Our treatment of nonhuman animals reflects a distinction that we make between humans, whom we regard as persons, and nonhumans, whom we regard as things. Public Attitudes to Animal Research in 2016. In applying such rules, the holders of rights must recognize possible conflicts between what is in their own interest and what is just. Do Chimpanzees Know What Conspecifics Do and Do Not See? The minimum phs iacuc requirements were similarly balanced, stipulating a minimum of five persons, including an institutional laboratory veterinarian, an animal researcher, a member unaffiliated with the institution, and a member whose primary concern was not in the scientific arena (e. g., an ethicist, lawyer, or clergy member) (Hansen, 2013). Rejecting the use of animals. At Sri Racha tiger zoo in Bangkok, a tigress lives with her litter of piglets after suffering the loss of her biological piglets were wrapped in false tiger skins and were happily accepted by the tigress who had been raised by a sow herself. The results of the referenda could have a significant impact on two of the country's major industries — the pharmaceutical sector and the tobacco giants that are headquartered in Switzerland. Philosophy 77: 115-124. There may, of course, be some "hard cases, " but under Regan's theory, institutionalized animal exploitation can never be justified irrespective of consequences, just as human slavery is rejected as morally repulsive by most people, irrespective of any beneficial consequences that would occur were we to enslave humans.
Most cows, pigs, and other animals suffer for most of their lives until they are killed for these purposes. Sober, E. Comparative Psychology Meets Evolutionary Biology: Morgan's Canon and Cladistic Parsimony. "It shows that the Swiss population recognise the central role of research for people's health and for prosperity inSwitzerland.
Gennaro (2004, 2009) argues that that the I-concept involved in higher-order thoughts need be no more sophisticated than the concept this particular body or the concept experiencer of mental states, and that the results of various self-recognition studies with apes, dolphins and elephants, as well as the results of a number of episodic memory tests with scrub jays, suggest that many animals possess such minimal I-concepts (Parker et al. Few would disagree with the ethical contention that if cruelty to animals is not wrong, then nothing is wrong. Singer does not seem to subject any particular incremental measure to any analysis using either aspect. Second, if the goal of public investment (e. g., tax dollars spent by the National Institute of Health, nih) on animal research is to improve human health, are we getting sufficient return for the billions spent, In the us, the biomedical academic research establishment, as currently constituted, empowers animal researchers to determine what animal experimentation is allowed. Putnam, H. Intentionality and Lower Animals. Although at present we may not be completely entitled to any one of the many de dicto belief ascriptions to animals, according to this view, there is no reason to think that we could not come to be so entitled through future empirical research on animal behavior and by the stipulation of the meanings of the terms used in our belief ascriptions. The behavior of animals, Searle repeatedly stresses, is by itself irrelevant to why we think animals have perceptual experiences; it is only relevant if we take the behavior to be caused by the stimulation of perceptual organs and underlying physiological processes relevantly similar to our own. V. The Three Components of Moral Theory. Similarly, when we move at least some nonhumans from the "thing" side over to the "person" side, we have said nothing about the scope of rights that they will have. Bermúdez, J. Mindreading in the Animal Kingdom? Why are some animals rejected by their mothers? - Blog. Rey, G. & Tetzlaff, M. (forthcoming). 7 Summary and Conclusions.
Directly or through consumption demand) to come into existence in the first place. And the third is Donald Davidson's three arguments against ascribing thought and reason to animals. A Group of Chimpanzees in a 1-Acre Field: Leadership and Communication. In such cases, rights theory may become more complicated because criteria would need to be devised to decide what to do when rights conflict. Animals used for clothing. The respect principle is a type of Kantian "transcendental" principle that Kant regarded as unifying moral judgments. The sacrifice would prove self- defeating. " This argument, of course, would only account for why we think that animals have perceptual experiences, not why we think that they have beliefs, desires, and other intentional states that are only distantly related to the stimulation of sensory organs.
Experiments on humans: legal framework, benefits and responsibilities. Rejecting the use of animals for. Rights arise and can be defended only among beings who actually do or can make moral claims against one another. The Architecture of the Mind. Hamsters are notoriously bad for eating their young, and they do this for a number of reasons. The question of animal consciousness, then, becomes the question of whether animals are capable of such higher-order thought.
His "powerful vitality of thinking and writing" are at the command of all students and colleagues; he has trained some of the world's most gifted and important young scholars and has influenced the education of almost all classical archaeologists working today through his individual interactions or his transformation of the field and its teaching. Lennox ___ (1988 Olympic Boxing gold medalist). Even before John Hayes went up to Cambridge to take the Classical Tripos, his interest in archeology showed itself with his participation in excavations at Verulamium. LEGENDARY FRONTIERSMEN. She led innumerable exploration and mapping expeditions in both Mammoth Cave and Jaguar Cave. Ron and Nellie Biles have opened a new facility, the Word Champions Centre, in Spring, Texas, where Boorman and Biles trained for the subsequent seasons. It is with great respect, gratitude, and affection that the Archaeological Institute of America presents Gladys Davidson Weinberg with its Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement. Aspiring gold medalist 7 little words of wisdom. And I think we all get that, when we're on the floor, we're competing against ourselves, because that's the healthiest competition. His research on Paleolithic and later Stone Age cultures has taken him to such diverse areas as Central Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, the Sahara, India, and the Near East. In some cases, he has inherited data sets or sites that could easily have been orphaned or abandoned, as so many data sets and sites sadly are. For the period 1979–1998, Bennett wrote the key study (Chaumont Colloquium 1979) of the total palaeographical and administrative-textual history of arguably the most important religious text in the Linear B corpus: Tn 316 (the famous "human-sacrifice" text). The most richly blest have been her students, who had the opportunity to study with her in both classroom and field. Building a Cult Brand.
In years decisive for the growth of Humanities programs in our institutions he helped to give art history the place of prominence it now deservedly holds. Part of this important work is contained in The Prehistory of Salts Cave, Kentucky, published in 1969, and in Archaeology of the Mammoth Cave Area, published in 1974. Aspiring gold medalist 7 little words without. MERCHANT SHOPKEEPER. Degree from the University of Utrecht in 1943, and long associated with the United States, which she first visited in 1946 as Marion Reilly Fellow of the International Federation of University Women at Bryn Mawr College, Machteld Mellink transcends national classifications for her wide-ranging activity and reputation in international circles. Coggins always brings the wider context to any archaeological problem.
The energetic child took to the training quickly and set out on the long road to becoming a champion. Her inspiration has informed the research of many, and her aptly phrased questions have always been able to open new avenues of approach and new vistas in investigation of old problems. As field archaeologist and scholar Charles Williams is outstanding, but his most important contribution to the field is the training of students in the understanding and the use of the archaeological record. Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement. The abiding impression that many of us must share of John Hayes is one of a thinnish figure, bending over a table strewn with pottery, his spectacles halfway down his nose and long slender fingers sorting with an amazing rapidity.
In the semis, one of our best players went down with an injury and we lost in five. Some of our heroes are the army, firefighters, police officers, ambulance, and much more. I also recommend his book "how's the culture in your kingdom". Now he is presenting us with a series of final reports on his excavations at a number of Minoan sites on Crete, which he began in 1985. With good reason Virginia Grace has been called "die 'Nestorin' der Amphorenforschung. " Her work has pointed the way for a new generation of scholars. All materials will be handled confidentially. Aspiring gold medalist 7 little words on the page. This medal draws attention to the daring and excellence of his accomplishments. I've never been to a prom. I enjoyed it so much. He was the first scholar to enunciate the importance of the numismatic evidence from Morgantina for the dating of the Roman denarius.
Instead of wallowing in self pity, our team played stronger than ever. She has organized five international conferences to date and continues to edit those contributions for publication. In an age of increasing specialization, it is not often that the same person edits books on a prehistoric ivory kouros and on a Roman colony, or writes classic articles on Attic country houses and on bull's head rhyta—or that a master excavator also happened to be a pioneer of diachronic regional survey in the late 1960s. Her Etruscan Votive Bronzes: Geometric, Orientalizing and Archaic (Mainz 1983), the fruit of studies she began in the 1930s at the suggestion of Bernard Ashmole ("This needs doing, " he had told her), is the definitive corpus of this material. His first major book was on the papyrological discoveries at the excavations at Nessana in Egypt in 1950 and his most recent is the very well reviewed study of libraries in the ancient world in 2001. At an early age, she received a diagnosis of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). To the lecturer and writer on some of the most classical works of Classical art, to the teacher of the treasures of Pompeian wall-painting, to the perceptive and learned exegete of Platonic dialogues and of Carl Jacob Burckhardt, to the counselor and friend of many of us and of our academic institutions, to Peter von Blanckenhagen with the expression of gratitude and esteem we award this medal. As a teacher, Bruni Ridgway has that rare ability to motivate, excite, nurture, and criticize, always with good cheer and encouragement.
Bonfante's first major publication, Etruscan Dress (1975), derived from her dissertation for Columbia University. CONSIDERATE ROOMMATE. Simone Biles: I feel like we have our ups and down, as every athlete does, and every athlete has almost a breaking point where you're just like, "Is it even worth it? " In the very first event, the team competition, Biles withdrew after completing only one vault, citing an inability to perform due to mental stress and a lack of "air awareness. "
Her discoveries underground would be combined with careful archaeological surveys and excavations at the shell mounds along the Green River in Kentucky. For a quarter century as director of the Corinth Excavations of the American School of Classical Studies at Athens he has devoted himself to the instruction of young people in the field, during an excavation season that stretches through spring and early summer. In 1965 she began the excavation of both the marshy lagoon and the submerged outer anchorage. To such scholars around the world she is an outstanding representative of North American archaeologists. Adams' survey data embraced all available material from the Neolithic period well into Islamic times.
IN-THE-KNOW CONCIERGE. During the 1950s she worked with Neolithic materials from Jarmo in Iraq and did pioneering work on the use of ethnoarchaeological analogy, while participating on the Iranian Prehistoric Project of the Oriental Institute. Undaunted by this initiation Margaret Thompson undertook to publish a record of the Agora coins from the Roman through the Venetian periods. We were undefeated and playing our best volleyball.
CAMPAIGN SPOKESPERSON. His outstanding contributions to archaeological fieldwork, publication and teaching make Henry T. Wright an incomparable recipient for the Archaeological Institute of America's 2009 Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement as well. In 1973 and 1976 he produced, with Jean-Pierre Olivier, the standard transcription of the Pylos tablets. But what I'll go on to do, I'll do a double layout — which is I'll do two flips with a straight body — and at the very end of it I do a half turn.
Dr. Dunbabin is renowned for her kindness, openness, and willingness to share ideas. Please welcome Kelsey to BLND! In his position at Groton School in Massachusetts, which he has held since the 1950s, he has instructed hundreds of individuals, in Groton and in Greece, about Greek archaeology and the classics, in ways that have affected their lives most profoundly. HUMOROUS STORYTELLER. Because of her broad interests her cordial connections extend beyond the archaeological world as well. It is typical of Dr. McCann's interest in the broad dissemination of archaeological information that she has also presented the results of this research in numerous public lectures and television programs, in the popular press, and in a coauthored award-winning book aimed at children: The Lost Wreck of the Isis (Toronto 1990). And he's like, "And nobody's ever done it. "
In service to the discipline and profession of archaeology, Wiseman has done more than almost any other single person in recent decades. In the course of a highly distinguished career Professor Adams has worked in both the Near East and Mesoamerica. Her work with local partners in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco, and on developing collegial relationships with local archaeologists, academics, and authorities wherever she works, has been of immense service to the field in Europe, North Africa, and the US. Completed nominations should be received by November 15. Rotroff has been a dedicated and admired teacher for 40 years; her students are unanimous in praising her knowledge, her commitment to teaching, and her enthusiasm for the field. Princeton University Press, 1977), Vasilike Ware: An Early Bronze Age Pottery Style in Crete (Göteborg, Sweden 1979), and East Cretan White-on-Dark Ware: Studies on a Handmade Pottery of the Early to Middle Bronze Age (Philadelphia, 1984).
She uses her gifts not only to communicate with scholars, but also, through her lectures and writings like those of the Picture Books Series, to illuminate for a more general public, costumes, hairstyles, gardens, shopping centers, and the details of the everyday lives of people who have left no names for history. From 1991 to 1994 she served as a consultant on the Xiaolangdi Dam Salvage Archaeology Project at Bancum in the People's Republic of China. Students are then led through the ceramic analysis for their deposits as well as the stratigraphic descriptions and consequent interpretations. Her dissertation, The Origins and History of the Proconsular and Propraetorian Imperium to 27 B. C., was published in 1950 by the University of Chicago Press and reprinted in 1966 by "L'ERMA" di Bretschneider in its Studia Historica series. OFFICIAL INVESTIGATOR. So it's kind of hard to compete against everybody else. In awarding this Gold Medal for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement, the Archaeological Institute of America acknowledges the outstanding contributions of Clemency Chase Coggins to our profession.
He served as the AIA's first representative in the Society of Professional Archaeologists. It gives me balance and peace of mind from my world of high pressure moments. In recognition of the role that Margaret Thompson has long played in the advancement of archaeology as a humanistic discipline, the Archaeological Institute of America presents her with its Gold Medal. His clear and concise writing, always presenting complex material and lucid interpretations with compelling explanation and support, stands as a model for students even as it provides detailed understanding of archaeological developments in Athens. Adopted by her grandfather and his wife, she was introduced to gymnastics during a day-care field trip at age six. An exceptional scholar, teacher, and editor, Runnels has championed a multifaceted conceptual approach that integrates specialized studies and scientific analysis into understanding site histories and regional connections. Clemency Chase Coggins, an outstanding art historian and Maya scholar, deserves much of the credit for raising the issue of the relationship between the antiquities market and long-term archaeological goals, for convincing archaeologists of the need to examine their larger professional responsibilities, and for keeping these issues in the forefront even when few fellow professionals wanted to engage them. Her book Roman Sarcophagi in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York 1978) won several awards, including the Outstanding Book Award from the American Association of University Presses. A bibliography of her writings up to 1984 has appeared in the volume of essays in her honor, Ancient Anatolia (Madison 1986), but many more contributions have been published since. I'm not a big fan of reading, but when I started to read the book Breakaway; Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan, I told myself "you are going to play on the United States women's national team, no matter what stands in your way. " Stewart serves as mentor and colleague to uncountable additional scholars around the world as well. She was the first important American scholar in this field; her work The Etruscans: Their Art and Civilization (Chicago 1964) was the first comprehensive introduction to the Etruscans in this country, and as such was adopted as a textbook in many courses. His studies of the Tomb of Cyrus the Great cast new light on the construction and significance of this renowned monument. In the Argolid he wisely selected the mound beside the Lernaean spring to test our concepts of Helladic prehistory.