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"To Learn that the Individual Stands Alone": On Existence, Ethics and the Question of What We Can Share with Each Other Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Palliative Sedation for Existential Suffering: A Systematic Review of Argument-Based Ethics Literature KU Leuven
CONTEXT: Although unanimity exists on using palliative sedation (PS) for controlling refractory physical suffering in end-of-life situations, using it for controlling refractory existential suffering (PS-ES) is controversial. Complicating the debate is that definitions and terminology for existential suffering are unclear, ambiguous, and imprecise, leading to a lack of consensus for clinical practice. OBJECTIVES: To systematically identify, ...
Ethics of sedation for existential suffering: palliative medicine physician perceptions-qualitative study KU Leuven
OBJECTIVES: Palliative sedation for existential suffering (PS-ES) is considered a controversial practice to control refractory suffering at the end of life. This study aims to explore Belgian palliative care physicians' perceptions regarding the ethics of PS-ES. METHODS: This nationwide qualitative study follows a Grounded Theory approach. We conducted semistructured interviews with 25 palliative care physicians working in 23 Belgian hospitals ...
A Theopolitical Ethics of Space. A Meta-Ethical Exploration of Social-Structural Sin with Antonio Negri in Labor Migration Context KU Leuven
This interdisciplinary research formulates a theopolitical ethics of space as a method to go beyond the inadequacies of the Cartesian subject-object divide that has been hounding the contemporary human sciences. This issue is manifested 1) in migration studies through the United Nations's rigid classification of 'voluntary' migration and 'forced' migration, 2) in sociopolitical philosophy through the 'agency' and 'structure' debate between ...
Ethics in the Tractatus. A Condition of the Possibility of Meaning? KU Leuven
My aim in this chapter is to explore an analogy between logic and ethics, as Wittgenstein understands them in the Tractatus. First, I argue that Wittgenstein regards logic as a condition of the possibility of meaning, in the sense that logic makes meaningful language and thought possible. Second, I ask why Wittgenstein calls both logic and ethics ‘transcendental’. I suggest that, while logic is a condition of the possibility of semantic meaning, ...
The concept of vulnerability in aged care: a systematic review of argument-based ethics literature KU Leuven
BACKGROUND: Vulnerability is a key concept in traditional and contemporary bioethics. In the philosophical literature, vulnerability is understood not only to be an ontological condition of humanity, but also to be a consequence of contingent factors. Within bioethics debates, vulnerable populations are defined in relation to compromised capacity to consent, increased susceptibility to harm, and/or exploitation. Although vulnerability has ...
Dignified doping: truly unthinkable?: an existentialist critique of 'talentocracy' in sports Ghent University
Despite Oneself. Subjectivity and Its Secret in Kierkegaard and Levinas Vrije Universiteit Brussel
If one looks at the direct link between both writers - i.e. Levinas' own (dubious) ap-
praisal of the Dane -, placing them together appears to be a risky and
complicated business. Hence, it is not surprising that up until now rela-
tively few scholars have examined the relationship between both writers
and their philosophies. This academic silence is telling and may even be
revealing, since a confrontation between ...
praisal of the Dane -, placing them together appears to be a risky and
complicated business. Hence, it is not surprising that up until now rela-
tively few scholars have examined the relationship between both writers
and their philosophies. This academic silence is telling and may even be
revealing, since a confrontation between ...