Second-best mechanisms in queuing problems without transfers:The role of random priorities

2017 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 73-79
Author(s):  
Francis Bloch
Keyword(s):  
Second Best ◽  
Queuing Problems

Hedonism and the Pleasureless Life in Plato's Philebus

Phronesis ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 257-283 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Roxana Carone
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Condition ◽  
Positive Evidence ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Happy Life

AbstractThis paper re-evaluates the role that Plato confers to pleasure in the Philebus. According to leading interpretations, Plato there downplays the role of pleasure, or indeed rejects hedonism altogether. Thus, scholars such as D. Frede have taken the "mixed life" of pleasure and intelligence initially submitted in the Philebus to be conceded by Socrates only as a remedial good, second to a life of neutral condition, where one would experience no pleasure and pain. Even more strongly, scholars such as Irwin have seen the Philebus' arguments against false pleasures as an actual attack on hedonism, showing in Irwin's words "why maximization of pleasure cannot be a reasonable policy for the best life." Against these claims, I argue that the mixed life of pleasure and intelligence is presented in the Philebus as a rst best and not just as a second best for humans, and that, accordingly, Socrates proposes to incorporate rather than reject pleasure as one of the intrinsically desirable aspects of the happy life. Thus, I offer alternative readings of controversial passages that have given rise to the prevalent interpretation criticized here, and advance positive evidence that at least some pleasures are seen by Plato as inherently good. In addition, I demonstrate that Plato's arguments against false pleasures do not by themselves constitute an attack on hedonism. Rather, they can be seen as a strategy to show the hedonist that, in order to be a maximal, or even a consistent, hedonist, he should go for true, and not fake pleasures, if after all pleasure is the object of his pursuit. But, since this cannot be achieved without intelligence, then the mixed life of pleasure and intelligence is to be accepted even by hedonist themselves.

Don Quixote, Part I (1605)

2021 ◽  
pp. 86-117
Author(s):  
Edwin Williamson
Keyword(s):  
Don Quixote ◽  
Cultural Significance ◽  
Second Best ◽  
La Mancha ◽  
The World ◽  
Insight Into

When it first appeared in 1605, Cervantes’s great novel Don Quixote de la Mancha became an international sensation. This chapter follows the chronology of the plot in a critical manner providing the reader with important insight into why Don Quixote has become the second best-selling book of all time. Including the famous scenes of the windmill, the liquidation of Don Quixote’s library, the funeral of Grisóstomo and redemption of Marcela, Ginés de Pasamonte and the galley slaves, El curioso impertinente, the famous tale of Cardenio the star-crossed lover, and a commentary on the role of drama and novels of chivalry in society, Don Quixote, Part One sets the hero and his trusty country squire against the world at large. This chapter explores its deep cultural significance and answers the question of whether or not it is merely a ‘funny book’.

scholarly journals EU Enlargement, Migration, and Lessons from German Unification

2000 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 299-314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hans-Werner Sinn
Keyword(s):  
Formal Model ◽  
Eu Enlargement ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Migration Pattern ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
German Unification ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Legal Constraints ◽  
Migration Costs

Abstract The paper studies the role of international implications after EU enlargement. Based on a formal model with migration costs for both capital and labor, it predicts a two-sided migration from the new to the old EU countries which is later reversed. As the migration pattern chosen by market forces turns out to be efficient, migration should not be artificially reduced by means of legal constraints or subsidies to the new member countries. The paper draws the parallel with German unification and points out the lessons to be learned by Europe. The analysis concludes with a brief discussion of the second-best problem posed by the existence of welfare states in the old member countries.

The Second Best City and its Laws in Plato’s Statesman

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anders Dahl Sørensen
Keyword(s):  
Controversial Issue ◽  
Traditional View ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Good Government

Abstract Taking up the controversial issue of the value of the laws of non-ideal cities in Plato’s Statesman, the paper argues for a modified version of the traditional interpretation, as defended against Christopher Rowe’s influential criticism. The paper agrees with the traditional view that the established laws of non-ideal cities are assumed to be good laws and that the Eleatic Stranger’s justification for this assumption can be found in 300b. But it also argues that this defence of the traditional interpretation must be based on a revised understanding of the role of legislation in the Stranger’s conception of ideal rule. The unique contribution of the expert to good government consists in his distinctive ability to judge what is appropriate in each case, not in his work as legislator, which, on closer inspection, turns out to be based on the very same ancestral traditions that the second best city must resort to.

Book Reviews

2012 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 1119-1122
Keyword(s):  
Tax Policy ◽  
Policy Design ◽  
Wellesley College ◽  
Second Best ◽  
Optimal Tax ◽  
Queen's University

Casey Rothschild of Wellesley College reviews, “From Optimal Tax Theory to Tax Policy: Retrospective and Prospective Views” by Robin Boadway. The EconLit Abstract of this book begins: “Explores the role of optimal tax analysis in informing and influencing tax policy design. Discusses the move from tax theory to policy—an overview; policy lessons from optimal tax theory; relaxing the second-best constraints; and challenges for second-best analysis. Boadway is D. C. Smith Chair in Economics at Queen's University, Kingston. Index.”

The REMIND-R model: the role of renewables in the low-carbon transformation—first-best vs. second-best worlds

2011 ◽  
Vol 114 (1) ◽  
pp. 145-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nico Bauer ◽  
Lavinia Baumstark ◽  
Marian Leimbach
Keyword(s):  
Low Carbon ◽  
Second Best

Role of dactinomycin in the improved survival of children with Wilms' tumor

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (12) ◽  
pp. 1005-1009 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Fernbach
Keyword(s):  
Wilms Tumor

Role of the allergist in diagnosis and management of patients with uveitis

JAMA ◽  
1966 ◽  
Vol 195 (3) ◽  
pp. 167-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. E. Van Metre
Keyword(s):  
Diagnosis And Management

The power of norms to sway fused group members

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Winnifred R. Louis ◽  
Craig McGarty ◽  
Emma F. Thomas ◽  
Catherine E. Amiot ◽  
Fathali M. Moghaddam
Keyword(s):  
Evolutionary Anthropology ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Violent Extremism ◽  
Identity Fusion ◽  
Group Members

AbstractWhitehouse adapts insights from evolutionary anthropology to interpret extreme self-sacrifice through the concept of identity fusion. The model neglects the role of normative systems in shaping behaviors, especially in relation to violent extremism. In peaceful groups, increasing fusion will actually decrease extremism. Groups collectively appraise threats and opportunities, actively debate action options, and rarely choose violence toward self or others.

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