall barrier, and on both sides, usually a… …

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  • 17Hilton v. Guyot — SCOTUSCase Litigants=Hilton v. Guyot ArgueDate= ArgueYear= DecideDate= DecideYear= FullName=Hilton v. Guyot et al. USVol=159 USPage=113 Citation= Prior= Subsequent= Holding= SCOTUS=1894 1895 Majority=Gray JoinMajority= Concurrence=… …

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  • 18Convention on Psychotropic Substances — The Convention allows only medical and scientific uses of Schedule I drugs. Signed February 21, 1971 Location Vienna Effective August 16, 1976 Condition 4 …

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  • 19Western Africa — ▪ region, Africa Introduction       region lying south of the Sahara and east and north of the Atlantic Ocean. It is latitudinally divided into two parallel belts of land: the western portion of the Sudan, a geographic area that stretches across… …

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  • 20comity — Literally, courtesy or civility, to which the law adds some refinements in defining the term for the purposes of conflicts of laws and international law: Neither a matter of absolute obligation on the one hand nor a mere courtesy and good will on …

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