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End-of-life (EOL) care presents many challenges both for clinicians, as well as for patients and their families. Moreover, the care of the dying patient must be considered within the context of the psychological, physical, and social... more
This paper focuses on one of the major criticisms made to Aristotle's virtue ethics, namely that it lacks explicit moral action guidance. The same criticism has been addressed to later developments of virtue ethics. There have been... more
Stressing that the pronoun "I" picks out one and only one person in the world (i.e., me), I argue against Hunt (and other like-minded Rand commentators) that the supposed "hard case" of destructive people who do not care for their own... more
J. Doomen, Freedom and Equality in a Liberal Democratic State. Brussels: Bruylant (Larcier), 2014
The purpose of the study was to study the ethical characteristics and necessary characteristic of mass communication students in the digital era. The qualitative research was conducted with in- depth structured interview from the 16... more
Iris Murdoch’s The Philosopher’s Pupil is filled with a darkly comic narrative of imagination. The plot and characterization of the novel is centered towards the theme of morality. Murdoch uses her impressive ability to unveil the psyche... more
Prompted by the thesis that an organism’s umwelt possesses not just a descriptive dimension, but a normative one as well, some have sought to annex semiotics with ethics. Yet the pronouncements made in this vein have consisted mainly in... more
The concept of distributed moral responsibility (DMR) has a long history. When it is understood as being entirely reducible to the sum of (some) human, individual, and already morally loaded actions, then the allocation of DMR, and hence... more
An introduction to the issues surrounding the definition of 'ethical gold' written for jewellery industry practitioners.
The aim of this paper is to propose a new approach to the question of meaning in life by criticizing Thaddeus Metz’s objectivist theory in his book Meaning in Life: An Analytic Study. I propose the concept of “the heart of meaning in... more
Most complete guide to human fulfillment so far, although light on pleasure. A systematic approach using a double, modified permutation of insightful categories, based on Coppedge's Four P's of happiness.
The aim of this study was to evaluate ethical codes used by school administrators in Turkey. The study assessed the perceptions and doubts of school administrators about the ethical codes they are expected to obey. The study used the... more
A discussion of the wise stance in biomedical research as an epistemological attitude that systematically combines multiple perspectives, coupled with a reflection on the path-dependent politics of biomedical knowledge production.
The aim of this study was to evaluate ethical codes used by school administrators in Turkey. The study assessed the perceptions and doubts of school administrators about the ethical codes they are expected to obey. The study used the... more
An overview of the potential environmental hazards associated with gold mining
An overview of the main features of anti-mining campaigns, using the current Bristol Bay controversy as an example.
PurposeThis study aims to explore the motivation as well as barriers for ethical food consumption behaviour by focussing on the food consumption pattern of young adults in the North East of Scotland. Considering the recent involvement of... more