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Virtue and Care in Modern Ethics

Relacje Międzykulturowe, 2017
In this paper I compare two contemporary moral theories; virtue ethics and the ethics of care. They both reject traditional ethical positions – Kantian ethics and utilitarianism.
Dariusz Juruś
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An empirical support of Schopenhauer's ethics: A dynamic panel data analysis on developed and developing countries

Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023
This paper covers all main theoretical features of Schopenhauer's ethics (i.e., life satisfaction arising from art, compassion based on virtue of justice or virtue of loving, and compassion leading to asceticism) in an analytical model, it translates ...
Fabio Zagonari
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Accidental rightness

, 2009
In this paper I argue that the disagreement between modern moral philosophers and (some) virtue ethicists about whether motive affects rightness is a result of conceptual disagreement, and that when they develop a theory of ‘right action,’ the two ...
van Zyl, Liezl
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Obesity Subtypes and Longitudinal Trajectories of Function Over Seven Years of Follow‐Up: Data From the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Obesity, defined by body mass index (BMI) ≥30 kg/m2, is a risk factor for functional limitations in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, function varies among such individuals. Our objective was to evaluate the implications of obesity subtypes on longitudinal patterns of physical functioning in people with or at risk for knee OA ...
Kristine Godziuk, Sarah Tilley, Michael LaValley, Michael C. Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James C. Torner, Tuhina Neogi, for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group   +7 more
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Moderation in Greek and Islamic Traditions, and a Virtue Ethics of the Qur’an

American Journal of Islam and Society, 2015
This article looks at some of the salient analyses of the concept of wasaṭīyah (moderation) in the ancient Greek and the Islamic traditions and uses them to develop a contemporary view of the matter. Greek ethics played a huge role in shaping the ethical
M. Ashraf Adeel
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Immunosuppressive Drug Use in Limited Systemic Sclerosis: An International Survey

Arthritis Care &Research, EarlyView.
Objective Current guidelines recommend immunosuppressive treatment for diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis but are less clear on their use in limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis (lcSSc) in the absence of internal organ complications. We conducted an international survey to understand current immunosuppressive drug prescribing patterns in lcSSc ...
Sabrina Hoa, Yicheng Mu, Marie Hudson, Janet Pope   +3 more
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Virtue Ethics, Confucian Tradition and the General Predicament of Modern Society

Asian Studies
This paper discusses the nature of Confucian ethics and its tense relations with modernity through analysing the arguments contained in Chen Lai’s 陈来 Confucian Theory of Virtue.
Wenming TANG
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Nanobody‐Conjugated Theranostic Prodrug Targeting αvβ3 Integrin Enables Precision Cancer Therapy With Real‐Time Imaging

Advanced Healthcare Materials, EarlyView.
The image shows a schematic form a nanobody‐conjugated theranostic prodrug (NBD) platform targeting tumor‐associated αvβ3 integrin. The NBD system integrates selective nanobody‐mediated tumor recognition, glutathione‐responsive disulfide cleavage for doxorubicin release, and aza‐BODIPY‐based near‐infrared fluorescence for real‐time imaging.
Sanu Karan, Hyunseung Lee, Rema Naskar, Mi Young Cho, Hye Sun Park, Eun Hee Han, Soumyadip Hore, Sun Hee Cho, Truc Ngoc Kim Lam, Taewoong Son, Tae Jung Park, Inkyu Hwang, Jonathan L. Sessler, Kwan Soo Hong   +13 more
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Virtue Ethics in Leadership Operations: A Pathway for Leadership Development

, 2012
This chapter argues for the use of a virtue ethics framework as a means of developing individual leaders and leadership capacity within groups and organizations.
Fein, Eric C., Erich C. Fein
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A Virtue Ethics Approach in Finance

, 2021
The global financial crisis and the subsequent economic recession brought attention to bear on banking and financial activities. Although the financial crisis had several causes, financial and political economists have been largely concerned with the ...
Andrea Roncella
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