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Viewing benefit sharing in global health research through the lens of Aristotelian Justice KU Leuven
The ethics of benefit sharing has been a topical issue in global health research in resource-limited countries. It pertains to the distribution of goods, benefits and advantages to the research participants, communities and countries that are involved in research. One of the nuances in benefit sharing is the ethical justification on which the concept should be based. Extensive literature outlining the different principles underlying benefit ...
Imagining Leviathan. Hobbes' Aristotelian Notion of Fiction and the Problem of Representation KU Leuven
Surprising pandemic experiences : a confrontation between principle‐based and virtue ethics, and a plea for virtue ethics training for medical students and residents : a rudimentary outline of a four‐step model Ghent University
BackgroundIn past years, physicians have, with a certain continuity, reported increasing numbers of burnout, depression and compassion fatigue in their daily practice. These problems were attributed, not only but also, to a loss of public trust and an increase in violent behaviour of patients and family members towards medical professionals in all walks of life. Recently, however, during the breakout of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...
Newman's Criticism of Aristotle's Thesis that Science is Superior to Ethics KU Leuven
In this article I aim to show that the fundamental reason for the disorientation of modern technology is acceptance of the belief, inherited from Aristotle, that knowledge is superior to moral action. I briefly trace the immense influence of this doctrine across the ages. I contrast the Aristotelian standpoint with the Christian view whereby man's intellect and knowledge are instruments of value only insofar as they are used by man to lead a ...
T. Chappell (eds.), Values and virtues. Aristotelianism in contemporary ethics University of Antwerp
Psychoanalyse morgen: aan gene zijde van 'het goede' en 'het geluk' Ghent University
Via ZehU+2019s U+2018Corpus DelictiU+2019 this articles characterizes our modern society as monopolized by a strive for a certain ideal that goes back to Aristotelian ethics, i.e. the ultimate U+2018goodU+2019 or happiness. Based on a reading of De KeselU+2019s U+2018Eros and EthicsU+2019 and a short detour via FreudU+2019s U+2018Beyond the pleasure principleU+2019 we argue that today the tendency to strive towards U+2018something beyond ...
Hobbes's Account of Distributive Justice as Equity KU Leuven
This paper examines the rationale for and grounds and implications of Hobbes's redefinition of distributive justice as equity. I argue that this unprecedented reformulation served to ensure the justness of distributive laws. Hobbes acknowledges that the sovereign can distribute rights and goods iniquitously by failing to treat citizens as equals. However, he insists that improper allocations are not unjust, properly speaking – they do not ...
Architecture, Ethical Perception, and Educating for Moral Responsibility KU Leuven
This paper explores elements of architecture's influence on moral responsibility and educating for responsible agency. It does so by forging relevant connections among architecture, an Aristotelian account of ethical perception, and child education. The Aristotelian account underpins our proposal that architecture's embodied values have a significant impact on responsibility's agency requirement, thereby opening the doors to architecture's ...