Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Pennsylvania, 1931. / Bibliography: p. 139-145.

Inaug.-diss.--Leipzig. / Vita. "Benutzte literatur": 5th prelim. leaf.

Este trabalho consiste na tradução das Instituições de Filosofia Moral: para o uso dos estudantes da faculdade de Edimburgo, de Adam Ferguson. As lições foram publicadas em 1769 com o intuito de servir como um manual de filosofia moral; assim, compreendem os principais conceitos da filosofia britânica. Na introdução, apresentamos de modo geral os temas trabalhados por Ferguson no Um ensaio sobre a história da sociedade civil (1767) e nas Instituições, principalmente no que diz respeito à análise da natureza do homem para a fundamentação da moral. Com a presente tradução das Instituições, pretendemos trazer para o português um importante texto do iluminismo e indicar sucintamente a influência de Ferguson sobre o pensamento de Friedrich Schiller, autor de A educação estética do homem, com a aproximação dos conceitos fergusonianos de propensão (propensity) e de jogo (play) ao conceito de impulso lúdico (Spieltrieb) de Schiller. Por esse motivo, incluímos também, em forma de notas, trechos dos comentários de Christian Garve, cuja tradução das Instituições, de 1772, foi, na época, a mediação à leitura do autor escocês nos círculos intelectuais alemães. / This work is a translation of the Institutes of Moral Philosophy: for the use of students in the College of Edinburgh, by Adam Ferguson. The lessons were published in 1769 in order to be used as a manual of moral philosophy, thus, it comprises the main concepts of the British philosophy. In the introduction, we present the general themes discussed by Ferguson in An essay on the history of civil society (1767) and in the Institutes, especially with regard to the analysis of mans nature to the foundation of morality . With this translation of the Institutes, we intend to bring to the Portuguese an important text of the Enlightenment and briefly indicate Ferguson\'s influence on the thought of Friedrich Schiller, author of The aesthetic education of man, with the approach of Fergusons concepts of propensity and play and Schillers concept of play drive (Spieltrieb). For this reason, we have also included, in the form of notes, excerpts from Christian Garves comments, whose translation of the Institutes of 1772 was at the time the reading mediation of the Scottish authors in German intellectual circles.

Thesis (M.F.A.)--Baylor University, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-122).

Este trabalho consiste na tradução das Instituições de Filosofia Moral: para o uso dos estudantes da faculdade de Edimburgo, de Adam Ferguson. As lições foram publicadas em 1769 com o intuito de servir como um manual de filosofia moral; assim, compreendem os principais conceitos da filosofia britânica. Na introdução, apresentamos de modo geral os temas trabalhados por Ferguson no Um ensaio sobre a história da sociedade civil (1767) e nas Instituições, principalmente no que diz respeito à análise da natureza do homem para a fundamentação da moral. Com a presente tradução das Instituições, pretendemos trazer para o português um importante texto do iluminismo e indicar sucintamente a influência de Ferguson sobre o pensamento de Friedrich Schiller, autor de A educação estética do homem, com a aproximação dos conceitos fergusonianos de propensão (propensity) e de jogo (play) ao conceito de impulso lúdico (Spieltrieb) de Schiller. Por esse motivo, incluímos também, em forma de notas, trechos dos comentários de Christian Garve, cuja tradução das Instituições, de 1772, foi, na época, a mediação à leitura do autor escocês nos círculos intelectuais alemães. / This work is a translation of the Institutes of Moral Philosophy: for the use of students in the College of Edinburgh, by Adam Ferguson. The lessons were published in 1769 in order to be used as a manual of moral philosophy, thus, it comprises the main concepts of the British philosophy. In the introduction, we present the general themes discussed by Ferguson in An essay on the history of civil society (1767) and in the Institutes, especially with regard to the analysis of mans nature to the foundation of morality . With this translation of the Institutes, we intend to bring to the Portuguese an important text of the Enlightenment and briefly indicate Ferguson\'s influence on the thought of Friedrich Schiller, author of The aesthetic education of man, with the approach of Fergusons concepts of propensity and play and Schillers concept of play drive (Spieltrieb). For this reason, we have also included, in the form of notes, excerpts from Christian Garves comments, whose translation of the Institutes of 1772 was at the time the reading mediation of the Scottish authors in German intellectual circles.

This dissertation seeks to clarify the moral and political shape of economic exchange with an intellectual history of capitalism at its eighteenth-century inception. It seeks to avoid the familiar polarities of Marxist and capitalist economic ideologies by framing the ethical questions of economic exchange in historical terms: Why does the modern economic order seem to create moral contradictions and undermine political institutions? In response to this question, the thesis recovers the contributions of the Scottish historian and moral philosopher, Adam Ferguson (1723- 1816). Because modern economy had not yet taken on its modern abstraction and was still a thinkable reality, Ferguson’s treatment on history, action, and political institutions provide a fertile starting point for envisaging a distinctly moral configuration of the economic sphere. He prepares ground for a critical assessment of the political and economic relationship by criticizing the ideal of progress and emphasizing the need for dignified human exertion. His claim is that the liberalized marketplace undermines political institutions—especially law—to the extent that is leaves a people enslaved both to their own dependencies, as well as to other nations for whom commercial luxury is not a vice. My argument carries Ferguson’s claim forward by asserting that the Market itself now tyrannizes and enslaves in much the way Ferguson imagined a military despot would tyrannize unprepared societies of the eighteenth-century. Eighteenth-century theology is, in many respects, a period of relative theological austerity; so it is therefore unsurprising that a morally confused political instrument (capitalism) would emerge in an age largely devoid of theological imagination or conscience. Jesus Christ is no longer the origin, end, or meaning of history; co-creation is no longer the principal object of human action or labour; and the means of Christ’s rule through the political order are rejected in favour of luxuries and conveniences of modern commerce. The marketplace now embodies all the fears eighteenth-century theorists reserved for despots, tyrannizing western societies and threatening the resolve of already fractured political institutions.

Thesis (M. A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

abstract: There is demand for police reform in the United States to reduce use of force and bias, and to improve police-citizen relationships. Many believe de-escalation should be a more central feature of police training and practice. It is suggested that improving officers’ communication and conflict resolution skills will temper police-citizen interactions and reduce police use of force, and that such a change will improve citizen trust in the police. To date, however, de-escalation training has not spread widely across agencies, and de-escalation as a strategy has not been studied. Without an evidence-based understanding of these concepts, de-escalation training will proceed blindly, if at all. Accordingly, this dissertation represents one of the first empirical studies of de-escalation in police work. The author completed this study as an embedded researcher in the Spokane (WA) Police Department, and it proceeds in two parts. Part 1 was exploratory and qualitative, consisting of in-depth interviews (N=8) and a focus group (N=1) with eight highly skilled police de-escalators. These officers were nominated by peers as the best among them at de-escalating difficult encounters with citizens. The results in Part 1 explore officers’ perceptions of de-escalation and offer a definition of de-escalation as well as a description of de-escalation tactics. In Part 2, the author systematically observed the concepts developed in part 1 during 35 ride-alongs with 29 police officers, including the peer nominated officers (N=131 police-citizen encounters). This phase of the research investigated whether characteristics of officers, citizens, and situations are associated with de-escalation use, and de-escalation effectiveness. Implications from these findings are drawn for police practice, theory, and research methods. This dissertation is a launching point for empirical research on de-escalation in police work. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Criminology and Criminal Justice 2017

This thesis is dedicated to Solvency II, a regulatory framework for insurance and reinsurance companies effective in European Union. Firstly, it explains the notion solvency and also describes the principles of the regulation itself. Another part is focused on the calculation of solvency capital requirement and minimal capital requirement, using standard formula. The capital requirements are derived on the level of risk modules and their submodules. Furthermore, the topic of technical reserves is discussed and emphasis is placed on the derivation of mean square error of prediction. Described methods are Chain-Ladder and Bornhuetter-Ferguson. The last part of the thesis includes the calculation of capital requirements for real data. A program SolvencyII.xlsx that shows particular derivations is enclosed.

Police have been the subject of increased scrutiny over the past several years, and there exists a contention that this increased scrutiny impacted officer behavior, resulting in diminished proactive policing as officers may be performing their duties less vigorously. The study examines the effect that changes in scrutiny, as measured in terms of public interest and local news coverage, had upon police officer vigor, as measured by monthly counts of pedestrian and vehicle stops. This research is unique in that it examines the effects of scrutiny emanating from local incidents separately from that related to high profile incidents that received considerable nationwide interest; the extant research is currently limited to the latter. A series of fixed-effects negative binomial regression models examine the impact of scrutiny upon vigor over time throughout all neighborhoods in the city of Philadelphia. The study finds that local and national scrutiny do not have the same impact upon officer vigor, as scrutiny emanating from national incidents generally results in increases in officer vigor, while scrutiny emanating from local incidents results in an increase in ped stops in the first month following the scrutiny, and then a subsequent decrease in both forms of vigor in the second month. This study of police officer decision-making across space and time has both theoretical and practical implications. / Criminal Justice