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Existentialism and My ‘Postwolf’ Dachshund: Authenticity in the Age of Genetic Engineering

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human genetic engineering has the potential to profoundly alter the traits of future generations, raising critical ethical questions about authenticity and identity. Essentialist perspectives reject genetic engineering, claiming it inherently compromises authenticity by deviating from a species‐typical genome.
Donrich Thaldar
wiley   +1 more source

A public opinion propagation model for technological disasters. [PDF]

Sci Rep
Zhang Y, Tang W, Ni T.
europepmc   +1 more source

“My Xene.” Care, Affect, and Creative Non‐Fiction Among Mothers and Daughters

Anthropology and Humanism, EarlyView.
Eleni Sideri
wiley   +1 more source

Self‐Giving and Reflections on Life Extension: How Love Might Shape the Choice of Whether to Live Past a Natural Human Lifespan

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Drawing upon a deprivationist account of the badness of death, Ingemar Patrick Linden advocates for a hypothetical state called “contingent immortality.” The future Linden champions is one in which every person would be able to live for as long as they would like, save for events like accidents or murder.
Andrew Moeller, Ann‐Marie Shorrocks, Keith Lemna   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experience-based suggestions for improving accessibility of minibus taxis for wheelchair users. [PDF]

Afr J Disabil
Fredericks JP, Visagie S, van Niekerk L.
europepmc   +1 more source

Patient Participation in Clinical Ethics Interventions: A Requirement of Procedural and Epistemic Justice

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The question whether or not patients ought to be involved in clinical ethics interventions (CEI) remains unresolved. While generally it has been recognized that patients’ active participation in health care decisions and processes is important, this is not unequivocally accepted for CEIs.
Marleen Eijkholt
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of urban subway construction collapse disaster chain and research on chain breaking and disaster reduction. [PDF]

PLoS One
Zhang Y, Gu Y, Lian N, Peng L, Hao Y, Wang W, Tian R.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

I Feel I Need to Think about It: A Defence of Affective Moral Enhancement

Bioethics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Critics of affective moral enhancement generally contend that moral improvement can only be properly achieved through interventions that engage a person's rational faculties. Therefore, they view attempts to achieve moral improvement by targeting emotions as futile at best and detrimental to moral agency at worst.
Pei‐hua Huang
wiley   +1 more source

Classical Ash'ari Anthropology: Body, Life and Spirit [PDF]

, 2012
Shihadeh, Ayman
core   +2 more sources

Out of the dark – Psychological perspectives on people's fascination with true crime

British Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The success of the true crime media genre reflects humanity's avid curiosity about violence, deviance, and murder, yet psychological research on this phenomenon is lacking. In this article, we highlight why true crime consumption may be relevant to various research fields that go beyond simple media preferences.
Corinna Perchtold‐Stefan, Christian Rominger, Simon Ceh, Katharina Sattler, Sarah‐Vanessa Veit, Andreas Fink   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source