Thus, to seek marriage equality for the wrong reasons is not only to divert queer energies and resources away from the ongoing endeavor of transforming the culture, but also to invest those energies and resources in the reinforcement of the same heteronormative culture queer activists seek to trans...
The ethics value defied here is competence, and what we are seeing is the classic sunk costs fallacy in its classic form. The Vietnam War was the most painful example of this breach of life competence and common sense, which holds that devoting a lot of time and/or resources to a failed...
On Zhihu, most posts discussed the ethical issues around AI in relation to labor (16.4%), such as whether or not AI will lead to more unemployment and/or human idleness. Negative consequences for individuals or for a specific group of people were frequently weighted against the overall “progr...
The devastating and perhaps irreparable damage to the ecosystem and human health caused by this incident are the reason why it is seen as one of the biggest environmental disasters in the history of Brazil. The German sociologist Stephan Lessenich uses this catastrophe as a starting point to intr...
Ethical problems in everyday healthcare work emerge for many reasons and constitute threats to ethical values. If these threats are not managed appropriately, there is a risk that the patient may be inflicted with moral harm or injury, while healthcare p
s mission and ministry in North America. Ecumenical diakonia encompasses Christian motivated social service, community development, justice, and human rights. The goal of diaconal ministry is to empower individuals and communities through God to become the agents of change in their own communities for...
She said, “Sir, the fact that you just apologized made my day. Usually people who do something like that just ignore you; they never apologize. Of course you’re forgiven, but also thank-you, for restoring some of my faith in the human race.” ...
Public attitudes toward allocating scarce resources in the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2020;15(11):e0240651. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240651PubMedGoogle Scholar 17. Wilkinson D, Zohny H, Kappes A, Sinnott-Armstrong W, Savulescu J. Which factors should be included...
Despite the many ethics complexities and nuances that the film glosses over or distorts, its basic, core message is crucial to all human beings, and needs to be hammered into our skulls at regular intervals, far more often than once a year. What is this message? In an earlier posting of...
In this sense, political and moral life is envisaged predominantly in terms of the positive pursuit of goods for humans (MacIntyre 1980, 31). On the other hand, however, especially in the modern age, many of us have grown up with an almost habitual thinking that human society is an ...