Essays in jurisprudence and ethics, by Frederick Pollock ..

Nature of jurisprudence.--Laws of nature and of man.--Law of partnership.--Employers liability.--Theory of persecution.--Oath of allegiance.--English law as a branch of politics.--Science of case-law.--Casuistry of common sense.--Ethics and morals.-Marcus Aurelius and the stoic philosophy.--Spencer's Data of ethics.--Index.

Extending the human life span : social policy and social ethics /

"NSF/RA 770123."

Culture and children's cosmology

In this investigation, we examined children's knowledge of cosmology in relation to the shape of the earth and the day-night cycle. Using explicit questioning involving a choice of alternative answers and 3D models, we carried out a comparison of children aged 4-9 years living in Australia and England. Though Australia and England have a close cultural affinity, there are differences in children's early exposure to cosmological concepts. Australian children who have early instruction in this domain were nearly always significantly in advance of their English counterparts. In general, they most often produced responses compatible with a conception of a round earth on which people can live all over without falling off. We consider coherence and fragmentation in children's knowledge in terms of the timing of culturally transmitted information, and in relation to questioning methods used in previous research that may have underestimated children's competence.