The fatal effects of gambling exemplified in the murder of Wm. Weare, and the trial and fate of John Thurtell, the murderer, and his accomplices : with biographical sketches of the parties concerned ... : to which is added, the Gambler's scourge, a complete exposé of the whole system of gambling in the metropolis, with memoirs and anecdotes of notorious blacklegs.

Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 24260.

Letters to John H. Hopkins, D.D., Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church for the diocese of Vermont : occasioned by his lecture in opposition to the Temperance Society /

Mode of access: Internet.

The report of Hiram Maxwell's case, decided at the City-hall of the city of New-York, on the 3d day of February, 1823 : with the speech and doctrine advanced by John A. Graham, L.L.D., on the practice of taking the examinations and confessions in the police office of prisoners charged with crime; together with the letters and opinions of many of the greatest and wisest philosophers, civilians, orators, and statesmen in the United States.

Contains only Graham's speech and letters concerning it, from John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, John Jay and others.

A master-builder on the Nile : being a record of the life and aims of John Hogg, D. D., Christian missionary /

Includes index.

The golden book of John Owen : passages from the writings of the Rev. John Owen, M.A., D.D., sometime Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, and Dean of Christ Church /

Mode of access: Internet.

The man, John D. Spreckels /

Mode of access: Internet.

Memoir of John Griscom, LL.D., late professor of chemistry and natural philosophy; ...Comp. from an autobiography and other sources

Mode of access: Internet.

The Croker papers. The correspondence and diaries of the late Right Honorable John Wilson ... secretary to the Admirality from 1809 to 1830.

Mode of access: Internet.

Journal of Daniel Coker, : a descendant of Africa, from the time of leaving New York, in the ship Elizabeth, Capt. Sebor, on a voyage for Sherbro, in Africa, in company with three agents, and about ninety persons of colour. : The Rev. Samuel Bacon, John B. Bankson, Samuel S. Crozer. Agents. : With an appendix.

"Appendix to the Rev. D. Coker's Journal" (pages [41]-52) includes "Letter from Nathaniel Peck to his mother in Baltimore".

Florida International University COM 1st Accreditation Planning Weekend, Feb 16-18 2007- Profile: Dr John A. Rock, M.D.

Profile on Dr. John A. Rock, founding dean of the Florida International University College of Medicine.

Clergy in support of gays, Left-right: Rev. C. Edward Egan Jr., Rev. Roy Birchard, Rev. Robert E. Carter S.J., Rev. Gerad Lee, O.F.M., Rev. John D. Carnwale, O.F.M.

General note: Title and date provided by Bettye Lane.

Le concept d'expérience chez John Dewey et la problématique de l'éducation morale

L'éducation morale peut-elle répondre au défi et au besoin d'une éthique personnelle et sociale? Comment l'école peut-elle mettre en branle un processus de socialisation chez les jeunes? Permet-elle d'éclairer, d'élargir et d'approfondir le contenu social des enjeux éthiques chez l'enfant quand celui-ci est aux prises constamment avec le devoir du rendement et des notes? La pédagogie de l'enseignement moral telle que vécue dans nos écoles ouvre-telle les portes à la socialisation ou au narcissisme et à l'individualisme? Y a-t-il, en fait, entre l'organisation scolaire et l'organisation sociale, une continuité grâce à laquelle la formation morale à l'école permet au jeune de s'engager dans le processus social tout en développant des connaissances et des aptitudes nécessaires pour comprendre les enjeux éthiques collectifs et proposer des pistes de solutions? Pour favoriser cette continuité, l'organisation scolaire ne devrait-elle pas être à l'image de l'organisation sociale? Ultimement, quel lien existe-t-il entre l'école québécoise et notre société? Ce rapide survol de la problématique de l'éducation morale nous permet de distinguer actuellement trois niveaux d'interrogation: la conception de l'être humain sous-jacente aux programmes, la finalité de l'enseignement dans les écoles du Québec, ainsi que son enjeu social. Soulever ainsi cette problématique nous aide à mieux réfléchir sur la situation et à proposer des pistes de solutions pour faire de l'éducation morale une théorie et une pratique toujours plus conformes aux expériences individuelles et sociales de chez nous. C'est à partir de ce questionnement global que le philosophe et pédagogue américain John Dewey (1859-1952) nous semble très pertinent. Face à la problématique de l'éducation morale au Québec, la référence spécifique à John Dewey nous semble crédible pour plusieurs raisons. […]

To act or not to act : this is John's dilemma

The case proposes an ethical dilemma that a Public Service Director faces that could affect his career, the career of his boss, and the career of the governor of a state. There is a strong need for ethical leaders in this changing global organization world where the headlines are filled with stories of private sector and public sector leaders who have made serious ethical and moral compromises. It is easy to follow ethical leaders who you can count on to do what is right and difficult to follow those who will do what is expedient or personally beneficial. However, ethical leadership is not always black and white as this case will portray. Difficult decisions must be made where it may not always be clear what to do. The names in the case have been changed although the situation is a real one.

Reconsidering Relativism and Intentionalism in Interpretation : Donald Davidson, Hermeneutics, and Pragmatism

This study focuses on two philosophical issues related to the interpretation of art. Firstly, it considers the role of authorial intentions in interpretation. Secondly, the study raises the issue of relativism in interpretation through a discussion of the relativistic tendencies apparent in the views of three major figures of contemporary philosophy: Joseph Margolis, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Richard Rorty. The major goal of the thesis is to develop a theory of interpretation supporting the role of authorial intentions in interpretation on the basis of Donald Davidson s late philosophy of language and the holistic account of interpretation that underlies different parts of his philosophy. It is my belief that an intentionalist view of interpretation built on Davidsonian elements manages to form the most convincing defense of that interpretive position against the skepticism present in the views of Margolis, Gadamer, and Rorty. The theoretical issues addressed in the thesis are illuminated by discussions of case-examples, most importantly Richard Wagner s The Valkyrie, Thomas Adés America: A Prophecy, and some symphonies by Dimitri Shostakovich. In chapter one, I present a critical discussion of Margolis robust relativism. While finding Margolis criticism of the self-refutive argument plausible, I, nevertheless, argue that the relativistic logic Margolis offers should not be favored in interpretation. The first parts of chapter two outline Davidsonian intentionalism by presenting a reading of Davidson s later work in philosophy of language and mind, and by indicating its relationship to Davidson s views of literature. Then, I shall compare Davidson s ideas with some recent modest forms of intentionalism found in analytic aesthetics, and argue that Davidsonian intentionalism is in many respects more satisfactory compared to them. Chapter three engages Gadamer s hermeneutics by defending E.D. Hirsch s criticism of Gadamer. Uncovering the shortcomings in the replies of Gadamer s followers to Hirsch s criticism serves as a basis for the defense of intentionalism in interpretation carried out in the chapter. That defense is then extended with a discussion of some recent hermeneutic readings of Davidson s views. Chapter four deals with the standing of intentionalism through Rorty s pragmatist approach to literature. By indicating the position of pragmatist notions of aesthetic experience and imagination in Davidsonian intentionalism, it is shown that an intentionalist approach need not be as impoverished with regard to the value Rorty attributes to literature as he assumes. The concluding chapter outlines some ways in which one can be a pluralist with regard to art and interpretation without falling into relativism.