An assertion that an action apparently unobjectionable in itself would set in motion a train of events leading ultimately to an undesirable outcome. (From Cambridge Dictionary of Philosophy, 1995)
The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES.

Voluntary euthanasia under control? Further empirical evidence from The Netherlands. (1/34)

Nineteen ninety-six saw the publication of a major Dutch survey into euthanasia in the Netherlands. This paper outlines the main statistical findings of this survey and considers whether it shows that voluntary euthanasia is under effective control in the Netherlands. The paper concludes that although there has been some improvement in compliance with procedural requirements, the practice of voluntary euthanasia remains beyond effective control.  (+info)

Slippery slopes in flat countries--a response. (2/34)

In response to the paper by Keown and Jochemsen in which the latest empirical data concerning euthanasia and other end-of-life decisions in the Netherlands is discussed, this paper discusses three points. The use of euthanasia in cases in which palliative care was a viable alternative may be taken as proof of a slippery slope. However, it could also be interpreted as an indication of a shift towards more autonomy-based end-of-life decisions. The cases of non-voluntary euthanasia are a serious problem in the Netherlands and they are only rarely justifiable. However, they do not prove the existence of a slippery slope. Persuading the physician to bring euthanasia cases to the knowledge of the authorities is a problem of any euthanasia policy. The Dutch notification procedure has recently been changed to reduce the underreporting of cases. However, many questions remain.  (+info)

Prenatal diagnosis and discrimination against the disabled. (3/34)

Two versions of the argument that prenatal diagnosis discriminates against the disabled are distinguished and analysed. Both are shown to be inadequate, but some valid concerns about the social effects of prenatal diagnosis are highlighted.  (+info)

Legal and ethical aspects of the vegetative state. (4/34)

The diagnosis of persistent or permanent vegetative state (PVS) raises ethical and legal problems. Strict adherence to the doctrine of the sanctity of life would require carers to continue to maintain the individual, perhaps for many years. However, few would regard this as an appropriate outcome when the person clearly has no capacity to interact with the environment and has no likelihood of recovery. However, the ethical and legal commitment to the sanctity of life has led courts to employ a variety of approaches to this situation in order to find a way in which the person in PVS can be allowed to die. It is argued that each of the approaches is disingenuous and ultimately unhelpful. What the law is doing is endorsing non-voluntary euthanasia, but dressing it up as something else. This is unhelpful for all concerned and the time has come for a review of all end of life decisions so that doctors, patients, and relatives can make honest decisions without fear of legal reprisal.  (+info)

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A new ethical approach to abortion and its implications for the euthanasia dispute. (6/34)

Mr Gardner, a practising gynaecologist who is necessarily involved with abortion, suggests a view of the fetus which is between the positions commonly held: the fetus is a mass of cells, the fetus is a person from the moment of conception. He considers that from the moment of conception there is established a maternal-fetal unity. In that state the previable fetus is not an individual but is on the way to that status. The writer goes on to differentiate between the moral positions of the advocates of abortion and of euthanasia. Already legal safeguards for those antipathetic to abortion have been eroded in practice and so likewise would those be if the Euthanasia Bill were to become law.  (+info)

Euthanasia. (7/34)

The principles of self-determination and individual well-being support the use of voluntary euthanasia by those who do not have moral or professional objections to it. Opponents of this posture cite the ethical wrongness of the act itself and the folly of any public or legal policy permitting euthanasia. Positive consequences of making euthanasia legally permissible respect the autonomy of competent patients desiring it, expand the population of patients who can choose the option, and release the dying patient from otherwise prolonged suffering and agony. Potentially bad consequences of permitting euthanasia include the undermining of the "moral center" of medicine by allowing physicians to kill, the weakening of society's commitment to provide optimal care for dying patients, and, of greatest concern, the "slippery slope" argument. The evaluation of the arguments leads to support for euthanasia, with its performance not incompatible with a physician's professional commitment.  (+info)

Passive euthanasia. (8/34)

The idea of passive euthanasia has recently been attacked in a particularly clear and explicit way by an "Ethics Task Force" established by the European Association of Palliative Care (EAPC) in February 2001. It claims that the expression "passive euthanasia" is a contradiction in terms and hence that there can be no such thing. This paper critically assesses the main arguments for the Task Force's view. Three arguments are considered. Firstly, an argument based on the (supposed) wrongness of euthanasia and the (supposed) permissibility of what is often called passive euthanasia. Secondly, the claim that passive euthanasia (so-called) cannot really be euthanasia because it does not cause death. And finally, a consequence based argument which appeals to the (alleged) bad consequences of accepting the category of passive euthanasia.We conclude that although healthcare professionals' nervousness about the concept of passive euthanasia is understandable, there is really no reason to abandon the category provided that it is properly and narrowly understand and provided that "euthanasia reasons" for withdrawing or withholding life-prolonging treatment are carefully distinguished from other reasons.  (+info)

I'm sorry for any confusion, but "wedge argument" is not a term used in medical terminology. It is a concept from logic and rhetoric, often used in debates or arguments to drive a wedge between the opposing sides by introducing a point of disagreement within the group. This can cause one side to weaken or change their position, making it easier for the other side to argue their case.

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Pulmonary wedge pressure, also known as pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) or left heart filling pressure, is a measurement obtained during right heart catheterization. It reflects the pressure in the left atrium, which is an estimate of the diastolic pressure in the left ventricle. Normal PCWP ranges from 4 to 12 mmHg. Increased pulmonary wedge pressure can indicate heart failure or other cardiac disorders that affect the left side of the heart.

"the argument for ID is not a new scientific argument, but is rather an old religious argument for the existence of God. He ... Forrest 2001, "The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic ... The argument from design, also known as the teleological argument or "argument from intelligent design", has been presented by ... A God-of-the-gaps argument is the theological version of an argument from ignorance. A key feature of this type of argument is ...
For Nagel, teleological arguments must be consistent because they can always be reformulated as non-teleological arguments. The ... The Wedge of Intelligent Design' by Barbara Forrest; Paul R. Gross". History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. 28 (3): 409- ... Natural theology presented forms of the teleological argument or argument from design, namely that organs functioned well for ... "The Argument from Design". Princeton University. Archived from the original on 16 July 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2017. Paley, ...
Forman accused Bevel of driving a wedge between the student movement and the local black churches. The argument was resolved ... Shortly after Forman graduated from high school he was kicked out of his house after an argument with his stepfather. He tried ...
Forman accused Bevel of driving a wedge between the student movement and the local black churches. The argument was resolved ...
... "arguments against evolution," which they falsely portray as "a theory in crisis." Critics state about the wedge strategy that ... The Wedge Strategy: So What? The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and ... A scan of the original wedge document (pdf format) Tim Rhodes puts a text copy of the wedge on the Internet The Wedge Document ... The wedge metaphor is attributed to Phillip E. Johnson and depicts a metal wedge splitting a log. Intelligent design is the ...
The book Wedge of Truth, published by Johnson in 2000, is an expansion of the Wedge Document. He states that truth has the ... with a specialty in analyzing the logic of arguments and identifying the assumptions that lie behind those arguments. He noted ... According to Johnson, the wedge movement, if not the term, began in 1992: The movement we now call the wedge made its public ... In its earliest days the intelligent design movement was called the 'wedge movement'. The wedge metaphor, attributed to Johnson ...
If both ∨ {\displaystyle \vee } and ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } exist and, in addition, ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } is also a lower ... By an argument similar to the above, one finds that the supremum of a set with upper bounds is the infimum of the set of upper ... Thus the central operations of lattices are binary suprema ∨ {\displaystyle \vee } and infima ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } . It is ... Thus the meet operation ∧ {\displaystyle \wedge } , if it exists, always is an upper adjoint. ...
The New York delegation offered their opinion that opponents of foie gras were intending to create a wedge issue; that the ... arguments used against foie gras would be modified to be used against other livestock production. The testimony of the delegate ...
... wedge S^{k}.} In domain theory, taking the product of two domains (so that the product is strict on its arguments). For any ... wedge Y&\cong Y\wedge X,\\(X\wedge Y)\wedge Z&\cong X\wedge (Y\wedge Z).\end{aligned}}} However, for the naive category of ... wedge S^{1}.} The k-fold iterated reduced suspension of X is homeomorphic to the smash product of X and a k-sphere Σ k X ≅ X ∧ ... wedge Y=(X\times Y)/(X\vee Y).} The smash product shows up in homotopy theory, a branch of algebraic topology. In homotopy ...
He wrote: "By 'a wedge', I simply mean whatever introduces such a gap.": 333 Rhetoric serves as a wedge, because it helps ... Snider, Alfred (25 October 2009). "Henry Johnstone and ad hominem argument". vimeo.com. Video lecture for the class "Argument ... wedge' by suggesting the ways in which it is, and also must be, a 'bridge'.": 75 They state that rhetoric serves as a wedge in ... 1920-2000) was an American philosopher and rhetorician known especially for his notion of the "rhetorical wedge" and his re- ...
"Byrne as a wedge in Conservative leadership?". Canoe. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2023-09-22. Barton ... Rosemary (December 3, 2019). "Why Scheer's defenders are pointing to the 2004 election now - and why the argument doesn't hold ...
... wedge b_{1}\leq a_{2}\wedge b_{2}.} It follows by an induction argument that every non-empty finite subset of a lattice has a ... wedge c)\vee (b\wedge c)=((a\wedge c)\vee b)\wedge c.} (Modular identity) This condition is equivalent to the following axiom: ... wedge b{\text{ implies }}b=b\vee (b\wedge a)=(a\wedge b)\vee b=a\vee b} and dually for the other direction. One can now check ... wedge (b\vee c)=(a\wedge b)\vee (a\wedge c).} A lattice that satisfies the first or, equivalently (as it turns out), the second ...
Naomi later signs up for an internet dating website and uses it to drive a wedge between Sonya and Toadie. Naomi finds a guy ... Naomi's date ends up having an argument with Sonya, causing Toadie to apologise to Naomi for ruining her date and comforting ...
After this argument with his son, Wedge indicated that he lost control and contemplated throwing himself out of his hotel ... Wedge fought as "Kid" Wedge in at least seventy professional boxing contests in seven years from 1899. Wedge was discovered and ... "Wedge Held for Threat to Kill Bride", Oakland Tribune (January 31, 1929):1,3. Frederick Wedge, in "Wedge Held for Threat to ... After his return to Nebraska, Wedge re-enrolled at the University of Nebraska. Wedge's only child, Hugh T. Wedge (died January ...
wedge issue: an issue which turns members of a party against each other. third rail: an issue which is so controversial, ... straw man: the practice of refuting an argument that is weaker than what one's opponent actually offers, or which they simply ...
Since the loan conditions have a huge influence on the economy of the recipient countries, there are many arguments about the ... Critics (often from the left) accuse such policies to be "not-so-thinly-disguised wedge[s] for capitalist interests." Take ... A counter-argument is that it is illogical to assume that reducing funding to a program automatically reduces its quality. ...
As Brenda came down the stairs, Bryan grabbed hold of her and forcefully wedged a pair of shorts into her mouth. He then ... 48-year-old Brenda Freeman had an argument with Bryan and David about Birdwell being in the house. ...
... alleging others have used his arguments to broaden the FBI's ability to collect intelligence. Maureen Dowd discussed Wedge, and ... Scott Ladd, review of Wedge in Newsday, quoted on Amazon.com homepage for Wedge "Riebling, M. Wedge. 1994". NameBase. Retrieved ... 2010 Wedge: The Secret War between the FBI and CIA. Alfred A. Knopf, 1994 Wedge: From Pearl Harbor to 9/11-How the Secret War ... 221ff Wedge (1994) Mark Riebling, "Epilogue," in Wedge: How the Secret War Between the CIA and FBI Has Damaged National ...
A common argument was that it would signal a turning away from the more subversive aspects of Daria's character, such as bitter ... drawing a wedge between Jane and Daria, for instance. Daria and Tom warmed up to each other throughout the fourth season, ... With Jane and Tom's relationship in crisis, a heated argument between Daria and Tom led up to a kiss in Tom's car. In the TV ... Connected to this are continued arguments about which ships are "best" and "right," with inevitable shipping wars. Romances ...
The Wedge "ID is not a new scientific argument, but is rather an old religious argument for the existence of God. He traced ... the teleological argument) "The only apparent difference between the argument made by Paley and the argument for ID, as ... making intelligent design and the argument from design analytic a posteriori arguments. See, e.g., Kitzmiller v. Dover Area ... If the argument to give "equal time for all theories" were actually practiced, there would be no logical limit to the number of ...
Biochemist Michael Behe, another member of "The Wedge," contributed the argument that he subsequently called "irreducible ... Forrest, Barbara (2001). "The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and ... David Wolpert, co-creator of the No free lunch theorem on which Dembski based his book, characterized his arguments as "fatally ... 2010). Evidence for God: 50 Arguments for Faith from the Bible, History, Philosophy, and Science. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books ...
Whitham geometric argument that the opening of the Kelvin chevron (wedge, V pattern) is universal goes as follows. Consider a ... the boat assemble to the standard shock wedge tangent to all of them, cf. Fig.12.3. As indicated above, the openings of these ...
... starting another furious argument between him and Glomgold, before causing them to wedge the sunburst down even more firmly. ... It wedges into the hole convex side down, creating a perfect seal. As the volcanic gases build up an enormous pressure, Scrooge ...
... wedge } and so on in front of their arguments rather than between them. This convention is advantageous in that it allows all ... According to this interpretation, the predicate P would be true if its first argument is less than its second argument. ... as argument of P, is free while the second one, as argument of Q, is bound. A formula in first-order logic with no free ... Thus a sound argument is correct in every possible interpretation of the language, regardless of whether that interpretation is ...
She finds them, but the two trap her between a narrow wedge of rocks and rip her head off. The two board a boat and drive off, ... The cult gets into an argument after finding Sonya's body, and split up into two groups, (Allison, Max and John and Melanie, ...
Creating an argument, Ratan and Ashok instigate Anmol and Nikhil against each other. Nikhil and Anmol pretend they have ... Ratan Singh and Ashok Tiwari team up to try and drive a wedge between their children. Ashok invites Nikhil and Anmol to return ...
A little reflection will make it evident that the Wedge argument implies the admission that the persons who use it cannot prove ... The passage I'll give you is from chapter 7, entitled "Arguments": There is only one argument for doing something; the rest are ... Wedge" and "The Dangerous Precedent": The Principle of the Wedge is that you should not act justly now for fear of raising ... If they could, that would be the sole and sufficient reason for not doing it, and this argument would be superfluous. The ...
For example, people have called such arguments "wedge" or "thin edge of the wedge", "camel's nose" or "camel's nose in the tent ... For these reasons, it seems best to propose drawing a distinction between dam burst arguments and slippery slope arguments." ... The key components of slippery slope arguments are three: An initial, seemingly acceptable argument and decision; A "danger ... A slippery slope argument is typically a negative argument where there is an attempt to discourage someone from taking a course ...
Using scaling arguments, Ludwig Prandtl argued that about half of the terms in the Navier-Stokes equations are negligible in ... Falkner and Skan later generalized Blasius' solution to wedge flow (Falkner-Skan boundary layer), i.e. flows in which the plate ...
Believing that achieving such measures would undercut arguments against women's voting and become a permanent wedge for full ... As the long-distance courtship continued, Blackwell shifted his arguments to how couples could shape their own marriages, ...
"Wedge Argument" by people in this website by year, and whether "Wedge Argument" was a major or minor topic of these ... "Wedge Argument" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicines controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject ... Below are the most recent publications written about "Wedge Argument" by people in Profiles. ... Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Wedge Argument". ...
Philosophy - Wedge Argument PubMed MeSh Term *Overview. Overview. subject area of * How to argue against active euthanasia. ...
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The right or privilege argument. A Private Members Bill prohibiting other promotional activities aimed at assisting the sale ... While it is only a bill at present, the question to be asked is whether this is the thin end of the wedge for legitimate ... Thin end of the wedge for the rights of trade mark owners?. Article \ 21 Sep 2012 ... Thin end of the wedge for the rights of trade mark owners? ...
"the argument for ID is not a new scientific argument, but is rather an old religious argument for the existence of God. He ... Forrest 2001, "The Wedge at Work: How Intelligent Design Creationism Is Wedging Its Way into the Cultural and Academic ... The argument from design, also known as the teleological argument or "argument from intelligent design", has been presented by ... A God-of-the-gaps argument is the theological version of an argument from ignorance. A key feature of this type of argument is ...
The argument never goes anywhere.. The Darwinists hold the dominant position in the sense that only their position is taught in ... The Wedge. Phillip E. Johnson. January 24, 1999. Intelligent Design. The movement we now call the Wedge made its public debut ... The Wedge. word-fake-changing-in-to-fact-stockpack-adobe-stock.jpeg. The Center for Science and Culture. February 3, 2006. ... Q&A: Wedge Issues. Nancy Pearcey. July 4, 1997. Intelligent Design. Its not only in politics that leaders forge movements. ...
The argument is spelled out in: MO:a/1645794/, Cutler 20, Prop. 1.6. ... big( X \times Y \big)^{cpt} \;\simeq\; X^{cpt} \wedge Y^{cpt} \,. ...
We divorced because of arguments, not because of abuse, adultery or substance abuse issues. The divorce actually seemed to take ...
Wedge took care of for me it in one simple statement.. I say that hed play this weekend no matter how good he was hitting the ... What are you basing this argument on? Dont take this the wrong way because I know you said its your opinion, but Im just ... I dont see one compelling argument that he isnt ready. Based on your statement, when do you think he would be ready to come ... What are you basing this argument on? Dont take this the wrong way because I know you said its your opinion, but Im just ...
It wouldve been a convincing argument. It probably wouldve been the right argument. Objectively and analytically, Felix ... I think Eric Wedge made a bad decision. But he made the only decision anybody wanted him to make, because we recognized that he ... But Eric Wedge didnt play the numbers. He played Felix, and as I sat here watching, I applauded the decision, even though I ... Eric Wedge appealed to my emotions. He appealed to everyones emotions. He was probably just listening to his own emotions. ...
Scarlett Coffman of Dave and Busters made the argument clear: "Technology will never replace face-toface. The focus on face-to- ... Yet, in this very session, the jury clearly demonstrated the irreconcilable wedge in the generational disconnect. While jurors ... expressed their addiction to technology, they also witnessed each others solid arguments to self-centered reasons on why ... These jurors didnt believe that social media were causing an irreconcilable wedge between generations, which http://www. ...
"As a collection, these myth-busting arguments work to soften the wedge responsible for the schism between science and religion ...
As long as the Norths denuclearization remains unresolved, this argument will likely be a wedge issue within the alliance. ...
The big-picture argument for Keystone XL goes something like this: The US economy is still massively dependent on oil. And, in ... It was an ideal wedge issue: Polls found that the broader public was overwhelmingly in favor of Keystone XL. But Obama couldnt ... There are also arguments more specific to Keystone XL. If the pipeline is blocked, proponents note, companies will just ship ... Thats a gargantuan task, and the endless argument over the pipeline is just one small piece of that. ...
Too bad theres a small detail that undercuts Media Matterss fundamental argument. ... Theres one final argument that Media Matters makes - and its the one that most clearly exposes how their attack fails. Author ... Simon Maloy cites the "Wedge Document" that allegedly proves Discovery Institute is driven by religious motives. (See our ... Too bad theres a small detail that undercuts Media Matterss fundamental argument: Tennessees law contains an express ...
Ursula and Clinton get into a heated argument when Ursula shares that shes still looking for career opportunities outside of ... While Ursula expresses that she wants to expand her career, Clinton thinks Ursula is trying to drive a wedge in their ... Ursula and Clinton get into a heated argument when Ursula shares that shes still looking for career opportunities outside of ...
2. The enemy is trying to bring a wedge between Gods people. The devil seeks to divide Gods people and stir up contention in ... Sometimes reconciliation is a greater goal than to win an argument or insist upon justice. ...
Sometimes those arguments between siblings are brief and forgiving. On other occasions, wedges are forged and sides are taken, ... A 2014 Los Angeles Times article reported that vastly different views on politics and life, drove a wedge between Don and ... Sometimes arguments between siblings are brief and forgiving. Other times, the damage is irreparable. Read on for seven ... There arent many other concerts you could make this argument about," Zax said to Rolling Stone. "From the moment I saw those ...
For wedged in their arguments was the tacit understanding that they, in fact, inhabited "opposite ends of a dialectic". ... Michelson coolly responded that her argument was based on the "redefinition of action as the movement of the camera itself", ...
The argument from variation. One of Berkeleys arguments is the argument from variation. Berkeleys spokesman Philonous ("lover ... And once that small entering wedge is secured, it is hard to stop the slide to the conclusion that nothing whatever is colored ... Berkeleys last two arguments have some major problems, then. Before returning to his first argument, the argument from ... The argument from variation revisited. The reinvigorated version of the argument from variation appeared in C.L. Hardins Color ...
He immerses his soul in the arguments of Scripture. That is why the people of God need to be taught. Sometimes today the ... evangelical church drives a great wedge between evangelism on the one hand and theology on the other. Surely Gods order is ...
To hear "bitumen" pronounced, click the wedge:. Your browser does not support the audio element. That audio clip comes from The ... Youre describing an epic argument here. Make it sound like one. In both the New American Bible, translation, commonly used in ...
The Gitmo argument is just what we needed, and not because it hands the GOP a "wedge issue." For my money, the speech-exchange ... The Gitmo argument is just what the doctor ordered By TigerHawk at 5/24/2009 10:07:00 AM ... On the front page of todays New York Times in an article about the Gitmo argument, we get this (bold emphasis added):. Now the ... It will be interesting to see whether the media establishment emphasizes his arguments in their coverage. ...
Contrary to Trumps argument that his tariffs are only hurting exporting countries, the tariffs have also hit US consumers. The ... tariffs drive a considerable wedge between the prices that US consumers (importers) pay and that which foreign producers ( ... A number of major economies have also made the broad argument that the Trump administration was not justified by imposing its ... Their argument is that Trump should have imposed the tariffs under Section 201 of the Trade Act of 1974. And if he had, they ...
ERIC: It was simply to arrange-instead of having holes-we would have wedges. The argument there is: What you want is the ... having wedges. And now, we have a hundred and twenty wedges. Our objects are now like one millimeter thick, but one-twentieth ... And, his argument was, for this to work, that it had to happen at least by twenty microns. And, its nice to have some kind of ... Interviewer: Do you have any predictions for the results of the wedge pendulum? ...
Open access advocates have made a strong and sustained argument that publication is a part of research. Extending publication ... This alone may be an important wedge into moving the system toward more open access publishing. ... Considering that more powerful arguments to support open access publishing exist, I find this rather narrow economic view ...
Optional immediate argument gives width of wedge in pixels (default 16). If argument < 0, program uses TV cursor to determine ... There is an optional imediate argument: IMWEDGE (n) If n is missing, use n=16, where n is the width of the wedge in pixels. If ... The X position you select is taken as the left edge of the vertical wedge. For horizontal wedges use n > 0 or, with n < 0, ... to get a vertical wedge. Uses TV cursor to select the image with which the wedge is associated (if needed). HELP SECTION. ...
The argument that solving the global warming problem by reducing human greenhouse gas emissions is ... "stabilization wedge", in which "a wedge represents an activity that reduces emissions to the atmosphere by a certain amount. ... Carn @59 , you really need to clarify the line of argument you are wishing to make [or perhaps I am wrong in assuming you were ... "wedges" and implementing policies; e.g. deciding to pursue the nuclear wedge and implementing the necessary policy choices ( ...
... a Fukuyama-esque cloning-as-wedge strategy seemed all pervasive. The "slippery slope" argument has been repeated constantly, ... And as the secular anti-cloning argument collapses under its own weight, it becomes increasingly clear that, at its base, the ... Still, the intellectual collapse of the Kass-Fukuyama-Krauthammer secular argument against therapeutic cloning -- which was ... "Cloning is the opening wedge for a series of new technologies that will ultimately lead to designer babies...If we get used to ...
  • Although the phrase intelligent design had featured previously in theological discussions of the argument from design, its first publication in its present use as an alternative term for creationism was in Of Pandas and People, a 1989 creationist textbook intended for high school biology classes. (wikipedia.org)
  • The argument from design, also known as the teleological argument or "argument from intelligent design", has been presented by theologists for centuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • Like "creation science", intelligent design centers on Paley's religious argument from design, but while Paley's natural theology was open to deistic design through God-given laws, intelligent design seeks scientific confirmation of repeated supposedly miraculous interventions in the history of life. (wikipedia.org)
  • Creation science" prefigured the intelligent design arguments of irreducible complexity, even featuring the bacterial flagellum. (wikipedia.org)
  • One imagines the godfather Phillip Johnson in a smoky dark room handing "wedge documents" to his eager followers, charging them to go forth and baptize converts to intelligent design. (evolutionnews.org)
  • Implementing somewhere between 7 and 14 wedges would be necessary to avoid dangerous climate change. (skepticalscience.com)
  • The formation of patterned ground, as evidenced by recorded ice wedge casts, implies a severe periglacial climate with reduced vegetation cover, resulting in sand drift and ventifact formation, with the former also leading to aeolian sediment deposition as the Early Holocene commenced. (lu.se)
  • The movement we now call the Wedge made its public debut at a conference of scientists and philosophers held at Southern Methodist University in March 1992, following the publication of my book Darwin on Trial . (discovery.org)
  • There was an argument to be made that Felix shouldn't have lasted as long as he did. (lookoutlanding.com)
  • I think Eric Wedge made a bad decision. (lookoutlanding.com)
  • Scarlett Coffman of Dave and Busters made the argument clear: "Technology will never replace face-toface. (nxtbook.com)
  • Open access advocates have made a strong and sustained argument that publication is a part of research. (sspnet.org)
  • In a nutshell, that is the Wedge strategy. (discovery.org)
  • And since then, as anti-cloning advocates began heaping pressure on the Senate to follow suit, a Fukuyama-esque cloning-as-wedge strategy seemed all pervasive. (prospect.org)
  • This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Wedge Argument" by people in this website by year, and whether "Wedge Argument" was a major or minor topic of these publications. (uchicago.edu)
  • Below are the most recent publications written about "Wedge Argument" by people in Profiles. (uchicago.edu)
  • We often get into arguments over the word "sustainable," usually because it means different things to different people and it has managed to wedge itself into the public discourse over man's handling of the environment, which is a surefire way to get into a fight. (constantcontact.com)
  • However, while Ellie supports and accepts her daughter's desire to explore and meet new people, Manny is overprotective, irritating Peaches and driving a wedge between the two. (wikipedia.org)
  • There aren't many other concerts you could make this argument about," Zax said to Rolling Stone. (grammy.com)
  • Skeptics often make the argument that we simply don't have the technology necessary to reduce emissions this much, this quickly. (skepticalscience.com)
  • Another use of a good argument is to make subtle distinctions sharper and clearer. (dreamcafe.com)
  • Of course students should learn the orthodox Darwinian theory and the evidence that supports it, but they should also learn why so many are skeptical, and they should hear the skeptical arguments in their strongest form rather than in a caricature intended to make them look as silly as possible. (evolutionnews.org)
  • ID critics quickly learned that the most effective way to target ID was not to address its arguments, but to make accusations of secret, sinister motives among proponents. (evolutionnews.org)
  • While Ursula expresses that she wants to expand her career, Clinton thinks Ursula is trying to drive a wedge in their relationship. (oprah.com)
  • The tariffs drive a considerable wedge between the prices that US consumers (importers) pay and that which foreign producers (exporters) receive. (piie.com)
  • The study used the concept of a "stabilization wedge", in which "a wedge represents an activity that reduces emissions to the atmosphere by a certain amount. (skepticalscience.com)
  • In fact, I can only remember winning an argument once in my life, when a better man than I said, "You haven't convinced me, but I can't answer you. (dreamcafe.com)
  • Sometimes, in fact, I only learn what I think about something when I hear myself making an argument. (dreamcafe.com)
  • The study notes that "Every one of these options is already implemented at an industrial scale and could be scaled up further over 50 years to provide at least one wedge. (skepticalscience.com)
  • A stepped wedge cluster randomized study design enrolling 47 first-level leaders from child- and adult-specialized mental health clinics within Norwegian health trusts across three cohorts. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Point to left or right of image to get a vertical wedge. (nrao.edu)
  • The X position you select is taken as the left edge of the vertical wedge. (nrao.edu)
  • It's no longer just an argument with the Left. (newsbusters.org)
  • But Eric Wedge didn't play the numbers. (lookoutlanding.com)
  • As an historian who had moved into cultural studies, I viewed the odd arguments erupting in seminar rooms like a play where everyone knew the script - except me. (sensesofcinema.com)
  • Now that several years have passed and a new century is almost upon us, it is time to review how the Wedge has grown and progressed, to evaluate how far we have come, and to forecast what we expect to accomplish in the next decade. (discovery.org)
  • They want to use torture as a wedge issue but at the same time want to say the Democrats signed off on it which are sort of incompatible…they want to drag down everyone if anyone goes down. (thenation.com)
  • If there is more than one image on the TV, the routine asks the user to point out the image with which the wedge is to be associated. (nrao.edu)
  • The point you select is the bottom of the horizontal wedge. (nrao.edu)
  • Considering that more powerful arguments to support open access publishing exist, I find this rather narrow economic view rather unconvincing. (sspnet.org)
  • This is not an exhaustive list, and there are other possible wedges, such as other renewable energy technologies they did not consider. (skepticalscience.com)
  • In his recent book Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution , Francis Fukuyama writes, "Cloning is the opening wedge for a series of new technologies that will ultimately lead to designer babies. (prospect.org)
  • ID presents two main arguments against evolutionary explanations: irreducible complexity and specified complexity, asserting that certain biological and informational features of living things are too complex to be the result of natural selection. (wikipedia.org)
  • If someone starts out saying, "We should do more to prevent voter fraud," and, through the course of an argument, it becomes clear that his attitude is, "the poor should be disenfranchised," then that argument was useful in showing anyone listening the basis of his original position. (dreamcafe.com)
  • Click here to read the Discovery Institute response to charges regarding the "Wedge" document, as well as seeing the exact original document in question. (discovery.org)
  • Arguments that specifically target our ordinary beliefs about color-that snow is white and lemons are yellow-are philosophical staples. (bostonreview.net)
  • While jurors expressed their addiction to technology, they also witnessed each other's solid arguments to self-centered reasons on why technology matters. (nxtbook.com)
  • The "slippery slope" argument has been repeated constantly, for example, in Weekly Standard editorials ranting about the danger of a "Brave New World" and even drawing parallels between the head of the biotech firm Advanced Cell Technology and Osama bin Laden. (prospect.org)
  • The argument between color realists and their philosophical and scientific opponents is of interest in its own right, but it can also serve as an introduction to general philosophical questions about appearance and reality. (bostonreview.net)
  • The "bus vs. rail" argument drives a wedge between these potential allies, emphasizing competing interests instead of common cause. (planningreport.com)
  • This idealism often drives a wedge between CMOs and other executives that ultimately results in marketing decisions being made by less qualified individuals empowered to preserve cash and drive immediate revenue. (betheboss.com)
  • omega\wedge\eta=\frac{\left(k+l\right)! (r-project.org)
  • We define \(x\wedge y\) to be \(\frac{5! (r-project.org)
  • Suppose we have the wedge product of a 0-form (a smooth function) and a l-form , so the following may result: $$\frac{1}{l! (physicsforums.com)
  • The argument from design, also known as the teleological argument or "argument from intelligent design", has been presented by theologists for centuries. (wikipedia.org)
  • For the philosophical "argument from design", see Teleological argument. (uncommondescent.com)
  • The benchmark script takes two arguments - first the folder with ground truth files ("molfiles") and second with your generated files - the filenames of individual structures should be identical. (nih.gov)
  • Wedge Issue™ is a series of double IPA's where we take two hops that divide opinion around the brewery and put them together in equal amounts to make the whole greater than the sum of the parts. (beermenus.com)
  • Drink Wedge Issue and believe in a day when arguments end in delight. (beermenus.com)
  • Who's Got the Wedge Issue Now? (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Last month Republicans were beside themselves with joy at the perception that they had found a sure-fire "wedge issue" in the administration's contraception coverage mandate, which was under siege by the Catholic bishops and was drawing criticism from some Democratic Catholics as well. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • Kiwis love weed, but it has been used as a wedge issue and is the perennial political football during elections here. (vagabondjourney.com)
  • But they have, and they have managed to turn it into a very effective wedge issue. (aspenpublicradio.org)
  • ARABLOUEI: A number of prominent American historians have taken issue with one of the project's arguments - that the American Revolution came about because the American colonies were bent on preserving slavery, and that meant separating from Great Britain. (aspenpublicradio.org)
  • Although the phrase intelligent design had featured previously in theological discussions of the argument from design, its first publication in its present use as an alternative term for creationism was in Of Pandas and People, a 1989 creationist textbook intended for high school biology classes. (wikipedia.org)
  • As a positive argument against evolution, ID proposes an analogy between natural systems and human artifacts, a version of the theological argument from design for the existence of God. (wikipedia.org)
  • This frequently invoked the argument from design to explain complexity in nature as supposedly demonstrating the existence of God. (wikipedia.org)
  • Like "creation science", intelligent design centers on Paley's religious argument from design, but while Paley's natural theology was open to deistic design through God-given laws, intelligent design seeks scientific confirmation of repeated supposedly miraculous interventions in the history of life. (wikipedia.org)
  • Creation science" prefigured the intelligent design arguments of irreducible complexity, even featuring the bacterial flagellum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Code named "Mendel" , the new design will be wedge shaped rather than a box which offers a few benefits. (hackaday.com)
  • Intelligent design was developed by a group of American creationists who revised their argument in the creation-evolution controversy to circumvent court rulings such as the United States Supreme Court's Edwards v. Aguillard decision, which barred the teaching of "Creation Science" in public schools on the grounds of breaching the separation of church and state. (uncommondescent.com)
  • T. Oakes is correct that the argument to design does not get one to a supernatural designer, let alone to the merciful God that Christians confess. (firstthings.com)
  • Hume s assurance that the design argument does not reach all the way to the God of Scripture softens them not a bit. (firstthings.com)
  • The inference to biological design is a modest argument that doesn t penetrate to the mysteries of our faith. (firstthings.com)
  • The stepped wedge (SW) design, in which participants or clusters are randomized to receive the experimental intervention at different time points, gained popularity. (nih.gov)
  • Array-like object which specifies the fraction of the radius with which to offset each wedge. (codecademy.com)
  • Nightingale's chart has its flaws - there has been much argument about the proportionality of the wedges, since the data plots to the radius only, thus overdramatising the outer areas, for instance. (eyemagazine.com)
  • I'll leave that argument to the comments instead. (golfwrx.com)
  • Why does this argument fail, and when are such sheaves birational invariants? (mathoverflow.net)
  • The arguments have academic merit, but fail to address the cash crisis faced by the chief executive officer, chief financial officer and shareholders. (betheboss.com)
  • returns the wedge product of any number of \(k\) -forms. (r-project.org)
  • returns the wedge product of two \(k\) -forms, although the idiom is somewhat opaque, especially the "strange" combinatorial coefficient \((k+l)! (r-project.org)
  • Hello, we defined the wedge-product as follows Alt is the Alternator and the argument of Alt is the Tensor poduct of one k-form and a l-form (in this order w and eta). (physicsforums.com)
  • If we suppose we know, that we get a basis of this space by using the wedge-product and a basis of the dual space, then we might. (physicsforums.com)
  • Str or list, hatching pattern applied to all pie wedges or sequence of patterns that the chart will cycle through. (codecademy.com)
  • The marked rectangle highlights a demand zone coupled with the Fibonacci level, the Moving Average, and the QML (Quasimodo) pattern, presenting a bullish argument for price action. (fbs.com)
  • EURCAD is currently trading inside a wedge pattern. (fbs.com)
  • It puts forth a number of arguments in support of the existence of a designer, the most prominent of which are irreducible complexity and specified complexity. (uncommondescent.com)
  • It's been years since Ping has offered a raw wedge option, but with enough player demand on Tour, Ping finally delivered. (golfwrx.com)
  • prestressing closes separations in the roof and increases frictional wedging, mechanical devices, air-filled rubber bladders, grout- restraint along bedding, joints, and other fracture planes, thereby filled bags, and water-filled metal diaphragms. (cdc.gov)
  • A list of strings to provide labels for each wedge. (codecademy.com)
  • Simplified vertical breast reduction is a variation on the vertical technique that uses a full-thickness medial pedicle for nipple circulation and breast shaping and resection of a vertical (not horizontal) wedge of tissue to improve the initial result and provide a long-lasting shape. (medscape.com)
  • [ 20 ] While the argument supports the use of the tool, it was based on the results of Teplin [ 10 ] from approximately twenty years earlier. (medscape.com)
  • A string or function used to generate labels inside the wedges showing their numeric value. (codecademy.com)
  • I know some people will call me naive, but the fact is "they can fit you up" is an argument for not allowing the police to have any powers to do anything. (libdemvoice.org)
  • Republicans are bracing for a battle where substantive arguments could be swamped by political optics and the intensity of the clash over women's issues. (washingtonmonthly.com)
  • The activism landscape has also evolved to include dual purpose activists who combine both TSR and EESG arguments, as well as "pincer attacks" from EESG and TSR activists acting independently or in concert against the same company. (lawdragon.com)
  • Before Dr. Oz told Steve Novella that "Western" science and medicine can't study woo like acupuncture , Dr. Weil was there, paving the way for such arguments, previously considered ludicrous, to achieve a patina of respectability. (sciencebasedmedicine.org)
  • Or maybe they can recognize the kinds of arguments that do and do not reach people (especially academic types) in our science"soaked culture. (firstthings.com)
  • My question is, how did you choose to respond to that in the book, and why did you choose to kind of stick with that point of view of that argument? (aspenpublicradio.org)
  • For instance, couples who have started a new relationship and are still getting to know each other may find themselves grappling with many new relationship arguments. (bonobology.com)
  • The project continues to be highly controversial, given arguments that it might drive a wedge between the EU countries, the United States' opposition and the risks it poses to the triangle of energy, environmental and security policies. (dbresearch.com)