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O logistyce bezpieczeństwa. Recenzja książki: Magdalena Molendowska, Paweł Górecki, Piotr Zalewski, Martyna Ostrowska, Logika bezpieczeństwa. Wybrane zagadnienia, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2022, ss. 216
No full textRecenzja książki: Magdalena Molendowska, Paweł Górecki, Piotr Zalewski, Martyna Ostrowska, Logika bezpieczeństwa. Wybrane zagadnienia, Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek, Toruń 2022, ss. 21
ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
How Might Adam Smith Pay Professors Today?
No full textAdam Smith’s proposal for paying professors was intended to induce increased faculty knowledge. If students have imperfect information about what they learn, and universities can only imperfectly measure the input of faculty time in student learning, publications may be used to measure faculty knowledge. If professors’ ability to publish is positively related to their ability to produce student learning, which universities can imperfectly measure, publications may be necessary to attract more able professors. Since research signals faculty knowledge, schools that do not value publications per se could require higher publication standards and pay higher wages than schools that value only publications.
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
Criminal Biology: On the Proper Place of Science in Explaining the Origin of Crime
No full textThe aim of the paper is to investigate how the influence of biology on human behaviour can be explained in terms of criminal law today. Wojciech Zalewski begins the article by introducing and explaining the grounds for criticism of criminal biology at the beginning of the 20th century. The paper then goes on to outline the criticism of criminal anthropology and the biological approach in Poland. To this end, the author extensively discusses the research of Prof. Adam S. Ettinger and other prominent researchers who rejected entirely endogenous sources of crime. The author also draws our attention to the interest in criminal biology by the leaders of the National Socialist party in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. The paper also discusses the issue of eugenics and the use of its principles worldwide. Moreover, the author discusses the contemporary state of the criminological debate, suggesting that the 20th century should be considered as dominated by the sociological approach in criminology and by a failure of criminological views to influence politicians and penal legislation. In conclusion, Zalewski highlights the contribution of the pioneers of the anthropological approach in criminology and points out that research into the biological causes of crime should be handled with scientific objectivity and, in particular, the influence of the social environment should be taken into account.Celem opracowania jest znalezienie odpowiedzi na pytanie, jak można współcześnie w kategoriach prawnokarnych wyjaśnić wpływ biologii na zachowanie człowieka. Autor tekstu rozpoczyna artykuł od przybliżenia i wyjaśnienia odbiorcom podstaw krytyki biologii kryminalnej na początku XX wieku. Następnie w publikacji prezentowana jest krytyka antropologii kryminalnej i biologicznego podejścia na gruncie polskim. W tym celu autor artykułu szeroko omawia badania profesora Adam S. Ettingera i innych wybitnych badaczy, którzy odrzucali całkowicie endogenne przyczyny przestępczości. Autor tekstu zwraca również uwagę odbiorców na zainteresowanie biologią kryminalną przez przywódców partii narodowosocjalistycznej w Niemczech w I połowie XX wieku. W opracowaniu omówiona została również problematyka eugeniki i wykorzystania jej założeń na świecie. Autor artykuł omawia także współczesny stan debaty kryminologicznej sugerując, że wiek XX należy uznać za zdominowany przez podejście socjologiczne w kryminologii i porażkę wpływu kryminologicznych opinii na polityków i ustawodawstwo karne. W podsumowaniu W. Zalewski uwydatnia wkład pionierów podejścia antropologicznego w kryminologii i podkreśla, że do badań nad biologicznymi przyczynami przestępczości należy podchodzić z naukowym obiektywizmem a zwłaszcza należy zwracać uwagę na wpływ otoczenia społecznego.
The aim of the paper is to investigate how the influence of biology on human behaviour can be explained in terms of criminal law today. Wojciech Zalewski begins the article by introducing and explaining the grounds for criticism of criminal biology at the beginning of the 20th century. The paper then goes on to outline the criticism of criminal anthropology and the biological approach in Poland. To this end, the author extensively discusses the research of Prof. Adam S. Ettinger and other prominent researchers who rejected entirely endogenous sources of crime. The author also draws our attention to the interest in criminal biology by the leaders of the National Socialist party in Germany in the first half of the 20th century. The paper also discusses the issue of eugenics and the use of its principles worldwide. Moreover, the author discusses the contemporary state of the criminological debate, suggesting that the 20th century should be considered as dominated by the sociological approach in criminology and by a failure of criminological views to influence politicians and penal legislation. In conclusion, Zalewski highlights the contribution of the pioneers of the anthropological approach in criminology and points out that research into the biological causes of crime should be handled with scientific objectivity and, in particular, the influence of the social environment should be taken into account
Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ADAM SMITH'S WORK
No full textThe paper will discuss the theological foundation to Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism, commentators tended to overlook or downplay this interpretation. In the last decade, or so, teleology has started to be restored to its former position as an essential element in understanding Smith. After spelling out Smith's teleology and his view of final causes, divine design and the ends of nature, we try to explain the Panglossian nature of the 'new theistic view' of Smith. While our view differs somewhat, we agree with the essence of the 'new view' claim: a theological view exists in Smith which underpins his moral and economic theories.Political Economy,
Interview. Matthew Joseph with Adam Gussow, musician and author
No full textInterview in which Adam Gussow discusses hill country blues musi
Książę Adam Jerzy Czartoryski i jego stronnicy w świetle historiografii ukraińskiej
No full textIn 1937, the Warsaw historian Marceli Handelsman published a work entitled Ukraińska polityka
ks. Adama Czartoryskiego przed wojną krymską [Ukrainian politics of Prince Adam Czartoryski
before the Crimean War]. So far, this book has been used by historians as the primary source of
information on the Ukrainian issue in the views of the Hotel Lambert’s leader. The author of this
text has decided to collect Ukrainian works referring to the topic inaugurated by Handelsman. Unfortunately, no larger study has been prepared on the Ukrainian side. However, a number of articles
and encyclopaedic notes showing Prince Adam and his Eastern policy (especially during his stay
at the court of Tsar Alexander I Romanov) has been published. Ukrainian authors paid much more
attention to Czartoryski’s associates, who tried to put his ideas into practice. Ukrainian researchers
wrote mainly about Michał Czaykowski (Sadyk Pasha) organizing the Cossack troops in the Ottoman Empire, about Hipolit Terlecki striving for the union of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic
Churches, and finally about the ethnographer and writer Franciszek Duchiński clearly separating
Ukraine from Russia in his writings
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