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Liminal Bioethics for Liminal Statuses: A New Method for Analysing Novel Biological Entities
ABSTRACT Novel biological entities such as cell lines and organoids do not typically fit into established conceptual categories, such as ‘human’ or ‘nonhuman’, ‘gift’ or ‘property’. This makes developing robust ethical principles or policy solutions difficult.
Michael Wee, Ilina Singh
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A Confucian Perspective on Public Health Ethics
ABSTRACT Debates in public health ethics have been dominated by the assumptions of Western liberalism: a priority given to liberty and autonomy over other values, an individualistic view of social ontology, a focus on personal responsibility, a minimal set of obligations (only created through consent), and a marginalization of social, cultural, and ...
Kathryn Muyskens, Angus Dawson
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The Restorative Frame: A Grounded Theory Study of Protective Factors for Foster Care Disruptions
ABSTRACT This study used grounded theory to explore the protective factors for foster care placement disruptions. Twenty‐two interviews were conducted with foster parents, caseworkers and therapists involved with 14 older children or sibling sets who had undergone placement disruptions and were at high risk of experiencing future disruptions.
J. Wesley Furlong +2 more
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Exploring the formation of public acceptability of biodiversity offsetting in Finland
ABSTRACT Public acceptance of nature conservation instruments is critical for their effective and fair implementation. Understanding conservation governance as a rational activity aligns with the view that citizens base their judgments of conservation instruments on a critical evaluation of the anticipated ecological, economic, and social impacts ...
Tuija Seppälä +6 more
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Barriers and benefits of rock climber participation in citizen science for bat conservation
We examine the barriers and benefits of rock climber engagement with the citizen science organization Climbers for Bat Conservation. Findings reveal that situational and informational barriers limit participation, while benefits to engage include maintaining climbing access and ecological concerns.
Emily Gross +4 more
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Two Regimes of Waste and Value: ‘Post‐Disaster’ Landscapes in a New India
ABSTRACT In this age of ‘disaster capitalism’, catastrophes are neither ‘natural’ nor ‘external’. They are political events mediating and vitally shaping the unequal and exploitative use of environmental resources. India's ‘post‐disaster’ landscapes at the turn of the new millennium powerfully demonstrate how visions of the new‐normal can be imposed in
Vasudha Chhotray, David Singh
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The Social Truth of Schopenhauer's ‘Metaphysics of Pity’: Compassion and Critical Theory
Abstract Taking Horkheimer and Adorno's account of pity in the Dialectic of Enlightenment as my starting point, I show that Schopenhauer's compassion‐based moral theory exemplifies key elements of this account. In particular, this moral theory will be shown to possess a social truth for Horkheimer and Adorno because it is an expression of a wrong ...
David James
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Abstract This essay aims to reveal the conceptual unity of an ensemble of concepts of organic, animal, and anthropological life articulated by the young Karl Marx between 1842 and 1844. To lay the groundwork for my analysis, I begin with Marx's general account of “life as activity.” I argue that Marx articulates a hylomorphic theory of organic form in ...
Christopher Shambaugh
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Normalization of deviance in neuromodulation for epilepsy
Abstract The rapid expansion of neuromodulation therapies for drug resistant epilepsy has introduced a growing risk of normalization of deviance (NoD). This occurs when incremental deviations from established procedures are iteratively reinterpreted as the care standard in the absence of immediate adverse outcomes.
Karim Mithani, George M. Ibrahim
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Understanding Why Parents Say Yes or No to Organ Donation When Their Child Dies: Mixed‐Methods Study
ABSTRACT Aim To explore why parents consent to or decline organ donation after their child's death and identify the factors that influence their decision‐making. Design Mixed‐methods analysis of routinely collected quantitative and qualitative data from 594 cases in the United Kingdom between 2018 and 2024. Methods Quantitative analysis of clinical and
Ellie Crane +5 more
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