Global Virtue Ethics Review articles from January 2004

Global Virtue Ethics Review archives from January 2004

Symposium on bioethics: Part I.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2004... We begin the fifth year of the Global Virtue Ethics Review with a two part symposium on bioethics. Dr. James S. Taylor from the Philosophy and Religion department at Louisiana State University is the guest editor for the next two issues. This...

Symposium introduction.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... I am very pleased to introduce this issue of Global Virtue Ethics Review. The papers in this issue exemplify the recent rise to prominence of practical ethics, especially medical ethics and business ethics, within both the Analytic and...

Unwittingly de-humanizing patients; rehabilitating informed consent.
January 1, 2004... Abstract To guide interactions in a healthcare setting, informed consent is the doctrine that incorporates and operationalizes such seminal ethical concepts as autonomy, authority, duties, rights, and truth. In everyday practice, however,...

The role of cognitive development in pediatric medical decision-making.
January 1, 2004... Abstract This article examines the limitations of decision-making skills of children and adolescents in a medical context imposed by cognitive immaturity. The author considers the work of Piaget and other theorists who have addressed when...

Bioethical controversies and the language of rights.
January 1, 2004... Abstract The paper argues that the language of rights is conceptually inadequate for giving precise moral direction to the deliberations that arise over questions in bioethics. It begins with background on the development of the notion of...

Philosophy and practical ethics.
January 1, 2004... Abstract Academic philosophers have recently turned their attention to practical areas such as law, medicine, business, etc., and, in particular to moral problems that may arise in these areas. But there are at least two different...

Multinational Corporations in Political Environments: Ethics, Values and Strategies.(Book Review)
January 1, 2004... Multinational Corporations in Political Environments: Ethics, Values and Strategies Usha V. Haley August 1999, Riverhead Books, New York $13.00, paperback What can be done to curb unethical behavior by governments? One...