Ethics category: 8196 books
by Gerben Meynen
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
This book examines core issues related to legal insanity, integrating perspectives from psychiatry, law, and ethics. Various criteria for insanity are analyzed and recommendations for forensic psychiatric and legal practice are offered. Many legal systems have an insanity defense, in one form or another....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Despite reservoirs of moral discourse about duties in religious communities, professional caregiving traditions, and philosophical perspectives, the dominant moral language in contemporary biomedical ethics is that of `rights'. Duties to Others begins to correct this imbalance in our ethical language...
by Stephen R. Thompson, MD, MEd
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
The world of sports medicine faces unique medical ethics issues. In this issue articles will include: Fundamental Ethical Principles in Sports Medicine, Confidentiality in Sports Medicine, Informed Consent in Sports Medicine, Conflicts of Interest in Sports Medicine, Performance enhancing drugs in...
by Joshua May
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2018
The burgeoning science of ethics has produced a trend toward pessimism. Ordinary moral thought and action, we're told, are profoundly influenced by arbitrary factors and ultimately driven by unreasoned feelings. This book counters the current orthodoxy on its own terms by carefully engaging with the...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Good neurosurgical practice is based not only on evidence, skills, and modern equipment, but also on good values. This book is the first to discuss specifically the ethical issues that arise during the daily practice of neurosurgery. It is divided into three parts addressing patients’ rights, ethical...
Research and Ethics for the Medical Profession
First Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2017
This seminal work, Research and Ethics for the Medical Profession, shares a common thread among all its contributing authors, and that the medical and nursing profession are obligated to act compassionately, honestly, and with respect for the betterment of their patients. Doctors have a moral duty...
The Implicit Mind
Cognitive Architecture, the Self, and Ethics
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2018
Heroes are often admired for their ability to act without having "one thought too many," as Bernard Williams put it. Likewise, the unhesitating decisions of masterful athletes and artists are part of their fascination. Examples like these make clear that spontaneity can represent an ideal. However,...
Contemporary Just War
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
This book offers a renewed defense of traditional just war theory and considers its application to certain contemporary cases, particularly in the Middle East.
The first part of the book addresses and responds to the central theoretical criticisms levelled at traditional just war theory. It...
by Vishwanath Pandit
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2016
The book highlights the ethical aspects and issues that are inherent to economics in the context of today’s prominent social institutions. It reviews a range of problems concerning dominant social institutions, namely markets, government agencies, corporate entities, financial networks, and religious...
Bioethics with Liberty and Justice
Themes in the Work of Joseph M. Boyle
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2011
Joseph M. Boyle Jr. has been a major contributor to the development of Catholic bioethics over the past thirty five years. Boyle’s contribution has had an impact on philosophers, theologians, and medical practitioners, and his work has in many ways come to be synonymous with analytically rigorous...
Religion and Ecological Crisis
The “Lynn White Thesis” at Fifty
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In 1967, Lynn White, Jr.’s seminal article The Historical Roots of Our Ecologic Crisis was published, essentially establishing the academic study of religion and nature. White argues that religions—particularly Western Christianity—are a major cause of worldwide ecological crises. He then asserts...
Kierkegaard and the Legitimacy of the Comic
Understanding the Relevance of Irony, Humor, and the Comic for Ethics and Religion
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2018
While some see the comic as trivial, fit mainly for amusement or distraction, Søren Kierkegaard disagrees. This book examines Kierkegaard’s earnest understanding of the nature of the comic and how even the triviality of comic jest is deeply tied to ethics and religion. It rigorously explicates...
Evolution Science and Ethics in the Third Millennium
Challenges and Choices for Humankind
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2018
The book aims to revitalise the interdisciplinary debate about evolutionary ethics and substantiate the idea that evolution science can provide a rational and robust framework for understanding morality. It also traces pathways for knowledge-based choices to be made about directions for future long-term...
Restored to Earth
Christianity, Environmental Ethics, and Ecological Restoration
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2013
Ecological restoration integrates the science and art of repairing ecosystems damaged by human activities. Despite relatively little attention from environmental ethicists, restoration projects continue to gain significance, drawing on citizen volunteers and large amounts of public funds, providing an...