La lettre aux Colossiens: une théologie de la mémoire

The letter to the Colossians—most probably a deuteropauline document—reflects a theology of memory. Far from having the ambition of saying something new, the author aims at offering the addressed community a re-reading—paradoxically highly original in its form and content—of its own religious tradition so that the addressees will be able to interpret in a persuasive way their present situation, a situation that became more and more opaque and conflictual. The explicit confrontation with the ‘Colossian philosophy' seems to be secondary at first sight, but a multiple reading of the letter allows one to discover strong ties between the non-polemical and the polemical parts of the letter. Read in this perspective, Col 2 reveals between the lines a conflict of interpretation about some central notions, such as ‘humility', ‘intelligence', ‘wisdom', among other

Evaluating Judges and Judicial Institutions: Reorienting the Perspective

Empirical scholarship on judges, judging, and judicial institutions, a staple in political science, is becoming increasingly popular in law schools. We propose that this scholarship can be improved and enhanced by greater collaboration between empirical scholars, legal theorists, and the primary subjects of the research, the judges. We recently hosted a workshop that attempted to move away from the conventional mode of involving judges and theorists in empirical research, where they serve as commentators on empirical studies that they often see as reductionist and mis-focused. Instead, we had the judges and theorists set the discussion agenda for the empiricists by describing topics that they thought were worthy of inquiry. In this essay, we explain why we think collaboration of this sort should be encouraged and draw on the workshop experience to offer suggestions for improving the quality and utility of empirical research in this area

THE CODEX OF CURSES

The Codex of Curses is an application of consumer research into the field of TabletopRoleplaying Games (Tabletop RPGs) to demonstrate the importance of a Brand within theindustry and how Hasbro’s recent business decisions have damaged their Brand. The result isthat Hasbro must now spend more resources on promoting and regaining the trust of theirconsumers, who have sought out competitor’s products in protest and have reducedHasbro/Wizard of the Coast’s competitiveness. From the sale of my own product (a rulessupplement for 5th edition Dungeons and Dragons which provides character creation options forplayers), I noticed the main issue inhibiting sales was the lack of reputation which detersconsumers from purchasing as many consumers are risk averse when purchasing RPG products.Hasbro’s damage to their brand means that they have lost notoriety and will thus face thedifficulties and costs I faced when selling my own product.The company that owns Wizards of the Coast (who produces 5th Edition Dungeons andDragons, 5e DnD), Hasbro, has within the past 4 years been the subject of several controversiesregarding their management of Wizards of the Coast and how they treat their employees andconsumers. To put it briefly, Hasbro has: sent Pinkertons (a private security company who usesintimidation, threats of detention, arrest, fines and jail to force compliance and who is famous forusing these methods on union workers) to threaten a consumer who accidently received Magic:The Gathering content early, stated that they have forbidden the use of A.I for their productswhile utilizing A.I art several times since the statement each time denying and gaslightingconsumers before backpedaling and issuing an ineffective apology.The event that inspired my capstone is when Hasbro/Wizards of the Coast attempted torevoke their Open Games License (OGL) for Dungeons and Dragons in order to acquireconsumer created works and to sell those works under the pretense of having created itthemselves. The OGL is what allows consumers to create content for the game they love and wasexplicitly and legally defined as unalterable and irrevocable. Hasbro faced massive consumerbacklash and after several months of claiming they did no such thing, that they could if theywanted to, and if they did then it is a good thing, relented and released the OGL into CreativeCommons which is another legal license that very similar to Public Domain but for TabletopRPGS.These actions have severely damaged Hasbro's brand image, which my project details, isthe key factor in determining how well a Tabletop RPG product sells. After detailing thecontroversies that damaged Hasbro's brand, my project shows what issues this will cause futureHasbro products to face, and finally recommends actions for Hasbro to take to recover theirbrand within the Tabletop RPG industry

How Aspects of Self-Compassion Contribute to Wellbeing and the Effect of Age

This study investigating the differential contribution of self-compassion subcomponents to wellbeing, and examined the effect of age. A total of 275 participants (219 females) completed demographic measures, the Self-Compassion Scale, the Mental Health Index, and a Social Desirability Scale. Hierarchical Multiple Regression indicated that the self-kindness and mindfulness subcomponents predicted wellbeing, whereas the self-judgement, isolation and over- identification subcomponents predicted psychological distress. Furthermore, the negative self- compassion subcomponents accounted for additional variance in psychological wellbeing. Self- compassion was also significantly higher in older adults. This research consolidates previous findings, increases the scope of self-compassion research, and may have practical implications in treatment

Building up the “Accountable Ulysses” model. The impact of GDPR and national implementations, ethics, and health-data research: Comparative remarks.

The paper illustrates obligations emerging under articles 9 and 89 of the EU Reg. 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation, hereinafter “GDPR”) within the health-related data pro- cessing for research purposes. Furthermore, through a comparative analysis of the national implementations of the GDPR on the topic, the paper highlights few practical issues that the researcher might deal with while accomplishing the GDPR obligations and the other ethical requirements. The result of the analyses allows to build up a model to achieve an acceptable standard of accountability in health-related data research. The legal remarks are framed within the myth of Ulysse