Naturally occurring melioidosis, however, is a genuine problem of the rural poor in some parts of the tropics, whereas the deliberate release of B. pseudomallei remains a theoretical, and relatively unlikely, possibility.
Its intellectual property provisions, for instance, don't address the genuine problems of piracy on the part of some Asian firms, but do impose needless restrictions promoted by the drug industry on dissemination of affordable medicines in developing countries.
This is not to abjure abstraction, but rather to insist that philosophy deal with the genuine problems of living organisms, not the artificial problems of an academic discipline.
Even in Europe and the developed world, where there are genuine problems of decline, which have helped to generate Brexit and Trump, this is not the end of days.
Plans to extend secret court hearings address genuine problems of national security but also contain elements of "overkill", the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation has warned.
Where there are genuine problems of inequity – and in some cases there are – we need to identify the best ways of overcoming them.
The thinking behind CSR gives an account of this which is muddled and, in some important ways, downright false.There is another danger too: namely, that CSR will distract attention from genuine problems of business ethics that do need to be addressed.
Along with solving a genuine problem on the part of investors on Lending Club and Prosper, the market opportunity beyond the U.S. appears to be decent too.
Who opposed any plausible means of dealing with the genuine problem of illegal immigration, forcing Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla). to cower, abandon his principles — and his own immigration legislation — lest he be driven from the presidential race before it had even begun?
