the ethics of auditing

... alarmist After the introduction of the law the number of donors did initially decrease, as did the number of DI births, and simultaneously the number of couples travelling to other European countries ... conclusion they cite statistics from the University Hospital of Northern Sweden, which had collected donor Wgures both before and after the introduction of the law These Wgures show that the number of ... than the parents imagine If this happens the chances of a breakdown in the relationship between the parents and the child, even to the extreme point where the child rejects the non-genetic father,...

Ngày tải lên: 01/11/2013, 08:20

... ideas of practice One visible sign of these developments has been the proliferation of codes of ethics or of professional conduct The drafting of such a code provides an opportunity for professionals ... as the nature of a profession, the function and value of codes of ethics, and the demands of confidentiality The subject matter of this volume, bankruptcy, raises issues common to a number of ... placed both the property and the body of the debtor, as well as those of his kin, in the hands of the creditor.2 The ancient creditor had the right to enslave or even kill the insolvent If the creditors...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 14:20

... on the Revolution in France In his theory of the sublime Burke is a keen appreciator of the political effects of personal appearance The sublime, the aesthetic value of power, is an attribute of ... Some of these problems are the difficulty of measuring desert, the prospects of unwarranted coercive interventions in the lives of citizens, the impossibility of comparing the relative deserts of ... minimum” (Narveson 2002, p 143) There is the benefit, the bestower of the benefit, and the person who deserves the benefit The crucial factor is the person who bestows the benefit because she identifies...

Ngày tải lên: 16/03/2014, 18:20

... pre-Socratic Greece .The relationship of these themes to the work of Eric Havelock will be considered in the second section of Chapter The names of Plato (at least that of the author of Republic), Hegel, ... much of our interpretation of the Republic However, its exclusion of the Phaedrus is the subject of a sustained critique under the succeeding section heading The Birth of Philosophy out of the ... 34 The Ethics of Writing Enemies, Jacques Derrida’s The Ear of the Other and Alan Megill’s Prophets of Extremity.6 The absence of Nietzsche from Popper’s work, understandable given the time of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 06:20

... Because of their disregard for consequences, deontological theories of ethics are similar to inherent aesthetic theories in that they both have little or no regard for the consequences of the experience ... increase the aesthetic value of a work Some people may use beauty as a negative aesthetic criterion within their The Ethics of Aesthetics aesthetic perspective: the recognition of beauty within a work ... are the criteria for something to be good art?" 2.1 The Process of Aesthetic Judgement The process of aesthetic judgement is a conceptual model that describes how people decide on the quality of...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 13:20

... the limits of the earth in an integrated way The flow of solar energy onto the planet sets the earth's energy budget for the movement of air and water, the growth and evolution of life, and the ... (LPI) as an indicator of the overall state of the earth's natural systems The LPI measures "natural wealth" the area of natural forest cover around the world, and the populations of freshwater and ... face the limits set by available water supply, nitrogen and trace minerals in the soil, and the stability and favorableness of weather The expansion of agriculture through the heavy use of synthetic...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 02:20

... a smattering of philosophers of science It becomes clear that the philosophers of science are regarded by the majority of the other delegates as out of touch with the realities of scientific practice, ... between the word of a black man against that of a white girl (or perhaps that of her father who has brought the case to court), and there are those on the jury for whom the idea that the black ... the members of the jury stick with their prejudiced perception of the defendant, formed principally by the racial stereotypes of the day Atticus Finch challenges them to dispense with these prejudicial...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 00:04

... Nonideal Theory Liam B Murphy The Ethics of Killing Problems at the Margins of Life Jeff McMahan THE ETHICS OF KILLING PROBLEMS AT THE MARGINS OF LIFE Jeff McMahan 2002 Oxford New York Athens Auckland ... not, begins when the chromosomes of the sperm fuse with the chromosomes of the ovum to form a new DNA complex that thenceforth directs the ontogenesis of the organism [T]he onset of individual ... simply of a collection of people related to one another in certain ways The nation has no existence independent of the existence of the people and their relations with one another Our concept of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 02:12

... THE ETHICS OF PEACEBUILDING EDINBURGH STUDIES IN WORLD ETHICS Other titles in the series: The Ethics of Peace and War Iain Atack The Ethics of the Global Environment Robin Attfield Ethics, ... Peacebuilding The Morality of Conflict Resolution: A Critique of the State System and its Management of Sub-national Conflict The Utility of Negotiation and Mediation The Virtue of Forgiveness The Value of ... examined the theoretical perspectives that could inform the activity of peacebuilding and assessed the role of critical theory in creating the space for theoretical reflection on the development of...

Ngày tải lên: 11/06/2014, 12:43

... how they conducted their work, and (2) how they viewed the ethics of recruitment of foreign-trained health professionals In this article we report our methods and an analysis of the findings of ... speculation of future return to some countries of origin: “we’re hearing that the Chinas and Indias of the world are starting to lure back some of their expatriate professionals they have Page of 11 ... But, while the UK’s Commonwealth Code of Practice Page of 11 (which remained until the adoption of the WHO Global Code of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health Personnel, the key referent...

Ngày tải lên: 18/06/2014, 17:20

... (ed.): The Theory of Contract Law: New Essays Stephen R Munzer, ed.: New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property Walter Schultz: The Moral Conditions of Economic Efficiency The Ethics of ... Claiming Authority The Nature of Law 51 89 The Puzzle of Promise The Problem of Fair Play 103 140 Political Obligation The Nature of Deference 159 168 Index 185 part ii: the ethics of deference xii ... extends beyond the particular question of political obligation But the ethical theory is only partial, and the description of the theory forms a large part of its defense The theory is partial...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... – the issue of the legitimacy of state coercion – that poses the more radical problem in the event of divergence If law implicitly operates on a theory of legitimacy inconsistent with the theory ... rationalization is not the point: The point is the absence of the feeling of outrage that often is a better guide to an internalized moral theory than abstract discussions on the printed page The empirical ... suggested the principle of autonomy 10 part i: law’s morals assumes: the relevance of individual evaluation to the validity of its norms Much of this book is about the problems created for moral theory...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... developed in the chapters that follow As indicated in the preface, the two parts of the present study correspond to the two issues, one an issue of legal theory, the other an issue of political theory, ... question of the objectivity of legal standards in Chapter For the most part, however, the main theses in this study are independent of the debate about the objectivity of legal norms: The claims ... on the right because, once the law has spoken, one can predict the behavior of others and thus achieve coordination The reason for the action, however, is the practice; the law is merely the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... “law,” then the capitalistic coercive order of the West is not law from the point of view of the Communist ideal of justice, nor the Communist coercive order of the Soviet Union from the point of ... decide) and the enforcement of those norms through the use of the state’s unique apparatus for imposing sanctions (the right to enforce) The minimal normative claim of the law is about both of these ... another instance of coordination The reasons one has to acknowledge the authority of the state are the same as those one has to acknowledge the authority of the policeman directing traffic or the...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... explanations for the force of promise capture convincingly the dimensions of the practice Consequentialist accounts focus on the harms caused by the breach of a promise – primarily the impact of the breach ... obligation, rather than moral because the lack of option in the case of law stems from the state’s claim of coercive authority, not from any claim of moral authority The fact that the right to ... Practical Difference Thesis) Most of the articles in Legal Theory volume 6, no (2000) also discuss Shapiro’s thesis The Nature of Law 93 the uncertainty of such standards, but on the fact that such...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... dispute: The will of one person, or group of persons, is opposed to mine, and the question is what theory might support deference to the wishes of the other, even if the action expected would otherwise ... system and the point of having the institution of promise – the manner in which one comes to acknowledge the value of the practice is irrelevant This point, about the tangential nature of voluntariness ... 122 part ii: the ethics of deference believe the content is justified), and they claim that they are morally entitled to enforce the law, even if they are wrong in their judgment about the content...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... (they gave up the chance to cut in line ahead of where they are in the queue, but this cost was outweighed for them by the benefit of the more orderly procedure) Note that it is the second of these ... obvious difference is that the content of the norm in the case of the state is not usually the result of a voluntary choice on the part of the citizen That fact weakens the consistency explanation ... assumed the status of potential friend The main point is that the duty of fair play depends ultimately on a defense of the value of the relationship that the duty promotes – just as the duty...

Ngày tải lên: 05/08/2014, 13:20

... harmed by their participation in this research, the question remains as to whether this study on the ethics of doing research itself satisfied the requirements of the Belmont report The report ... consent only for their data to be used for the original purposes of the clinical research, and the investigators neither informed the subjects nor obtained their permission for these data to be ... purpose As one part of the study, the investigators asked the subjects questions about their recall of earlier conversations Subjects who were asked these questions were not aware that they were participating...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 03:20

... Another aspect of the 'real world' of pharmacological research concerns the design of the studies conducted in these vulnerable populations To improve both the safety of drugs and the quality of ... Again, there is a paradox that the younger the children, the more limited our knowledge and the more uncertain the benefits and risks of 'off-label' use This is because the younger the age group, the ... 'offlabel' 'Off-label' use means that they are used outside the bounds of the licence granted to the drug A drug licence specifies the age range, medical indications and dosages for the use of the drug,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 18:21

... categories of race or ethnicity Furthermore, we abhor any use of genetic data to reinforce the idea of between-group difference in order to benefit one group to the detriment of another Statement ... the study, and to state whether the racial or ethnic categories are research variables A first step towards preventing the use of science for racial stereotyping is careful consideration of the ... use of racial and ethnic categories in the initial design of research Researchers can assess the purpose and impact of using racial and ethnic categories in their research and investigate whether...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 20:22