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Jones, Tanner | An analysis of stress patterns in bolognese | Bolognese, the language native to Bologna, Italy, exhibits a stress pattern that is mostly predictable, and tends to be word-final. This pattern becomes more interesting when it interacts with other phonotactic and morphophonological constraints. The two most prominent influences that cause stress t... | | 2024 |
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Yeates, Milo | Counterfactual utilitarianism: a new metaphysical framework for consequentialist ethics | In the thesis I motivate, explain, and apply a new broadly consequentialist and utilitarian ethical framework: counterfactual utilitarianism. In contrast to other utilitarian frameworks which might calculate cumulative or average overall utility, counterfactual utilitarianism aims to reapply focus o... | | 2024 |
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Day, Bailey | Exploring the ethical event horizon: assessing an approach to responsible siting in black hole imaging | | | 2024 |
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| Exploring the ethical event horizon: assessing an approach to responsible siting in black hole imaging | The field of astronomy has a history of approaching large-scale development projects with a limited gauge of the interests of stakeholders beyond the immediate scientific community. Traditional processes of decision-making have demonstrated little regard for the broader communities affected by major... | | 2024 |
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Keevy, Jenna | More than "yes": an analysis of the elements and barriers of informed consent | Informed consent is a foundational element of bioethics. It specifically tackles what it means for a patient or a participant to say "yes" to procedures and experiments. The common person may not actively realize what is entailed when they sign their name on the signature line. This, coupled with th... | autonomy; informed consent; mandated choice; non-domination; presumed consent; personalized medicine; reasonable patient standard; undue inducement | 2024 |
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Nydegger, Jacob | The role of the caregiver in Latin American film | In the 1960s, Latin American film underwent a transformation in which filmmakers focused on creating a conversation about society that would bring about political change. Film from this time period, known as the New Latin American Cinema, began to have social and political importance and was not pro... | | 2024 |
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Anderson, Lucius | The transhuman and posthuman in contemporary horror film: a case study for David Cronenberg's crimes of the future | As the uncertain future of humanity's relationship to technology causes widespread apprehension, themes related to transhuman and posthuman theory have begun to appear in the horror genre. By synthesizing posthuman and transhuman philosophy with horror criticism, this project aims to ascertain these... | | 2024 |