using deprivation and attainment hypotheses to examine a variety of influences on the development of differences in values
red-flag and yellow-flag boxes
(3) Active learning based on uncertainty criterion
When this regulation goes awry
When her dreams of being the lead in the ballet recital are dashed
Value and Meaning of Life stories using deprivation and attainment hypothesesIn this book Christopher Belshaw draws on earlier work concerning death, identity, animals, immortality, and extinction, and builds a large scale argument dealing with questions of both value and meaning. Rejecting suggestions that life is sacred or intrinsically valuable, he argues instead that its value varies, and varies considerably, both within and between different kinds of things. So in some cases we might have reason to improve or save a life,