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Jean Hampton
Jean Elizabeth Hampton (June 1, 1954 – April 2, 1996) was an American political philosopher, author of ''Hobbes and the Social Contract Tradition'', ''Political Philosophy'', ''The Authority of Reason'', ''The Intrinsic Worth of Persons'' and, with Jeffrie G Murphy, ''Forgiveness and Mercy''. Work She subscribed to the "moral education" theory of punishment, where the goal is to first educate the criminal and then secondly educate society about the morally wrong action that has been done by the criminal. This theory does not condone 'pain' inflicted punishment, nor does it believe that incarceration is always the answer. The theory states that all criminals, even if they have wronged society, are still due the autonomous rights guaranteed them by the state, and it is the state's duty to uphold the moral education of the criminal the best way that it can. She later supported the expressive theory of retribution (see her article "An Expressive Theory of Retribution" from Retri ...
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Jeffrie G Murphy
Trina Vond'ray Jeffrie (born June 2, 1962) is an American comedian A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing Amusement is the state of experiencing humorous and entertaining events or situations while the person or a ... and actress. She is best known for her alter ego ''Sister Cantaloupe.'' Biography Jeffrie has been a professional comedian for more than twenty years. Jeffrie came from a broken and troubled home life. Due to her mother's illnesses Jeffrie was raised by her aunts and various other relatives. She began her career in the churches doing skits and joining her church choir. After her mother's death Jeffrie's tried to deal with the situation and eventually tried to commit suicide. She rallied and became more ingrained into the church scene. Sister Cantaloupe Sister Cantaloupe is depicted by Jeffrie as a product of the church. She is a church big mouth and gossip that ...
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American Philosophy
American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can nevertheless be seen as both reflecting and shaping collective American identity over the history of the nation"."American philosophy" at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Retrieved on May 24, 2009
The philosophy of the founders of the United States is largely seen as an extension of the European Enlightenment. A small number ...
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List Of American Philosophers
This is a list of American philosophers; of philosophers who are either from, or spent many productive years of their lives in the United States. {, border="0" style="margin:auto;" class="toccolours" , - ! {{MediaWiki:Toc , - , style="text-align:center;", A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z __NOTOC__ See also – References A * Francis Ellingwood Abbot * David Abram *Peter Achinstein * Marilyn McCord Adams *Robert Merrihew Adams *Jane Addams * Mortimer Adler * Rogers Albritton * Amos Bronson Alcott * Linda Martín Alcoff * Virgil Aldrich * Hartley Burr Alexander *Diogenes Allen * Robert F. Almeder * William Alston * Alice Ambrose * Karl Ameriks *C. Anthony Anderson *Elizabeth S. Anderson * Gordon Anderson * Judith Andre * Julia Annas *Ruth Nanda Anshen * Louise Antony *Hannah Arendt * Richard Arneson * Robert Arp * Robert Arrington *Bradley Shavit Artson *Warren Ashby * Januarius Jingwa Asongu * Margaret Atherton * Robert Audi *Jody ...
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1996 Deaths
File:1996 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: A Centennial Olympic Park bombing, bomb explodes at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, set off by a radical Anti-abortion violence, anti-abortionist; The center fuel tank explodes on TWA Flight 800, causing the plane to crash and killing everyone on board; Eight people 1996 Mount Everest disaster, die in a blizzard on Mount Everest; Dolly (sheep), Dolly the Sheep becomes the first mammal to have been cloned from an adult somatic cell; The Port Arthur massacre (Australia), Port Arthur Massacre occurs on Tasmania, and leads to major changes in Gun laws of Australia, Australia's gun laws; Macarena, sung by Los del Río and remixed by The Bayside Boys, becomes a major dance craze and cultural phenomenon; Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 crash-ditches off of the Comoros Islands after the plane was Aircraft hijacking, hijacked; the 1996 Summer Olympics are held in Atlanta, marking the Centennial (100th Anniversary) of the modern Olympic Gam ...
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Political Philosophers
This is a list of notable political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy. The entries are in order by year of birth to show rough direction of influences and of development of political thought. Ancient (born before 550 CE) *Hammurabi (died c. 1750 BCE) *Confucius (551–479 BCE) *Socrates (470–399 BCE) *Mozi (470–390 BCE) *Xenophon (427–355 BCE) *Plato (427–347 BCE) *Diogenes of Sinope (412–323 BCE) * Aeschines (389–314 BCE) *Aristotle (384–322 BCE) *Mencius (372–289 BCE) * Chanakya (350–283 BCE) * Xun Zi (310–237 BCE) *Han Fei (c. 280–233 BCE) *Thiruvalluvar (c. 200 BCE–c. 30 BCE) *Cicero (106–43 BCE) * Pliny the Younger (63–113 CE) * Saint Augustine (354–430 CE) Medieval (born between 550 CE and 1450 CE) *Al-Farabi (870–950) *Al-Biruni (973–1050) *Ibn Sina (980–1037) *Al-Ghazali (1058–1111) * Hemachandra (1088–1173) * Ibn Rushd (1126–1198) * Al-Mawardi (972–1058) *Maimo ...
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Harvard University Alumni
The list of Harvard University people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with Harvard University. For a list of notable non-graduates of Harvard, see notable non-graduate alumni of Harvard. For a list of Harvard's presidents, see President of Harvard University. Eight Presidents of the United States have graduated from Harvard University: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, John F. Kennedy, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama. Bush graduated from Harvard Business School, Hayes and Obama from Harvard Law School, and the others from Harvard College. Over 150 Nobel Prize winners have been associated with the university as alumni, researchers or faculty. Nobel laureates Pulitzer Prize winners ...
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University Of California, Los Angeles Faculty
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which roughly means "community of teachers and scholars". Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. The first universities in Europe were established by Catholic Church monks. The University of Bologna (), Italy, which was founded in 1088, is the first university in the sense of: *being a high degree-awarding institute. *using the word ''universitas'' (which was coined at its foundation). *having independence from the ecclesiastic schools and issuing secular as well as non-secular degrees (with teaching conducted by both clergy and non-clergy): grammar, rhetoric, logic, theology, canon law, notarial law.Hunt Janin: "The university in medieval life, 1179–1499", McFarland, 2008, , p. 55f.de Ridder-Symoens, Hil ...
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