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Tytuł:: The Noahide Laws and the Universal Fellowship with God
Autorzy:: Barnes, Bruce R.
Tematy:: natural law
Moses Maimonides
he Noahide Laws
lassical Islamic philosophy
ecumenical dialogue; Pokaż więcej
Wydawca:: Uniwersytet w Białymstoku. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/2149959.pdf Link otwiera się w nowym oknie
Opis:: This article presents the possibility of a theory of natural law in Judaism from the Jewish perspective by listening to the Jewish tradition of scholarship on religion and philosophy. The first part of this paper is concerned with evidence for a theory of natural law in Judaism. It centers around the Noahide Laws and their influence on Gentile and pre-Simatic Judaism. The second part deals with Moses Maimonides and his ideas concerning the interpretation of natural law for Jews. The third part discusses Jewish scholars who have refuted the work of Maimonides and proposed various theories of natural law. They have been a consistent part of Jewish tradition and provide a path, however narrow, along which Jews may travel towards participation in global issues and work among non-Jewish people.
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki

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Tytuł:: Application of fuzzy cognitive mapping in the analysis of small earth dam failure
Autorzy:: Shongwe, Mduduzi I.
Maseko, Thabo
Vilane, Bruce R. T.
Tematy:: dam failure
fuzzy cognitive mapping
small earth dams
systems thinking; Pokaż więcej
Wydawca:: Instytut Technologiczno-Przyrodniczy
Powiązania:: https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/292802.pdf Link otwiera się w nowym oknie
Opis:: Small earth dams are most valuable in arid and semi-arid areas where they are used for both domestic and agricultural purposes. These dams however, continue to fail. The causes of such failures are interconnected in the sense that one can trigger the other. Most research into earth dams nevertheless, uses reductionist approaches. Such approaches do not consider the complex interactions between these modes and/or causes. This research used fuzzy cognitive mapping to identify the prominent modes and causes of small earth dam failure in Swaziland and to capture their interactions. A sample of seven earth dam construction experts was purposively selected from five institutions for individual interviews. An individual map was developed from each interview. An aggregated map was thereafter developed by combining seven individual maps. The results indicated that overtopping, piping and sliding were the common modes of earth dam failure. Overtopping was mainly due to siltation whilst animal barrows and tree roots were largely responsible for piping. Sliding was mostly associated construction defects and sudden drawdown. It was concluded that most of the failures were linked to poor management of catchments and that of the dams. It is recommended that future designs and management should increase the level of community participation in order to limit some of the causes associated with land use practices.
Dostawca treści:: Biblioteka Nauki