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Vining, George Joseph was born on March 3, 1938 in Fulton, Missouri, United States. Son of D. Rutledge and Margaret (McClanahan) Vining.
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The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity
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In this thought-provoking book, distinguished legal scholar Joseph Vining traces the complex roots of brutal twentieth-century human experimentation and extermination to worldviews that dehumanize both perpetrators and victims in distinctive ways, stripping them of their individuality as well as their intrinsic dignity and value. Vining finds a disturbing parallel between these worldviews and what he calls "total theory." Total theories are "beautiful and helpful explanations through attention to system and process" that aggressively claim to account for the universe and everything in it. Vining maintains that some of the most gifted intellectuals and scientists of our time profess these theories without necessarily considering the implications of such totalizing worldviews. Using the example of the song sparrow and the child, Vining opens our eyes to the ramifications of total theory. He challenges readers to question casual acceptance of the total theories that are widely and quietly taught in contemporary biology, physics, and mathematics - theories that Vining maintains cannot be and are not actually believed by the people espousing them.
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George Joseph Vining, American law educator. Bar: District of Columbia 1965. National Endowment of the Humanities senior fellow, 1982-1983, Bellagio fellow Rockfeller Foundation, 1997, Scarpa Conference Honoree, 2009. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences; member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association, American Law Institute (life), Century Association, Clare Hall Cambridge University (life).
Education
Bachelor, Yale University, 1959. Bachelor, Cambridge University, 1961. Master of Arts, Cambridge University, 1970.
Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1964.
Career
Attorney Office Deputy Attorney General, Department Justice, Washington, 1965. Assistant to executive director National Crime Commission, 1966. Associate Covington and Burling, Washington, 1966-1969.
Assistant professor law University Michigan, 1969-1972, associate professor, 1972-1974, professor, 1974-1985, Hutchins professor, 1985—2009, Hutchins emeritus professor, since 2009. Sir Edward Youde professor, Hong Kong, 2002.
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The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity
(In this thought-provoking book, distinguished legal schol...)
- The Authoritative and the Authoritarian
- Legal Identity by Joseph Vining (1978-10-01)
- Legal Identity
- The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity by Vining, Joseph (2004) Hardcover
- Legal Identity by Joseph Vining (1978-10-03)
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The Song Sparrow and the Child: Claims of Science and Humanity
Membership
Board of directors American Friends of Cambridge U. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Bar Association, District of Columbia Bar Association American Law Institute, Century Association.
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Married Alice Marshall Williams, September 18, 1965. Children: George Joseph IV, Spencer Carter.
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