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Moral Questions (moral + question)
Selected AbstractsEnduring Freedom: Globalizing Children's RightsHYPATIA, Issue 1 2003CONSTANCE L. MUI Events surrounding the September 11 terrorist attacks on the United States raise compelling moral questions about the effects of war and globalization on children in many parts of the world. This paper adopts Sartre's notion of freedom, particularly its connection with materiality and intersubjectivity, to assess the moral responsibility that we have as a global community toward our most vulnerable members. We conclude by examining important first steps that should be taken to address the plight of children. [source] Commodified Cadavers and the Political Economy of the Spectacle,INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SOCIOLOGY, Issue 2 2010Renée Marlin-Bennett Traveling anatomy exhibitions import plasticized, posed human cadavers and place them on display. We explore the current industry, its history, and the spectacle of anatomy exhibits. The commodification of cadavers is examined as a problem in global political economy. The absence of global rules identifying plastinated cadavers as human remains allows a globalized plastination and exhibition industry. The spectacle of the exhibitions themselves divert attention away from important moral questions about the proper use of human remains and about the provenance of the cadavers used to create plastinates. The absence of global norms and the distraction of spectacle results in a global regime permitting commodification of cadavers. [source] EBION AT THE BARRICADES: MORAL NARRATIVE AND POST-CHRISTIAN CATHOLIC THEOLOGYMODERN THEOLOGY, Issue 4 2010MICHEL RENÉ BARNES My task in this article is to explore the question of the "place" of moral questions,questions of good and evil,in Christian faith, "faith" here being considered particularly as the content or narrative of belief. The thesis I will argue is that Christianity offers no substantial account or explanation of the origin(s) and nature of evil, that in a fundamental way Christianity is not concerned with offering such accounts, and that when the task of supplying accounts of the origin(s) and nature of evil is made central to the content or narrative of Christian faith that faith is made false: it is misunderstood. [source] The use of physical restraint in critical careNURSING IN CRITICAL CARE, Issue 1 2007Karen Hine Abstract Critically ill patients are at high risk for the development of delirium and agitation, resulting in non-compliance with life-saving treatment. The use of physical restraint appears to be a useful and simple solution to prevent this treatment interference. In reality, restraint is a complex topic, encompassing physical, psychological, legal and ethical issues. This article briefly discusses the incidence of delirium and agitation in critically ill patients and examines in detail the method of physical restraint to manage treatment interference. The historical background of physical restraint is discussed and the prevalence of its use in critical care units across the world examined. Studies into the use of physical restraint are analysed, and in particular the physical effects on patients discussed. The use of physical restraint raises many legal, ethical and moral questions for all health care professionals; therefore, this study aims to address these questions. This article concludes by emphasizing areas of future practice development in intensive care units throughout the UK. [source] "Only Connect": Between Morality and Ethics in Habermas' Communication TheoryCOMMUNICATION THEORY, Issue 4 2007James Arnt Aune Habermas' recent work on political communication reveals a distrust of persuasion and private judgment. His distinction, however, between ethical and moral questions opens up a space for localized, rhetorical deliberation within a universalized communicative morality. [source] | ||||||||||