Socratic Metaethics Imagined

This is an imagined dialogue between one of the more famous skeptics regarding moral attribution, Thrasymachus, and an imagined Socrates who, through the convenient miracle of time travel, returns to Athens after exposure to contemporary metaethics, now a devoted and formidable quasi-realist expressivist. The dialogue focuses on the characterization of moral conflict and moral justification available to the expressivist, and the authors attempt to lay out the distinctive strengths and weaknesses of the expressivist view

Reliability and comparison of force characteristics of the Nordic hamstring exercise

The purpose of the current study was to ascertain the between-trial reliability of peak force (PF) and mean force (MF) during the Nordic hamstring exercise (NHE) performed on the Nordbord and determine bilateral differences in PF, MF and instantaneous force (IF). Nineteen strength-trained males performed three NHEs on the Nordbord. PF showed a trivial-small non-significant increase between trials (d = 0.15 – 0.29, p = 0.125 – 0.459), MF was significantly higher in the left limb in trial 3 compared to trial 1 (p = 0.021 d = 0.29). Reliability and variability of PF was moderate-excellent (95%CI ICC = 0.666 – 0.926) and acceptable (CV 10%) across trials. Reliability and variability of PF and MF, between trials 2 and 3 were moderate-excellent (95%CI ICC = 0.627 – 0.950,) and acceptable (CV p = 0.071; d = 0.16), however, significant-small differences (p = 0.005; d = 0.34) were evident in MF. IF was higher for the right limb between 10 and 89% of normalized time across trials 1-3 but was not significant across trials 2-3. There were no significant (p ≥0.05) between limb differences in PF, but significant-small between limb differences in MF (p = 0.005, d = 0.26-0.34). Reliability of Nordbord PF were moderate-excellent; however, MF is influenced by a learning effect. Practitioners should use \u3e3 repetitions of the NHE and disregard the first repetition, while including analysis of MF and IF

The Business Environment of 1995 as Seen by Wisconsin Business Executives

Like many states, particularly those in the so-called rust bucket of the industrial north, Wisconsin is concerned about its business climate. A number of different steps with the potential to make Wisconsin\u27s business environment more hospitable have been taken. For example, the state income tax has been reduced; the state has partially funded a business development organization, Forward Wisconsin, to attract new companies to the area; and a state-appointed panel, the Wisconsin Strategic Development Commission, has filed its recommendations concerning the actions that should be considered in revitalizing the region\u27s business community. This article provides another perspective. It reports upon the views held by a sample of Wisconsin business executives concerning the nature of the business environment in 1995. Specifically, this paper reports on the perceptions held by 24 executives (mostly vice presidents of planning or marketing) from Wisconsin corporations. Because vice-presidents of planning and marketing are most responsible for translating environmental trends into strategic actions, we believe their vision of the general business climate in 1995 will be of keen interest to those concerned about the future of Wisconsin\u27s economy