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Professor dr hab. Maria Lisiewska
Get PDFThe article presents the biography and scientific achievements of Professor Maria Lisiewska. She earned master’s degree and Ph.D. in natural sciences from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. After earning her doctoral degree, she stayed at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań and conducted her thrilling research on mycology and taught until now. Prof. Maria Lisiewska is an author of many books, articles, and other scholarly reports
Dissolving the Chimera of the ‘Adam Smith Problem’
Get PDFIn The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith set out his influential theory that societies achieve prosperity by securing the freedom of individuals to pursue their own end by the means they choose within a framework of rules of justice. In his earlier work The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith developed his thesis about the origins of our moral sentiments and the emergence of rules of justice. The socalled ‘Adam Smith Problem’ concerns the perceived inconsistency between Smith’s defence of selfinterest in the Wealth of Nations and his emphasis of sympathy as the origin of moral sentiments in the earlier work. The existence of the ‘Adam Smith Problem’ has been contested by many writers. The present author provides a number of new arguments to demonstrate the illusory nature of the problem by revisiting the key elements Smith’s moral theory. The author argues that the problem dissolves when the role of justice in providing the conditions of free trade is understood. Smith’s tirade against wealth worship is explained as part of his defence of justice and not a condemnation of wealth accumulation. According to this reading, the Theory of Moral Sentiments is a powerful statement of the moral basis of capitalism.
Direito e desenvolvimento: uma abordagem a partir das perspectivas de liberdade e capacitação
Get PDFTese (doutorado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências Jurídicas. Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito.O presente estudo visa propor uma abordagem acerca do conceito de desenvolvimento e do direito ao desenvolvimento a partir das perspectivas libertárias e de capacitação individual, fundamentadas no pensamento liberal representado sobremaneira por Adam Smith e Amartya Sen. O objetivo central é investigar o direito ao desenvolvimento como decorrência da evolução normativa e conceitual acerca do que é desenvolvimento, não compreendido exclusivamente como crescimento econômico, mas sim como uma expansão das liberdades e capacidades individuais e coletivas. Busca-se verificar a transformação do conceito de desenvolvimento ao longo de escolas econômicas que fizeram a análise do conceito, bem como determinar que a classificação do direito ao desenvolvimento como um direito humano é essencial para a propositura de estratégias de implementação de políticas e programas de promoção do desenvolvimento vinculados às garantias de efetivação dos direitos humanos. Considerando a evolução do desenvolvimento e sua classificação como um direito, o objetivo foi perseguido em duas partes, que abordaram primeiramente a evolução do conceito de desenvolvimento ante determinadas escolas econômicas, com ênfase no pensamento liberal representado por Adam Smith, bem como o enquadramento atual dos desdobramentos deste conceito, consubstanciados na apresentação das idéias de Amartya Sen, determinando-se como desenvolvimento a expansão das liberdades e a supressão de privações individuais. Posteriormente, volta-se o estudo à classificação do desenvolvimento como um direito, guardando em sua conceituação e alcance as matrizes liberais determinadas anteriormente. Desta forma, o desenvolvimento foi incluído no arcabouço normativo internacional de maneira destacada, vez que objeto de importantes documentos junto ao sistema jurídico capitaneado pelas Nações Unidas, representado principalmente pela Declaração sobre o Direito ao Desenvolvimento de 1986. Após duas décadas do reconhecimento do direito ao desenvolvimento como um direito humano, tem-se que as inferências acerca do alcance, importância e efetivação do mesmo, embora não sejam capazes de efetivar tal direito de maneira absoluta, são importantes no sentido de possibilitar uma reavaliação de conceitos clássicos do Direito Internacional, como a igualdade formal, propondo-se em nome do desenvolvimento um sistema que reforce a necessidade do tratamento desigual, bem como em determinar que ações de cooperação tendo em vista a promoção do desenvolvimento são possíveis e dependem mais de ajustes internos e individuais que de grandes amoldamentos globais
Progresso natural e ação política em Adam Smith
No full textThis text retakes the questions proposed by Maria das Graças de Souza concerning Jean-Jacques Rousseau and try to verify whether they apply or not to Adam Smith’s thought. According to the author, in Rousseau\u27s thought there are two conceptions of historical time: one of them as determination (i.e., as decline); and the other as “opportune occasion”, i.e. the moment of political action. In Adam Smith, on the other hand, history does not appear as decline, but rather as a “natural progress”, and thus as determination. We try to show, however, that the author also sees the need for political action, albeit with many restrictions.Este texto retoma questões propostas por Maria das Graças de Souza quanto a Jean-Jacques Rousseau e procura responder a elas no que se refere à obra de Adam Smith. Segundo a autora, no pensamento de Rousseau há duas concepções do tempo histórico: uma delas enquanto determinação (ou declínio) e outra enquanto “ocasião oportuna”, ou o momento da ação política. Em Adam Smith, por outro lado, a história aparece como “progresso natural”, e, portanto, determinação. Procuraremos mostrar, no entanto, que o autor concebe também a necessidade da ação política, embora com muitas restrições
A la recherche d’une identité? La papauté du premier XI siècle
Get PDFThe fascicule presents the French text and the Polish translation of the lecture held by Glauco Maria Cantarella in the Institute of History, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznań, on May 6th 2010. The Author discusses Roman ecclesiology in the moment that stands between two great and much studied periods in the history of the Roman See, namely the Carolingian epoch and the so-called Gregorian reform of the late eleventh century
sj-docx-1-ine-10.1177_15910199231196614 - Supplemental material for Influence of geography, stroke timing, and weather conditions on transport and workflow times: Results from a longitudinal 5-year Canadian provincial registry
No full textSupplemental material, sj-docx-1-ine-10.1177_15910199231196614 for Influence of geography, stroke timing, and weather conditions on transport and workflow times: Results from a longitudinal 5-year Canadian provincial registry by Nima Kashani, Johanna Maria Ospel, Nishita Singh, Amy Zhou, Aravind Ganesh, Jessalyn Kathryn Holodinsky, Mohammed Almekhlafi, Saman Fouladirad, Adam Frost, Lotus Yang, Robert Otani, Braedon Newton, Amit Persad, Sanchea Wasyliw, Brett R Graham, Gary Hunter, Aaron Gardner, Regan Cooley, Syed Uzair Ahmed, Lissa Peeling and Michael E Kelly in Interventional Neuroradiology</p
The author and the reader – “Us and them” in Maria Edgeworth’s texts for children and young adults
Get PDFThe paper attempts to tackle the hyphenated self of Maria Edgeworth as Anglo-Irish writer in her
books for children and young adults, reflected not only in the fact of the occasional introduction
of Irish characters or Irish setting but also at the deeper level of the identity of the narrative voice
and the implied reader of these texts. It attempts to show that the Anglo/Irish ratio in the narrative
voice of Edgeworth’s texts is a fluctuating value, defining itself in the opposition to the implied
reader, whose identity is in turn constantly changing sides as well, hovering between the poles of
“us” and “them”
Correction: Overcoming barriers to NHS adoption of innovative IPC products: A qualitative study of SMEs in the Liverpool city region (PLoS One (2025) 20:9 (e0331688) DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0331688)
Get PDFThere are errors in the Author Contributions. The correct contributions are: Conceptualization: Rocío Villacorta Linaza, Janet Hemingway, Adam P. Roberts, Nicholas Feasey. Data curation: Rocío Villacorta Linaza. Formal analysis: Rocío Villacorta Linaza, Adam P. Roberts. Investigation: Rocío Villacorta Linaza, Daire Cantillon. Methodology: Rocío Villacorta Linaza, Daire Cantillon. Project administration: Rocío Villacorta Linaza, Daire Cantillon Writing – original draft: Rocío Villacorta Linaza. Writing – review & editing: Janet Hemingway, Adam P. Roberts, Becky Jones-Philips, Miriam Taegtmeyer, Richard L. Wright, Daire Cantillon, Maria Moore, Russell Dacombe, Ezekiel Boro, Aaron Argomandkhah, Carolina Velasco, Nicholas Feasey.</p
The euro at ten: the next global currency?
Get PDFOver the first ten years of its existence, the euro has proved to be more than a powerful symbol of collective identity. It has provided price stability to previously inflation-prone countries; it has offered a shelter against currency crises; and it has by and large been conducive to budgetary discipline. The eurozone has attracted five new members in addition to the initial eleven, and many countries in Europe wish to adopt it. The euro has also been successful internationally. Even though research presented in this volume confirms that it has not rivaled the dollar's world currency status, it has certainly become a strong regional currency in Europe and the Mediterranean region. Some countries in the region have de facto adopted it, several peg to it, and many have become at least partially euroized.
However, the euro's impressive first decade is likely to be followed by a much more difficult period. The present financial crisis is posing at least two important challenges: real economic adjustment within the euro area and maintenance of fiscal and financial stability without a central government authority capable of taking appropriate financial and fiscal decisions in difficult times.
This book is the product of a joint conference held in 2008 by the Peterson Institute for International Economics and Bruegel. It is edited by Bruegel Director Jean Pisani-Ferry and then-PIEE Deputy Director and current Bruegel board member Adam Posen. The papers and remarks in this volume demonstrate that the euro has proved to be attractive as a fair weather currency for countries and investors well beyond its borders. But it remains to be seen whether it is equipped to also succeed as a stormy weather currency.
Contributors: JoaquÃn Almunia, Maria Celina Arraes, Leszek Balcerowicz, C. Fred Bergsten, Lorenzo Bini Smaghi, Kristin J. Forbes, Linda S. Goldberg, C. Randall Henning, Mohsin S. Khan, Antonio de Lecea, Erkki Liikanen, Philippe Martin, Thomas Mayer, André Sapir, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, Lawrence H. Summers, and György Szapáry.
A Meeting Halfway: On Maria Konopnicka and Zofia Nałkowska (with Katherine Mansfield in the Background)
Get PDFThe author discusses the relationships between Maria Konopnicka’s and Zofia Nałkowska’s works, the two writers who are usually contrasted. The main body of the article is a comparison between Konopnicka’s prison reports, written for the press in the 1880s, and the 1931 short-story collection by Nałkowska, "Ściany świata" [The Walls of the World]. For Nałkowska, the author of "Za kratą" [Behind the Bars], the documentary form of a press report was an opening point, and her experiments with prose were crowned twenty years later with the intimate, modernist short-story collection called "Na normandzkim brzegu" [On the Shores of Normandy]. Nałkowska goes in the opposite direction: she gradually turns away not only the from the egocentrism of her modernist novels, but also from the over-structured language and style of her Young Poland phase. She was going in the direction of the pure, precise narrative of "Medaliony" [The Medallions], for which "Ściany świata" are a kind of prefiguration. The author of the article proposes to conclude that both writers met halfway. The convergences between short-story writing by Konopnicka and some works by Nałkowska ("Charaktery", "Dom nad łąkami") have been underscored by the comparison with Katherine Mansfield, a comparison which seems obvious for both Polish writers. Both Konopnicka and Nałkowska could be described as “the Polish Katherine Mansfield”, and the similarity is the best indication of the relationship between the two writers.216998Poznańskie Studia Polonistyczne. Seria Literack
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