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Against “the badness of death” [PDF]

open access: yes
I argue that excessive reliance on the notion of “the badness of death” tends to lead theorists astray when thinking about healthcare prioritisation. I survey two examples: the confusion surrounding the “time-relative interests account” of the badness of
Greaves, Hilary
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Culpable Aggression: The Basis for Moral Liability to Defensive Killing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The use of the term, self-defense, covers a wide array of defensive behaviors, and different actions that repel attacks may be permissible for different reasons. One important justificatory feature of some defensive behaviors is that the aggressor has
Ferzan, Kimberly Kessler
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Why is an Egg Donor a Genetic Parent, but not a Mitochondrial Donor? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
What’s the basis for considering an egg donor a genetic parent but not a mitochondrial donor? I will argue that a closer look at the biological facts will not give us an answer to this question because the process by which one becomes a genetic parent, i.
Piotrowska, Monika
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Crafting A Human Resource Strategy To Foster Organizational Agility: A Case Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
A decade ago, the CEO of Albert Einstein Healthcare Network (AEHN), anticipating a tumultuous and largely unpredictable period in its industry, undertook to convert this organization from one that was basically stable and complacent to one that was agile,
Amos, Jeffrey   +4 more
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The Role of Fault in Defensive Killing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
This paper deals with the conditions of liability to self-defense. When I use the term liability, I mean moral liability. This is different from desert. If I am liable to be killed in self-defense, it does not follow that I deserve to be killed (say, as ...
Betz \u2706, Adam
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Review: \u3ci\u3eKilling by Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military\u3c/i\u3e, edited by Bradley Jay Strawser [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Dr. Harry van der Linden\u27s review of: Killing by Remote Control: The Ethics of an Unmanned Military, edited by Bradley Jay Strawser. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013 (264 pages, cloth)
van der Linden, Harry
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