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Bergerson, Amy A. | Conflict at Pierce College | This case was written for use in courses in higher education leadership. It is particularly useful for examining the environment in which decisions are made in higher education institutions. In the case, a young administrator is confronted with an ethical dilemma. She initially receives the suppo... | Politics.; Ethics; Leadership | 2004 |
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Francis, Leslie | Legal truth and moral realism | This January, the United States Supreme Court heard oral argument in appeals from two controversial "right to die" cases; decisions in the cases are expected by the end of the term.1 The Ninth Circuit case held that Washington's ban on assisted suicide, including physician-assisted suicide, violate... | Suicide; Dying; Ethics | 1997 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Plato's Ethics (Book Review) | Reviews the book `Plato's Ethics,' by Terence Irwin. | Books; Plato; Ethics | 2001-09-16 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Rational self-sufficiency and Greek ethics. | This is a book review of Martha C. Nussbaum's The Fragility of Goodness: Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy; (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1986). | Ethics; Moral Philosophy;; Book reviews | 1988 |
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Flynn, John J. | Reaganomics and antitrust enforcement: a jurisprudential critique | There are few judges, psychoanalysts or economists today who do not begin a consideration of their typical problems with some formula designed to cause all moral problems to disappear and to produce an issue purified for the procedure of positive empirical science. But the ideals have generally reti... | Ethics; Morality; Antitrust Law | 1983 |
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Francis, Leslie | Recent developments in genetic diagnosis: some ethical and legal implications | This essay outlines some of the ethical complexities genetic technology poses in two areas of decision-making: when to perform genetic testing and what to do with the information gained from genetic testing. | Genetic Technology; Genetic Testing; Ethics | 1986 |
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White, Nicholas P. | Review of Nancy Sherman, "Making a Necessity of Virtue | Making a Necessity of Virtue is about the ethics of Aristotle and Kant. "Specifically," according to the first chapter, it "is about the role of emotions and practical reason in each theorist's account of virtue," though with "greater attention to the place of emotions in moral character". This desc... | Virtue; Ethics; Reason; Emotions; Morality | 2000 |
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Battin, Margaret P. | Textbook of healthcare ethics (Book Review) | Reviews the book `Textbook of Healthcare Ethics,' by Erich H. Loewy. | Books; Ethics; Healthcare | 2001-09-17 |
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Millgram, Elijah | Thick ethical concepts and the fact-value distinction | Over the last few years, the ‘fact-value distinction' (FVD) has become increasingly unfashionable, due in part to a number of arguments adduced against it. I myself do not believe the FVD can be maintained, and I think there are good arguments against it. But I have my doubts about the cogency of... | Philosophy;; Ethics | 1995 |