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Environmental ethics: some challenges for Christians [PDF]
, 1993 Includes bibliographical references.Keynote address at the Society of Christian Ethics, Annual National Conference, Savannah, GA, January 8-10, 1993.The Christian ethics for persons, calling for love, justice, benevolence, and compassion does not ...
Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author +1 more
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Teaching Christian ethics beyond Europe and North America: from a postgraduate research seminar to a theology of listening [PDF]
This article explores the process of teaching Christian theological ethics beyond the common focus on European and North American sources. In conversation with moves to decolonise university curricula, the article proposes a theology of listening, an ...
Sam, James Wesly +3 more
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Consensus Formation and Change are Enhanced by Neutrality
Advanced Science, EarlyView.Neutral agents are shown to enhance both the formation and overturning of consensus in collective decision‐making. A general mathematical model and experiments with locusts and humans reveal that neutrality enables robust consensus via simple interactions and accelerates consensus change by reducing effective population size.
Andrei Sontag +3 more
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St Andrews Encyclopaedia of Theology, 2022 It is widely accepted that the Stoics had a decisive influence on historical Christian thought, particularly Christian ethics. But the nature of this influence is contested among contemporary scholars.
Elizabeth Agnew Cochran
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Verbum et Ecclesia, 2017 The present article examines the appropriateness of Stanley Hauerwas ecclesial ethic for the sub-Saharan African churches. Thus, it consists in a Christian ethical assessment of the metaethical foundational categories of his ecclesial ethic.
Charles K. Bafinamene
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A Christian social ethic for Singapore with reference to the works of Ronald H. Preston [PDF]
, 2000 This thesis proposes a contextual Christian social ethic for a plural Singapore where Christianity, as a late arrival in East and Southeast Asia, is still regarded by most Asians as a foreign religion, mainly because of its association with past colonial
Koh, Kah Soon Daniel
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.Glaucoma, a major cause of blindness, involves retinal ganglion cell (RGC) degeneration. This study shows growth hormone‐releasing hormone receptor (GHRHR) deficiency preserves RGC survival and restores vision, unlike activation which only aids survival.
Yan Tong +24 more
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Ethics and the Perfect Moral Law
Tyndale Bulletin, 2000 This paper examines contemporary virtue ethics and the claim that Christian ethics is a virtue ethic. Three central theses are identified as being central to virtue ethics: a priority thesis, a perfectionist thesis and a communitarian thesis.
Harry Bunting
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HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies, 2012 The indispensability of habitat in our definition of human personhood: In search of an eco-theological understanding of human life. The endeavour of this article is to arrive at a theological responsible conception of life.
Johan Buitendag
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Friend, Not Foe: Lowered Tissue Reactivity to Long‐Term Polyimide Implants
Advanced Science, EarlyView.The choice of optimal neural probe designs remains a major challenge in the field of neurotechnology. This study investigated the biocompatibility of several probe variations, including material, thickness, width, and implantation strategy. It highlights the clear advantage of soft polyimide probes over stiff silicon probes for better device ...
Corinne Orlemann +11 more
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