Results 11 to 20 of about 3,463 (211)
Why Death Is Most in One's Self‐Interest, and Necessarily So [PDF]
Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 5, Page 499-504, June 2026.ABSTRACT Most of us think that death is usually not in the self‐interest of the one who dies. Let us momentarily put this belief aside and examine death in a new light. This paper presents a two‐step argument to show why death is most in one's self‐interest, necessarily.
Victor Kriska
wiley +2 more sources
Evaluating exposure-response relationship in 1,3-butadiene and leukemia studies [PDF]
International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental HealthObjectives 1,3-Butadiene (BD) exposure’s link to leukemia is under regulatory scrutiny. The assessment methods for BD exposure risks have evolved from early animal and limited human studies to advanced exposure-response modelling with comprehensive ...
Evangelia E. Antoniou, Chris Kirman
doaj +2 more sources
Happiness in the Garden of Epicurus [PDF]
Journal of Happiness Studies, 2007 Epicurus was a philosopher who lived in Greece in the 3rd century B.C. Like his contemporaries, he was much concerned with the question of how to live a good life. In his view the Chief Good is to decrease pain and increase pleasure. Though Epicurus is reputed for advocating the pursuit of refined sensorial pleasures, he recognized the need for ...
Ad Bergsma +2 more
openaire +5 more sources
Thoughtful Accompaniment in Life's Final Stages: Philosophical Practice as a Complement to Ethics Consultation [PDF]
Bioethics, Volume 40, Issue 3, Page 291-298, March 2026.ABSTRACT This paper argues that philosophical practice can complement existing medical ethics structures by offering a publicly accessible space for discourse and negotiation of basic concepts that are relevant to ethical decision making. The potential of collaboration becomes particularly evident by the example of assisted dying: it raises a wide ...
Patrick Schuchter +3 more
wiley +2 more sources
Childhood PFAS exposure and immunotoxicity: a systematic review and meta-analysis of human studies [PDF]
Systematic ReviewsBackground Exposure to poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may affect infant and childhood health through immunosuppression. However, the findings of epidemiological literature examining relationships between prenatal/childhood PFAS exposure and ...
Evangelia E. Antoniou, Wolfgang Dekant
doaj +2 more sources
Contractualist Moral Cognition: From the Normative to the Descriptive at Three Levels of Analysis [PDF]
WIREs Cognitive Science, Volume 16, Issue 4, July/August 2025.Visual summary of the paper. Taking inspiration from the contractualist tradition in moral philosophy is helpful to better understand morality at three interrelated levels of analysis: Its evolutionary logic, its cognitive organization, and its specific cognitive processes and forms of reasoning.
Arthur Le Pargneux
wiley +2 more sources
an analysis of Plutarch's confrontation with Epicurus on sensible ...
Mauro Bonazzi
core +4 more sources
Is Epicurus a Direct Realist? [PDF]
, 2017 In his Letter to Herodotus, Epicurus presents a controversial theory of perception according to which all perceptions are true. In this paper, I argue that Epicurus\u27 theory of perception should be interpreted as a version of direct realism.
Ehli, Bridger, Bridger Ehli
core +3 more sources
, 2017 "Dante and Epicurus seem poles apart. Dante, a committed Christian, depicted in the Commedia a vision of the afterlife and God's divine justice. Epicurus, a pagan philosopher, taught that the soul is mortal and that all religion is vain superstition. And
Corbett, George, George Corbett
core +2 more sources
When wisdom assumes bodily form : Nietzsche and Marx on Epicurus [PDF]
, 2018 A consideration of Nietzsche and Marx on Epicurus, and focused on Epicurus as a philosopher in whom, as Nietzsche puts it, 'wisdom assumes bodily form'
Keith Ansell-Pearson +1 more
core +1 more source