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Jordan Journal of Nursing ResearchBackground: Jeremy Bentham introduced Utilitarianism which is one of the normative ethical theories that imposes procedures that maximize happiness and well-being for all intended individuals.
Basheer Al-Zu'bi +3 more
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Eksperymenty myślowe a utylitaryzm. Odpowiedź na artykuł Włodka Rabinowicza (Thought Experiments and Utilitarianism. A Reply to Wlodek Rabinowicz’s “Preference Utilitarianism by Way of Preference Change?’) [PDF]
Analiza i Egzystencja, 2010 It is a comment on W. Rabinowicz "Utilitarianism by Way of Preference Change?", I defend Richard Hare`s argument for utilitarianism. I argue that Hare`s role reversal thought experiments can, despite of W.Rabinowicz criticism, lead to transforming ...
Krzysztof Saja
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, 2017 A book chapter (about 4,000 words, plus references) on decision theory in moral philosophy, with particular attention to uses of decision theory in specifying the contents of moral principles (e.g., expected-value forms of act and rule utilitarianism ...
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Compassionate Digital Innovation: A Pluralistic Perspective and Research Agenda
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Digital innovation offers significant societal, economic and environmental benefits but is also a source of profound harms. Prior information systems (IS) research has often overlooked the ethical tensions involved, framing harms as ‘unintended consequences’ rather than symptoms of deeper systemic problems.
Raffaele F. Ciriello +5 more
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The ethics of transhumanism as the quintessence of hedonistic ideas [PDF]
Известия Саратовского университета. Новая серия: Серия Философия. Психология. ПедагогикаIntroduction. The article is devoted to the ethics of transhumanism as a philosophical trend that elevates hedonistic values to the main principle of human existence.
Kraynov, Andrey Leonidovich
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Educational Strategies for Managing Moral Distress in Student Nurses: A Scoping Review
Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Aims To explore what content, teaching and learning activities are advocated by nurse educators to mitigate moral distress and related concepts in student nurses. Design Scoping review. Review Methods The review was conducted according to Joanna Briggs Institute guidelines.
Rebecca Timmins, Chris Kite
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Turning to Animals Between Love and Law [PDF]
, 2012 Publisher has granted permission for the published version of this article to be archived. Publisher's website: http://www.lwbooks.co.ukAs an alternative to Utilitarianism, animal ethics turned to the Continental philosophies of Levinas and Derrida that ...
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Explicit Methodologies for Normative Evaluation in Public Policy, as Applied to Carbon Budgets
Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT What could philosophical or justice perspectives contribute to climate (and other applied philosophy) policy discussions? This question is important for philosophers on government policy committees. This article identifies two novel concerns about such contexts (which I call ‘contingent selection’ and ‘committee deference’) and systematizes ...
Kian Mintz‐Woo
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Climate Policy under Sustainable Discounted Utilitarianism [PDF]
Empirical evaluation of policies to mitigate climate change has been largely confined to the application of discounted utilitarianism (DU). DU is controversial, both due to the conditions through which it is justified and due to its consequences for ...
Geir B. Asheim, Simon Dietz
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The Social Value of Mortality Risk Reduction: VSL vs. The Social Welfare Function Approach [PDF]
, 2014 We examine how different welfarist frameworks evaluate the social value of mortality risk reduction. These frameworks include classical, distributively unweighted cost–benefit analysis—i.e., the “value per statistical life” (VSL) approach—and various ...
Adler, Matthew D. +2 more
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