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Consciousness and the Preservation of the Environment: A Panpsychist Perspective

open access: yesStudia Ecologiae et Bioethicae
The environmental crisis confronting humanity demands not only technological solutions but also a profound philosophical reimagining of our relationship with nature.
Festus Chukwunweike Ogonegbu
doaj   +1 more source

Robot Morality: Bertram F. Malle’s Concept of Moral Competence

open access: yesEthics in Progress, 2018
Bertram F. Malle is one of the first scientists, combining robotics with moral competence. His theory outlines that moral competence can be understood as a system of five components including moral norms, a moral vocabulary, moral cognition, moral ...
André Schmiljun
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Beyond the grave: Do the dead have rights?

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Anatomists who work with the Dead often see themselves as custodians of the Dead. To those who opine that the Dead no longer have Rights (legal or moral) or privileges and have nothing more to contribute to the development of Society or to human endeavor, the Dead's custodians might respond that there is ample evidence that some Rights and ...
Beverley Kramer, Bernard Moxham
wiley   +1 more source

Philosophical Hermeneutics as Scientific Approach to the Investigation of Biblical Texts

open access: yesБогословські роздуми: Східноєвропейський журнал богословʼя, 2018
Contents, present in biblical texts, are data, accessible to rational knowledge, and hence — object of philosophical hermeneutics of texts as such. Taking into account the supra-temporal way of existing of texts, a researcher is akin to know, “how it is
Petro HUSAK
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Tough Love [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
In this paper I examine Bernard Williams’ claim that an appealing conception of love can come into conflict with impartial morality. First, I explain how Williams’ claim can survive one strategy to head off the possibility of conflict. I then examine J.D.
Callcut, Daniel
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Opposing consensus science through scholarly practices: The role of claims maintenance

open access: yesJournal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study examines how three US‐based communities who oppose consensus science produce and disseminate scholarly‐like artifacts: pro‐life activists, Young Earth Creationists, and Anthropogenic Climate Crisis skeptics. Prior research shows that industry‐ or church‐backed advocacy campaigns often generate claims supported by these communities ...
Irene V. Pasquetto   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The impact of a preprescribing formative assessment on learning in final‐year medical students using hospital inpatient electronic prescribing systems

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
Aims Graduating medical students consistently report being unprepared for the complexity of prescribing in clinical practice. Current clinical prescribing teaching and authentic assessment are limited due to patient safety concerns. We aimed to examine the educational utility of supervised preprescribing as a learning process and potential authentic ...
Kellie A. Charles   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Is Every Single Human Being a Person? A Dispute Between Robert Spaemann and Peter Singer

open access: yesRelacje Międzykulturowe, 2017
One of the central issues of contemporary philosophy concerns the definition of the person. Many philosophers and bioethicists have sought to determine the basis for ascribing personhood, and to resolve the associated question of whether only human ...
Jakub Bugajski
doaj   +1 more source

The Degeneration of the Human Mind: An Analysis of Alzheimer’s Disease, A Kuhnian Perspective [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
In 1906, a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, specifically identified a collection of brain cell abnormalities (and the formation of plaque in the brain) as a disease, which forever changed the way scientists view degenerative cognitive disorders ...
Ilg, Genevieve
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Young children's right to be heard on the quality of their education: Addressing potential misunderstandings in the context of early childhood education

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract In early childhood education many researchers and professionals across the world have embraced the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child's requirement to include young children in decision‐making. In the context of ongoing discussion about young children's capacity to share their views and opinions about matters affecting them ...
Laura Lundy   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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