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In a crisp, original style the author approaches the crucial question of moral theory, the `is--ought' problem via communicative argumentation. Moving to the end of Habermas's conception of the communicative action, he introduces the concept of `radical choice' as the key to the transition from the...

Contemporary discussions about the nature of leadership abound. But what constitutes a good leader? Are ethics and leadership even compatible? Accounts of leadership often lie at either end of an ethical spectrum: on one end are accounts that argue ethics are intrinsically linked to leadership;...

Can medical ethics be legislated? Can a complex bioethical question be definitively answered through legislation? In July 1987 the New York State legislature experimented with legislating medical ethics by amending the state's public health law to regulate `Do Not Resuscitate' orders. The consequent...

The last several years have seen a sharpening of debate in the United States regarding the problem of steadily increasing medical expenditures, as well as inflation in health care costs, a scarcity of health care resources, and a lack of access for a growing number of people in the national health...

Decolonizing Universalism argues that feminism can respect cultural and religious differences and acknowledge the legacy of imperialism without surrendering its core ethical commitments. Transcending relativism/ universalism debates that reduce feminism to a Western notion, Serene J. Khader proposes...

Luck permeates our lives, and this raises a number of pressing questions: What is luck? When we attribute luck to people, circumstances, or events, what are we attributing? Do we have any obligations to mitigate the harms done to people who are less fortunate? And to what extent is deserving praise...

With a focus on end-of-life discussion in aging and chronically ill populations, this book offers insight into the skill of communicating in complex and emotionally charged discussions. This text is written for all clinicians and professionals in the fields of healthcare and public health who are...

The role of science in policymaking has gained unprecedented stature in the United States, raising questions about the place of science and scientific expertise in the democratic process. Some scientists have been given considerable epistemic authority in shaping policy on issues of great moral and...

The idea of reviewing the ethical concerns of ancient medicine with an eye as to how they might instruct us about the extremely lively disputes of our own contemporary medicine is such a natural one that it surprises us to real­ ize how very slow we have been to pursue it in a sustained way_ Ideologues...

古希臘的正義觀如何與當代發生關聯？ 「正義」又是如何從外在規範轉化為內在狀態，影響了兩千多年來的西方政治倫理思想？ 西方當代正義思想，包括司法正義、程序正義、分配正義或矯正正義等概念，皆植基於其倫理學與政治哲學的文化傳統──古希臘。正義是西元前八世紀至四世紀，也就是荷馬至亞里斯多德的時代，最為核心的概念，要理解跟正義相關的任何議題，最適切的做法便是「回到原點」，從古希臘對正義的看法入手。 本書主張，古希臘正義概念的演變，顯現時人對其時代的反省及回應。儘管各時期的正義觀或有不同，但無論是人倫關係和諧、城邦運作有序、個人靈魂調和或是宇宙自然的運行調順，都展現了正義的核心意涵──秩序的維繫與恢復。從中也勾勒出正義，就其為德性（aretē）而言，在時代、文化和社會的遞移中，逐步由指涉行為的外在規範，轉化為關乎靈魂的內在概念，隨後再變回行為外在準則的過程。 書中涉及的文本涵納文學、戲劇及哲學，探討荷馬、赫希俄德、立法者與輓歌詩人、早期希臘哲學家、悲劇作家艾斯曲婁斯、柏拉圖及亞里斯多德等先賢的正義觀，希望帶領讀者從其優美的文字、動人的故事及崇高的理想中，反省我們的生命現況，妥善回應當前面對的倫理難題。 ►閱讀〈古希臘正義觀：荷馬至亞里斯多德的倫理價值及政治理想〉書評於「哲學新媒體」 In...

The New York Times Magazine's original "Ethicist" Randy Cohen helps readers locate their own internal ethical compasses as he delivers answers to life's most challenging dilemmas—timeless and contemporary alike. Organized thematically in an easy-to-navigate Q&A format, and featuring...

As it was in Anna Karenina, Madame Bovary, and Othello, so it is in life. Most forms of private vice and public evil are kindled and sustained by lies. Acts of adultery and other personal betrayals, financial fraud, government corruption-even murder and genocide-generally require an additional moral...

In this contribution to philosophical ethics, Claudia Card revisits the theory of evil developed in her earlier book The Atrocity Paradigm (2002), and expands it to consider collectively perpetrated and collectively suffered atrocities. Redefining evil as a secular concept and focusing on the inexcusability...

Spinoza is among the most controversial and asymmetrical thinkers in the tradition and history of modern European philosophy. Since the 17th century, his work has aroused some of the fiercest and most intense polemics in the discipline. From his expulsion from the synagogue and onwards, Spinoza has...