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The moral equality of combatants
History & The Arts

The moral equality of combatants

...sustained argument about the conditions of a just war is a contribution to just war theory. This is not a historical tradition, but (merely) an area of philosophy...The moral equality of combatants: The moral equality of combatants - There is a third component in the arguments of many conventional just war theorists. This is the idea of the moral equality of combatants...
How to learn a language Badge icon
Languages

How to learn a language

...sustain my motivation; I basically thought that because I could speak Spanish, French was a ‘logical’ next step for me, but obviously that was the wrong motivation for me. Now watch the following video, in which a group of people talk about why they want to learn another language. LEARNER 1 Some years ago, I wanted to learn Italian, because I love travelling to Italy,...
Level 1: Introductory 24 hrs
Primary education: listening and observing Badge icon
Education & Development

Primary education: listening and observing

...sustains a discussion where children talk at length about something that is of direct interest to them; they are not answering ‘closed’ (‘yes’ or ‘no’) questions, and so they have opportunities to produce and use spoken English in a meaningful, relevant way. The collaborative activity creates a space where the children and the adult can ask each other...
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Science, Maths & Technology

Mastering systems thinking in practice

...Sustainable Development Goal 17 that deals with bringing the work on all other 16 goals together as part of a global partnership. This looks impressive but a similar search on ‘systems practitioner’ tends to throw up items such as ‘systems safety practitioner’ or ‘systems security certified practitioner’ both of which are dealing with computer networks. This...
Health and wellbeing in the ancient world
History & The Arts

Health and wellbeing in the ancient world

...sustained, including an arrow entering his right eye. A groove and a bump in the eye socket, they argued, showed that this skeleton had suffered such an injury and had subsequently healed. [Reconstruction of the head of a man, based on a skull found in a tomb in Macedonia.] Figure 8 Facial reconstruction of Philip of Macedon However, the grave goods have now been dated to...
The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears
Health, Sports & Psychology

The MMR vaccine: public health, private fears

...sustained, making only sporadic appearances over the next six months. Less than a third of newspaper articles by contrast (32 per cent), explain the scientific rationale behind most of this research. And although the Mail was more likely than many other newspapers to include a scientific rationale, it also provides an example of how this scientific context tends to be...
Design
Science, Maths & Technology

Design

...sustains their enthusiasm when more concrete rewards are less evident. Early prototyping and testing also allow you to fail and if you are not failing often, then you are probably not risking enough. So, having said you cannot legislate for innovation, here are some common themes which give some ideas on how to get started: Treat life as an experiment – constantly...
Level 1: Introductory 28 hrs
Systems engineering: Challenging complexity
Science, Maths & Technology

Systems engineering: Challenging complexity

...sustained attack on systems engineering came through the development of the ‘soft systems methodology’ introduced in Section 3. The Department of Systems Engineering at the University of Lancaster was founded in the mid-1960s with initial funding from Imperial Chemical Industries, then the UK's largest industrial company. ICI was realising at that time that the...