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From Identification to Recognition: A Lesson for Biometric Technology From the History of Personal Identity

open access: yesIET Biometrics, Volume 2026, Issue 1, 2026.
Throughout the history of automated personal identification, now called “biometrics” in some communities, there has been controversy over its implications for personal privacy and human dignity. This controversy has been deepened by equivocation regarding the philosophical concept of personal identity, the social concept of recognition of persons, and ...
Emilio Mordini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Les libertés des cités de l'Afrique romaine

open access: yesCartagine. Studi e Ricerche, 2020
Des premiers contacts avec Rome, en 146 a. C., jusqu’à la fin du règne de Septime Sévère en 211, des villes africaines reçurent du Sénat ou des empereurs des privilèges juridiques dont le plus convoité était la liberté (libertas).
Samir Aounallah
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Rousseau's Freedom as Recognition

open access: yesEuropean Journal of Philosophy, Volume 33, Issue 4, Page 1357-1374, December 2025.
Abstract To yearn for freedom is to want to be seen by others as someone. Rousseau, I believe, held such a conception of freedom, alongside his intricate theory of human passions. This essay examines how freedom relates to such passions, and in particular, to the Rousseauian notion of amour‐propre.
Julian Perilla
wiley   +1 more source

Gender, toilets, and the planning gap: A United Nations framework analysis of Canadian municipal parks policies

open access: yesCanadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 69, Issue 4, Winter / hiver 2025.
Abstract Gender and toilets are intimately connected. According to the United Nations (UN), access to sanitation, inclusive of toilets, within public spaces is a human right, and tied to the Sustainable Development Goals to achieve gender equality. A framework was developed to assess the provision of toilets in public spaces and includes five criteria:
Shawna Lewkowitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

On life, death, dignity, and Dignitas

open access: yes, 2021
Some things we do in life happen once; the first time will be the only and last time. Our births and deaths, of course, are the two key ones. <b> CONTENT WARNING: this post discusses suicide, death, and dying. </b> I am a member of the Swiss organization, Dignitas, which is most well known for its assisted suicide clinic.
openaire   +2 more sources

Respublica noumenon: Kant, Rousseau, and Plato's Republic

open access: yesThe Southern Journal of Philosophy, Volume 63, Issue 3, Page 387-409, September 2025.
Abstract This article examines the philosophical sources for Kant's interpretation of Plato's Republic and its impact on his conception of the ideal state. I argue that Kant's knowledge of Plato was not derived from Plato's writings, but from secondary accounts.
Michael Kryluk
wiley   +1 more source

‘GENDER IDEOLOGY’ AND THE FAMILY: EXPLORING AMORIS LAETITIA AND FAMILIARIS CONSORTIO

open access: yesThe Heythrop Journal, Volume 66, Issue 4, Page 381-392, July 2025.
Abstract In modern Catholic family teaching, language of ‘gender ideology’ appears in John Paul II's Familiaris consortio and continues in Francis's Amoris laetitia. While these documents are often celebrated by family ethicists for their pastoral developments towards more inclusive understandings of family and marriage, they also represent explicit ...
Barbara Anne Kozee
wiley   +1 more source

Should Teachers Promote Vaccination?

open access: yesEducational Theory, Volume 75, Issue 2, Page 227-259, April 2025.
Abstract The Covid‐19 pandemic brought the importance of vaccination and public attitudes toward it firmly to the fore. However, vaccine hesitancy and refusal remain significant barriers to global uptake, with post‐pandemic declines in routine immunization contributing to disease outbreaks worldwide.
Ruth Wareham
wiley   +1 more source

Legal and ethical principles governing the use of artificial intelligence in radiology services in South Africa

open access: yesDeveloping World Bioethics, Volume 25, Issue 1, Page 35-45, March 2025.
Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) will drastically change the healthcare system. Radiology is one speciality that is most affected as AI algorithms are increasingly used in diagnostic imaging. AI‐enhanced health technologies will, inter alia, increase workflow efficiency, improve diagnostic accuracy, reduce healthcare‐related costs, and help ...
Irvine Sihlahla   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dignitas: continuidades e descontinuidades entre o antigo e o medieval

open access: yesPistis & Praxis: Teologia e Pastoral, 2014
O termo dignidade humana implica diferentes concepções na história. Com o objetivo de contribuir para a compreensão da história do conceito no que tange à antiguidade latina e ao período medieval, abarcando também o Humanismo, analisa-se no decorrer ...
Luciene Dal Ri
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