The state and the person in the thought of Alberdi and Caso

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston UniversityThe problem of the relationships between the person and state has been a persistent one in Latin American politics and thought. The problem of this investigation is the relationship between the person and the state in the thought of two modern Latin-American philosophers, Juan Bautista Alberdi (1829-1884) and Antonio Caso (1883-1946). Alberdi's basic point of departure was his resistance to the Rosas dictatorship. In his Las Bases y Puntos de Partida para la Organización Política de la República Argentina Alberdi sets forth the basic organization and the concept of freedom on which the Argentine Constitution is still patterned. As the defender of early Argentine Republican freedom, Alberdi occupied a similar place in Argentina to that which Hamilton or Jefferson occupied in this country's history. Antonio Caso, using the teachings of James and Bergson, opposed the prevalent Comtean positivism. Like Alberdi, Caso struggled against dictatorship; namely, the Diaz regime in Mexico. Caso defends the human person against encroachments by the state in his finest work La Persona Humana y el Estado Totalitario. The substance of this investigation can be expressed in terms of the chief agreements and disagreements in the positions of the two men. (1) They agree that persons should never be subjugated to the state. (2) They hold a common view of representative government. (3) Both men had legal backgrounds which colored their social philosophies and gave them a deep sense of justice where persons were concerned. (4) They held to the same essential functions of the state. (5) Both Alberdi and Caso defend freedom of religion, (6) support faith in progress, (7) and advocate adequate educational programs. They differ in (1) their metaphysical foundations; Alberdi's thought reflects "positivistic" tendencies, while Caso is an unsystematic eclectic idealist. (2) They hold different viewpoints about the nature of the human person; Alberdi believes in a legal person and Caso maintains a metaphysical person. (3) They have different proposals about the place of the state in society: Alberdi makes specific proposals following the liberal traditions of Adam Smith while Caso is interested primarily in the theoretical and moral basis for the state. (4) The men differ in their actual experiences in life since Alberdi spent most of his life as a lawyer, businessman, and diplomat and Caso remained in the academic life as a university professor and administrator. Although Alberdi and Caso operated with different philosophical assumptions they have relatively harmonious views of the person and his relationship to the state. Both persistently affirmed their belief in human persons as the basic units of value in society. Human value grows out of the belief that man is a creation of God and that associations formed by men must conform to the ideals of freedom, justice, and respect found in the Hebrew-Christian tradition. Thus each of these Latin-American social philosophers defends the liberty and freedom of the person against all authoritarian persons and institutions. Alberdi and Caso have made great contributions to their own countries and can contribute significantly to our understanding of Latin-America

DEVELOPING A TIME AND MOTION STUDY FOR A LEAN HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT

This thesis outlines the development of a standard methodology for performing a time and motion study in a lean healthcare environment. Time and motion studies have been used in healthcare environments in the past, however they have nearly all been exclusive to a particular healthcare enterprise. To develop the time and motion study methodology, a study was designed to examine how resident doctors spend their time. This study was performed in response to coming changes in the work hours for all residents. Once the methodology was developed, trial observations were conducted. The data from these observations was analyzed to determine the effectiveness of both the time and motion study methodology and its usefulness for process improvement activities

The Submarine as a Case Study in Transformation:Implications for Future Investment

The Department of Defense is sometimes guilty of glomming onto a buzzword or catchy phrase and wearing it thin. “Revolution in Military Affairs,” or RMA (a term derived, incidentally, from Soviet military writings concerning a “military- technical revolution”) certainly came close to crossing that threshold. Today, the word “transformation”—a marvelously useful and intellectually descriptive word—could similarly be at risk of exhaustion

Silent Steel: The Mysterious Death of the Nuclear Sub USS Scorpion,

Several years ago I received a phone call from Stephen Johnson asking about my service on the USS Scorpion (SSN 589), my first ship, between the fall of 1961 and the winter of 1962. He explained he was writing a book about its loss in late May 1968 with its entire crew of ninety- nine. I spoke with him at some length and sent some material about the vast “SubSafe” program changes that oc- curred within the Submarine Force af- ter the loss of USS Thresher (SSN 593) in April 1963. Silent Steel is the exqui- sitely researched result of my tiny input and that of more than 230 others— ranging from the widows of Scorpion sailors, submarine design engineers and naval architects, and a list of active- duty and retired personnel that reads like a “who’s who” of the then and now Submarine Force. The bibliography it- self spans two dozen pages of applicable books, journal articles, official reports, memorandums, and other miscella- neous correspondence

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Letter, John M. Patton Jr. to Jack, August 27, 1859

This letter, dated August 27, 1859, is presumed to be written from John M. Patton Jr.to an unidentified man named Jack. The letter discusses several legal matters and offers his services should Jack need them.https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/fvw-manuscripts-clarke/1001/thumbnail.jp