This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Coul...

Can octopuses feel pain and pleasure? What about crabs, shrimps, insects, or spiders? How do we tell whether a person unresponsive after severe brain injury might be suffering? When does a fetus in the womb start to have conscious experiences? Could there even be rudimentary feelings in miniature models of the human brain, grown from human stem cells? And what about AI?These are questions about the edge of sentience, and they are subject to enormous, disorienting uncertainty. We de...

As vinte e cinco fábulas apresentadas neste livro vão além da moral presente na maioria das fábulas. Concentram-se em temas que valorizam o crescimento espiritual, enfatizando a inspiração e a reflexão. Escritas por célebres autores, como Esopo, Leonardo da Vinci, Andersen, Tolstoi, entre outros, estas histórias refletem culturas do mundo todo, destacam o potencial humano e mostram às crianças o que de melhor há dentro delas.

This book explores the religious concerns of Enlightenment thinkers from Thomas Hobbes to Thomas Jefferson. Using an innovative method, the study illuminates the intellectual history of the age through interpretations of Jesus between c.1650 and c.1826. The book demonstrates the persistence of theology in modern philosophy and the projects of social reform and amelioration associated with the Enlightenment. At the core of many of these projects was a robust moral-theological realism, somet...

This book considers developments in social and welfare policy in Islamic countries from an indigenous and academic perspective, rather than through the hegemonic lens of Western social policy. Contributors from across the Islamic world describe varying responses to the challenges of globalisation, socio-religio-political developments, and often of significant levels of civil conflict.

Rome's Power Is Crushing IsraelTaxes are high. Poverty is everywhere, but still the Jews have hope, hope in a messiah that would restore them to the days of King David. One such man appears, Jesus of Nazareth. However, the leaders of the Jewish people condemn him to death, using Rome to crucify him. The story that follows is the struggle one young Jew has as he decides if he believes his father, who is in the high council and condemned Jesus, or the scripture he reads and the relat...

This book is the first to focus exclusively on inpatient therapeutic groupwork in acute psychiatry, from a multi-disciplinary perspective. All authors are active groupwork practitioners, who provide vivid case material providing unique insights into the group process. Writers make the argument for the importance of therapeutic groupwork in acute inpatient settings. They describes survey data that show an absence of therapeutic activity on wards and the need for a 'culture of participation'...

Authors from across Europe consider the diverse theoretical and conceptual issues in understanding ageing in late modern society with an emphasis on active ageing. Integrated approaches are emphasised, without privilege one theoretical conception above others. The examples used will act as examples of positive contributions to ageing, even when physical and cognitive frailty looms large