Retrieval (MIR) research requires that the audio features that are extracted from the sound
files should be sufficiently strong to be able to correctly classify the singer into male or a …

Music is an important component of culture industry. This paper analyzes Chinese listeners'
preferences for American and European pop music. Firstly, singers' characteristics and …

A method for analyzing and categorizing the vowels of a sung query is described and
analyzed. This query system uses a combination of spectral analysis and parametric clustering …

The standard view among philosophers is that an arguer’s hypocrisy (understood as failure
to practice what one preaches) has no bearing on either the merits of his or her argument or …

13 Sentientism Page 1 13 Sentientism gary varner In contemporary writings about ethics,
saying that an entity is ``sentient'' generally means that it is conscious of pleasure and/or pain. …

Moral standing is acknowledging the moral significance that an entity possesses so that its
interests and welfare are considered when we discuss ethics. The history of ethics is often …

In the previous chapter we heard how a number of eighteenth and nineteenth century
thinkers proposed that justice extends to animals. Thinkers such as Frances Hutcheson, …

A television nature programme a year or two ago contained a striking sequence in which a
giant squid was under threat from some other creature (no doubt a human being with a video …

The idea of human dignity—of the incomparable worth or, in a religious key, the sanctity of
human life—seems fundamental to democracy. 1 Major political and constitutional documents …

The aim of this chapter is to argue for a new ethical theory to inform and justify a continued
use of animals in the global food system. It is however important to appreciate that, if put into …

According to Linzey, Singer is guilty of" adultism"-that is, of granting people and animals
moral standing only" insofar as they get closer to being mature, human adults." According to …

The Chandogya Upanisad: The culture it reflects is remote and archaic, the texture of its
ritualistic and contemplative symbolism thick and dense-virtually a closed book for us moderns. …

… I mention this choir by name because, rightly or wrongly, it has the reputation of having
the strongest voices—singer for singer —of any choir in the North of England, which, as …

This thesis examines the role language plays in forming the subjectivities of Westerners to
hold a position of dominion over animals, and discloses the existence of a shared animal …

A field-shaping anthology by top cultural critics and practitioners representing a wide range
of disciplines and art forms, Performing Brazil is the first book to bring together studies of the …

… Singer: for Singer the foundation of being a person is the ability to be conscientious, therefore,
there is a distinction between human and person. Every living being of the homo sapiens …

A study of pathological concepts of animal life in Continental philosophy from Bergson to
HarawayUsing animals for scientific research is a highly contentious issue that Continental …

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in the ethics of our treatment of animals.
Philosophers have led the way, and now a range of other scholars have followed from …

This study examined adolescent writing about their personal conflicts in narrative story
format. Using a qualitative approach, I looked for what these stories might show us about the …