• A treatise on obligations [microform] : considered in a moral and legal view / translated from the. (nla.gov.au)
  • For example, Rabbi Elliot Dorff, a pre-eminent authority on Jewish medical ethics, wrote in a 2009 Jewish Journal article , "The fact that more than 40 million Americans have no health insurance is, from a Jewish point of view, an intolerable dereliction of society's moral duty… we are duty-bound to find a way for all American citizens to be able to afford health care. (hhrjournal.org)
  • While hopes for bold and timely action in Australia may have bleached like the Great Barrier Reef, the question that Rudd raised - one of climate change ethics, of how we navigate " the perfect moral storm " - remains alive. (theconversation.com)
  • Stratton-Lake has also added a set of editor's notes to the text, many of them usefully referring to changes in Ross's view that were reflected in his 1939 The Foundations of Ethics . (nd.edu)
  • Robert Hughes, a professor of legal studies and business ethics at Wharton, challenges Madison's notion in his latest research , which focuses on the moral obligations of citizens and businesses. (upenn.edu)
  • Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory. (open.ac.uk)
  • In his short preface to The Right and the Good , for instance, Ross claims that his 'main obligation' is to Prichard who, he says, wrote 'exhaustive comments and criticisms' on the book in manuscript form. (nd.edu)
  • The new essays include 'Kant's Fundamental Principles of the Metaphysics of Morals ', six (edited) chapters of a never completed book, which MacAdam has entitled 'Manuscript on Morals', and two short essays, 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation? (nd.edu)
  • The most significant addition is 'Manuscript on Morals' which, although including discussions that overlap with some of Prichard's other moral writings, contains discussions of Sidgwick's views and an illuminating account of how intuitionism can plausibly incorporate the idea that the consequences of actions are morally relevant. (nd.edu)
  • As part of their recent 'British Moral Philosophers' series, Oxford University Press has published an expanded version of the 1968 collection, now entitled, Moral Writings , edited by Jim MacAdam, that includes four never before published essays plus two letters, one of them from Cook Wilson to Prichard in 1904 and the other from Prichard to Ross in 1932. (nd.edu)
  • Although the extent of one's political obligation to the state has been explored by many political theorists and philosophers, their attention has centered almost exclusively around the conditions under which revolution would be justified. (cdlib.org)
  • The UN has a moral and ethical obligation to ensure that all children, regardless of their nationality, have access to quality education. (eurasiareview.com)
  • Also in the same series from Oxford is a new edition of Ross's 1930 The Right and the Good with an excellent introductory overview of Ross's views by editor Philip Stratton-Lake and a bibliography divided into works by Ross, works about Ross, and works on ethical intuitionism. (nd.edu)
  • Hughes contends that it doesn't take long to find examples of moral and ethical behavior being practiced even in the absence of serious legal consequences. (upenn.edu)
  • We treat the matter, too, from the ethical rather than from the legal point of view, and so we consider debts of honour as true debts though they cannot be enforced in the civil court. (catholic.org)
  • Ethical Theory and Moral Practice , 20(4) pp. 709-721. (open.ac.uk)
  • Fundamental ethical principles and professional values about the patient-physician relationship, the primacy of patient welfare over self-interest, and the role of medicine as a moral community and learned profession need to be applied to the changing environment, and physicians must consider the effect the practice environment has on their ethical and professional responsibilities. (bvsalud.org)
  • Cloning technology, however, is perceived as having the potential for reproductive cloning, which raises serious ethical and moral concerns. (who.int)
  • such dialogue will not only consider the scientific merits but also the moral, ethical and legal implications. (who.int)
  • A sample of research on moral concerns and emotional responses, how children use probability to infer happiness, and implicit gender bias in descriptions of expected elections results. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Even though they theoretically could eat meat while being EAs, the implicit norms and moral standards are discouraging nonetheless. (effectivealtruism.org)
  • The question of collective moral responsibility for implicit bias, however, has hitherto been overlooked: Can we as a collective - a nation, club, or as board of directors of an organization - be held morally responsible for implicit bias in individuals? (lu.se)
  • Some sources note that the first public hospitals arose in Islamic cultures, and that there was generally a moral imperative to treat all patients regardless of their financial status. (hhrjournal.org)
  • Global powers must prioritize this issue, viewing it not as a matter of politics but as a humanitarian imperative. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The first, 1986's No Room in the Marketplace: The Health Care of the Poor , was an early statement of the problems of the uninsured, on one hand, and, on the other, of the moral imperative to reform the system. (chausa.org)
  • Surely there is also a legal obligation here too? (csp.org.uk)
  • On issues as vital and visceral as gun policy, there are surely times and places for moral proclamation and for exhortation about the value of life. (jweekly.com)
  • The problem is that we often have decisive moral reason to do things which (seemingly) aren't morally obligatory. (philosophyetc.net)
  • Wolf proposed a modified "social command theory" of obligation, such that X is morally obligatory only if X is commanded by society (and backed by adequate moral reasons) . (philosophyetc.net)
  • Since our aim is to draw a distinction which will help promote more moral behaviour in practice, the obvious basis for this distinction is to identify that class of actions which, if recognized as 'moral requirements', will have the morally best consequences . (philosophyetc.net)
  • Of course we need law in government to address a variety of human moral failings, but even morally very good people would need law and government to get along well together. (upenn.edu)
  • Beyond diplomatic and strategic considerations, there exists a moral obligation for the international community to act. (eurasiareview.com)
  • There is no shortage of financial, reputational, and moral considerations to drive ( pun intended ) the future of EVs. (cleantechnica.com)
  • When we look to adopt EVs, aren't we really talking about a 3-part sustainability paradigm in which a supply chain and its associated production processes, the functioning of the electric vehicle, and cost considerations of all-electric transportation create a combined moral equation? (cleantechnica.com)
  • Second, I motivate the version of Moore's Law that sustains obligation incompatibilism on the basis of considerations about the kind of ability that obligation requires. (lu.se)
  • your moral obligation to public health outweighs financial considerations. (cdc.gov)
  • In 'What is the Basis of Obligation' (undated), Prichard's main aim is to defend the claim that the question mentioned in the title 'admits of no general answer', a view he never gave up and a constant theme in many of his other moral writings. (nd.edu)
  • Bryan republished Wadwha's missive on EconLog, at his request, and Wadhwa waded into the EconLog comments to defend his views. (openborders.info)
  • In this paper, I defend obligation incompatibilism-the thesis that determinism is incompatible with moral obligation. (lu.se)
  • The Midrash linked the words "look down from your holy dwelling," to the words that the Torah uses to describe Abraham's first view of Sodom after its destruction, "And he looked over [at] Sodom. (innerstream.ca)
  • So decisive moral reasons are insufficient to establish moral obligation. (philosophyetc.net)
  • My work in legal philosophy and moral philosophy shows that James Madison wasn't right about this. (upenn.edu)
  • One side of my research program is concerned with specific legal institutions that facilitate or hinder citizens having good moral relationships with each other. (upenn.edu)
  • In this context, the approach underlines the duty bearers' legal and moral obligations to rights-holders. (lu.se)
  • Qom sees the direct involvement of clerics in state ruling and executive affairs as their legitimate right and moral obligation. (globalsecurity.org)
  • The phrase duty of care can thus be ethically dangerous by giving the illusion of legitimate moral justification. (cdc.gov)
  • As John Paul II has pointed out, based on a long philosophical tradition, man is first and foremost a moral actor . (catholicculture.org)
  • Others, such as Buddhism in its original form and Confucianism, which trace their origin to a certain ostensibly historical person, claim no more for their founder than that he was an exceptionally wise and good man who first discovered and promulgated certain important moral and philosophical truths, and illustrated his doctrine by the special sanctity of his life. (ditext.com)
  • If you're in this situation, if you have income that you could conceal from the IRS or another tax authority, and if you know that roughly half of your fellow citizens are shirking the tax and roughly half are paying it honestly, what's your moral obligation? (upenn.edu)
  • Indeed, the Catholic Church has been consistent in viewing the provision of health care as a human right. (hhrjournal.org)
  • that view puts sex squarely front and center in the human experience. (typepad.com)
  • The first part is that the nature of the human person is such that he not only observes and interacts with the physical structure of things but also with moral meaning. (catholicculture.org)
  • It is the consciousness of moral meaning-that is, of the ends for which things exist and the means by which they may be rightfully directed or used-which makes persons unique (whether they are human, angelic or Divine), and which distinguishes them from animals. (catholicculture.org)
  • Fundamental intuitions about the nature of things and their moral reality are built into the human person. (catholicculture.org)
  • Which Star Trek:TNG episode does Data asks Picard whether a human has a moral obligation to use augmented prosthetic? (stackexchange.com)
  • In particular, whether Picard would have a moral obligation to upgrade himself with e.g. prosthetic eyes better than human eyes, to execute his Starfleet duties to the best of his ability? (stackexchange.com)
  • This view of human nature has been justified by biological theories like the "selfish gene" (as popularized by the UK science writer Richard Dawkins) and the field of evolutionary psychology . (wakeup-world.com)
  • Humanitarian organisations should be held accountable and often use a human rights framework to make sure that they are fulfilling their obligations. (lu.se)
  • It is difficult to say what underlies this tougher climate for democratic and human rights, in Norén Nilsson's view. (lu.se)
  • These facts raise both practical and theoretical questions about what moral obligations and responsibility that we have-individually as well as collectively-for the harms and goods that flow from these actions. (lu.se)
  • In this talk, I argue though, that Pettit's intentional control-based account of moral responsibility is too demanding to make sense of many possible genuine responsibility gaps. (lu.se)
  • I further argue that a less demanding "attributionist" account of moral responsibility (favoured by, for example, Tim Scanlon, Angela Smith and Matthew Talbert) is better positioned to make sense of such collective responsibility gaps, just as it is best positioned to make sense of analogous individual responsibility gaps where an agent's actions or omissions cannot be traced back to some knowing wrongdoing in the past. (lu.se)
  • This essay explores the role of global powers in addressing the education crisis faced by Afghan girls, emphasizing the moral obligation and diplomatic responsibilities that the international community bears. (eurasiareview.com)
  • The 1928 essay, 'A Conflict of Duties' is interesting because in it Prichard modifies his former view about conflicts of duty (about which I will say more below). (nd.edu)
  • comment on my last essay ( The Moral Obligation of Reality ), bservaes4399 explains that he does not see how my argument moves from what is to what ought to be. (catholicculture.org)
  • The Times headline of October 1957, "Heavy Fog in Channel - Continent cut off" captured our view that we were at the centre of the world, and religion in the world's centre was nominally Christian for almost everyone. (bethinking.org)
  • For decades, the obligation that most physicians agreed to accept upon graduation was modelled on the World Medical Association's Declaration of Geneva. (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Almost every society ascribes moral value to charity and considers it a social ethic. (innerstream.ca)
  • An expert's point of view on a current event. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • [10] From the point of view of the parent(s), the family is a "family of procreation", the goal of which is to produce, enculturate and socialize children. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sodom's point of view has been soundly defeated. (innerstream.ca)
  • On this view, there's no point to telling people to do something - or the government telling people to do something - unless the order is backed up with the threat to lawbreakers to put them in prison, to fine them, to compel payment of damages or something of that nature. (upenn.edu)
  • But those pictures were taken out because from a managerial point of view, and an administrative point of view, the bishop in the diocese hasn't been involved in that. (thericatholic.com)
  • The only role that we have maintained - and that's by contract - is to ensure the Catholic identity and mission from a spiritual point of view at Our Lady of Fatima Hospital. (thericatholic.com)
  • In other word, junzi will respect another person's point of view and keep harmonious relationship with him, but will not accept the other person's point of view as his own. (who.int)
  • My point is this: it's inconsistent to have a rule for veganism and dismiss these sorts of complaints if you also have such a meek view of obligations to donate to charity. (effectivealtruism.org)
  • Cor- from the point of view of Analytical Psychology, ruption threats the security and way of life of citi- written by Denise Ramos (2004) which is a chap- zens around the whole world. (bvsalud.org)
  • The use of stimulants such as methylphenidate, especially among students at tertiary institutions aiming to enhance their cognitive abilities, has raised concerns, ranging from safety issues and the risk of drug abuse to moral issues relating to the broader context of enhancement. (samj.org.za)
  • During the event, Abraham called upon clergy to take up the cause to adopt EVs, arguing that there's a moral reason for clergy to lead on this issue. (cleantechnica.com)
  • It is, indeed, time to embolden people around the world to accept the moral obligation to adopt EVs. (cleantechnica.com)
  • To take a few examples, a parent does not (and certainly ought not ) perceive himself as an isolated individual but as a person in a special relationship with a child, a relationship which both supposes and imposes moral duties. (catholicculture.org)
  • By virtue of their profession, doctors and nurses have more stringent obligations of beneficence than most. (cdc.gov)
  • Doctors are under no moral obligation to donate one of their kidneys to one of their patients, for example. (cdc.gov)
  • Individuals on the conservative and liberal ends of the political spectrum may 'feel' their feelings somewhat differently when their moral expectations are violated. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • Classical Jewish sources teach that a core competency for Jewish living is the ability to view important debates from many sides. (jweekly.com)
  • The Jewish obligation to comprehend multiple dimensions of an issue may not apply to our core moral and religious imperatives. (jweekly.com)
  • Then there's the important middle layer where one has decisive moral reasons, and so is at least unreasonable (in the weak sense of "less than ideally reasonable") if one fails to act accordingly. (philosophyetc.net)
  • This is an illustration of a general principle that there is a moral obligation to obey laws that are unenforced or under enforced, and this is important partly because there are sometimes good reasons not to enforce the law. (upenn.edu)
  • In her view, we often don't think about what is happening in that part of the world - but it is at least as important to monitor the political currents there as those in the US and Europe. (lu.se)
  • Besides, it isn't clear that anything else in Wolf's argument leads to this particular theory of obligation. (philosophyetc.net)
  • In fact, given the pragmatic motivations, Wolf really should be led to an indirect utilitarian theory of obligation. (philosophyetc.net)
  • So the story of intuitionism's progress continues and this is what makes these new editions of Prichard's moral writings and Ross's book particularly welcome. (nd.edu)
  • I will make a few remarks about the new Prichard material and then proceed to consider, in order, key metaethical views of Prichard and Ross in order to mark what I see as progress. (nd.edu)
  • Prichard published remarkably little: only two lectures and two papers in moral philosophy, the most famous being his widely anthologized paper, 'Does Moral Philosophy Rest on a Mistake? (nd.edu)
  • Even though vegetarians and vegans insist that they enjoy their food, popular culture widely views vegan/vegetarian diets as restrictive and less enjoyable. (effectivealtruism.org)
  • What in your view is the moral obligation of companies to lead this process of being sustainable? (wartsila.com)
  • A Treatise on the Law of Obligations, or Contract, 2nd American edn. (wikipedia.org)
  • Call it preemptive contract sanctioning - or declaring odious obligations , if you'd rather. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • A collection of Prichard's writings in moral philosophy was edited by Ross and published posthumously in 1949 under the title Moral Obligation , and in 1968 a new edition of these writings, Moral Obligation and Duty and Interest , with a preface by J. O. Urmson, was published--the extended title referring to the addition of Prichard's previously unpublished 1928 inaugural lecture as White's Professor of Philosophy. (nd.edu)
  • Journal of Moral Philosophy , 11(6) pp. 704-726. (open.ac.uk)
  • The authors argue the view that there is a moral and economic obligation to base decision-making on research findings. (csp.org.uk)
  • There are social, political, and economic factors that enter into the American health care debate, but the issue is rarely discussed from the standpoint of religious and moral obligations. (hhrjournal.org)
  • Nevertheless, we should be under no illusions: Health care is fundamentally a moral issue - and religion has a good deal to contribute to the discussion. (hhrjournal.org)
  • Few courts have chosen to address the issue of how an officer can speak against an illegal war, but the Nuremberg Principles dictate that an officer has an obligation to do so. (ufppc.org)
  • The issue of moral unity or diversity arises from the fact that bioethics has expanded globally beyond Western countries. (who.int)
  • As a researcher at Lund University you have no formal obligation to act when sci- entifically dubious findings or so-called innovations are presented in the media. (lu.se)
  • The wholesale slaughter and mistreatment of the Iraqi people with only limited accountability is not only a terrible moral injustice, but a contradiction to the Army's own Law of Land Warfare. (ufppc.org)
  • Upon bringing the final installment of their triennial contribution to the Levites and the Poor, the donor would proclaim that he faithfully discharged his entire obligation and conclude with the statement," Look down from Your holy dwelling, from the heavens, and bless Your people Israel, and the ground which You have given to us, as You swore to our forefathers a land flowing with milk and honey. (innerstream.ca)
  • Councilor Janice Weiner thanked the roughly 15 people from Forest View who appeared at Tuesday's meeting in both English and Spanish. (dailyiowan.com)
  • A sample of research on moral obligations and family, how people view God in times of conflict, and sex differences in perceptions of sexual interest. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • The normal risk level of the working environment, the healthcare worker's specialty, the likely harm and benefits of treatment, and the competing obligations deriving from the worker's multiple roles will all influence the limits of the duty of care. (cdc.gov)
  • The term "duty of care" refers to these special obligations. (cdc.gov)
  • Sure, it's not the end of the world, but the moral reasons here do count conclusively against driving an SUV. (philosophyetc.net)
  • The materialist view says that there is no supernatural world. (typepad.com)
  • And there are likely going to be an increasing number of health-care workers who will face a moral dilemma: Do they tend to patients with the virus despite not having all the protective equipment they need to completely feel safe in that environment? (theglobeandmail.com)
  • Russia and China may feel fine with making bad moral decisions when it comes to Syria, but even they don't like to make bad economic decisions. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • This, I feel, practically eliminates any essential question of political obligation. (cdlib.org)
  • Universal Health Care: A Moral Obligation? (hhrjournal.org)
  • And arguably, religious obligations by themselves cannot be used as the basis for formulating an economically feasible system of health care. (hhrjournal.org)
  • Developing science and technology for better health is a religious and moral obligation. (who.int)
  • But, to achieve significant reductions in GHG emissions, EVs must recharge from a generation mix with a large share of non-fossil sources (e.g., renewable or nuclear power generation, the latter of which has its own moral issues). (cleantechnica.com)
  • One of the most salient moral issues at stake is whether addicts who are at risk of causing danger to themselves should be involuntarily admitted and/or treated. (bmj.com)
  • The most natural way to explicate the idea is in terms of what one has decisive moral reason to do, but Wolf suggested that this doesn't work. (philosophyetc.net)
  • This second part consists in a specific moral analysis of what we know (either intuitively or through patient study and examination) of specific objects or operations, such that through the direct application of reason we can formally articulate rules or laws, including rules and laws of morality. (catholicculture.org)
  • There is no objective moral reason to care about animals, we only avoid meat because our utility function sometimes says so. (effectivealtruism.org)
  • Throughout, we will consider and discuss our own views about the values of good and bad, right and wrong, and how to live a good life. (abdn.ac.uk)
  • Bryan fought the good fight, but Unz and Newland threw up too many blatant inaccuracies and moral contradictions for any single debater to feasibly bat down in the time allotted. (openborders.info)
  • In a wide sense of the word this obligation may arise from a variety of sources. (catholic.org)
  • If the debtor is unable to meet his obligations at the proper time he will be made a bankrupt, his property will vest in the official receiver or trustee, and will be distributed among the creditors in proportion to their claims. (catholic.org)
  • Margarita Baltazar, a Forest View resident, praised the city council for completing work that spanned a long period of time. (dailyiowan.com)
  • A sample of articles on virtues and their measurement, the morality of war, the importance of organizing psychological knowledge, and how to study everyday moral judgments. (psychologicalscience.org)
  • It could also be claimed that researchers have a moral obligation to spread their knowledge. (lu.se)
  • Likewise once one has decided to completely overthrow a state one no longer has any personal, moral obligation to it and is free to select what laws one will or will not obey subject only to those limitations the state can physically enforce. (cdlib.org)
  • The mission of BYUradio is to create purposeful, engaging listening and viewing experiences that entertain, inspire, uplift, and improve families and communities. (byuradio.org)
  • The same is true of the child who, by the very fact of his relationship with a parent, inherits an obligation to honor the parent. (catholicculture.org)
  • Chivalry was viewed as a moral obligation that involved bravery, honor, respect, and gallantry. (ipl.org)
  • to make preservation copies of artistic works that have deteriorated, been lost or become too unstable to display, available for viewing on terminals within the museum or gallery which do not allow the work to be printed, saved onto disk or communicated via email or the Internet. (artslaw.com.au)