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Arnhart's "Aristotle's Biopolitics: A Defense of Biological Teleology against Biological Nihilism" is both a valuable and yet at the same time a problematic study. Its value for political science lies in Arnhart's reminder that for many of the most important thinkers in the history of Western political thought their efforts to discover and articulate the principles of a political order necessarily presupposed a specific understanding of the order of nature itself. Given this, the fundamental political challenge of the modern scientific and industrial revolutions not only includes the new instruments and techniques of organization and manipulation made possible by the discoveries of modern science, but also those cultural and intellectual assumptions which create that very environment within which such instruments and techniques first became possible. In illustrating this intimate relationship between modern natural science and modern political science, Grant (1976:124) has written: "What calls out for recognition here is that the same apprehension of what it is to be 'reasonable' leads men to build computers and to conceive the universal and homogenous society as the highest political goal. The ways such machines can be used must be at one with certain conceptions of political purposes because the same kind of 'reasoning' made the machines and formulated the purposes. To put the matter extremely simply, the modern physical sciences and the modern political sciences have developed in mutual interpenetration, and we can only begin to understand that interpenetration in terms of some common source from which both forms of science found their sustenance."

Intro -- LIFE INSURANCE SELECT PROGRAMS AND ANALYSES -- LIFE INSURANCE SELECT PROGRAMS AND ANALYSES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE: RETIREMENT BENEFIT AND RETAINED ASSET ACCOUNT DISCLOSURES COULD BE IMPROVED* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- FEGLI Insurance Coverage and Costs -- Adding or Adjusting FEGLI Coverage -- Payment of FEGLI Benefits -- ALTHOUGH SIMILAR TO PRIVATE SECTOR PLANS, FEGLI HAS DISTINCT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS AND COSTS THAT ARE NOT CLEARLY DISCLOSED -- Some FEGLI Features Are Similar to Those of Private Sector Group Life Insurance -- Unlike Private Group Life Plans, FEGLI Assumes Most of the Insurance Risk -- Certain FEGLI Features and Benefits Can Result in Higher Costs for Employees Compared with Private Sector Group Term Insurance -- Although FEGLI's Disclosures Cover Key Aspects of the Program, They Do Not Cover Some Important Features -- IN OVERSEEING FEGLI, PROCESSES FOR SETTING PREMIUM RATES COULD BE IMPROVED -- OPM Performs Many of FEGLI's Administrative and Operational Functions and Works Closely with MetLife -- Under OPM's Administration, FEGLI Funding Has Been Sufficient to Pay Claims and Meet Program Liabilities -- OPM's Processes for Achieving the Goal of Providing a Low-Cost Benefit to Federal Employees Lacked Clarity -- OPM Lacked Clear, Documented Processes for Considering FEGLI Premium Rate Changes -- RAAS ARE NO LONGER THE DEFAULT SETTLEMENT OPTION, BUT BETTER DISCLOSURES ARE NEEDED -- RAAs Were the Default Option from 1994 to 2011 -- Industry Views Vary on the Benefits and Consumer Protection Concerns from RAAs -- Insurance Industry Organizations Have Issued Guidance to Improve RAA Regulation -- Recently Improved FEGLI RAA Disclosures Still Lack Important Information

Since enforcement of the new Constitution of Japan (1946), the Japanese fam has become increasingly democratized. Constitutional provisions, 'based on the principle of individual dignity & sexual equality,' required reform of the patriarchal fam system & has resulted in: (1) smaller size of Pam's, (2) decreased dependency on children in old age, (3) earlier marriage registration created by women's awareness of their rights, (4) a higher divorce rate, (5) no appreciable decrease in the traditional custom of inheritance of fam properties by the eldest son, but att's are changing among the `younger generations,' & (6) increased equality of women in the fam life areas of: (a) 'soc courtesies,' (b) attending events with husband, (c) `equality of meal,' (d) fam influence, & (e) increased participation in public life. P. D. Montagna.

How have different civilizations throughout different epochs mastered fundamental challenges of life? The series analyses the basic questions of cultural anthropology. All epochs and the most significant civilizations worldwide, as well as different epistemological aspects including historical sciences, sociology, ethnology, art, literature and philosophy are brought together.