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Cancer, Religious Philosophy, Death and Dying

This final issue of JORH for 2022 revisits the topics of (1) cancer, (2) religious philosophy, and (3) uniquely collates a number of papers discussing the theme of death and dying—which seems an ... /1568180291096793093. Cancer; Religious philosophy; Death; Dying; Queen Elizabeth II - Accepted: 14 September 2022 © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer

Pedagogical Orientations and Evolving Responsibilities of Technological Universities: A Literature Review of the History of Engineering Education

the history of engineering education. The five major orientations of technological universities presented in the paper are technical, economic, social, political, and ecological. We then use this ... , people of colour or minorities (Lord et al., 2019) . The Political Orientation The political orientation of engineering education is linked to a major role engineers had in national plans for military

China, Gender Issues, Medical Philosophy and Measurement Scales

; Gender; Medical and religious philosophy; Measurement scales; J; S; Peale Introduction With COVID-19 still simmering, two other global issues continue to challenge international security, namely the ... Nigeria, and (16) factors challenging the spiritual rehabilitation of Iranian men affected by natural disasters. Medical Philosophy A small collection of articles in this issue present topics that relate

Reflections on Putting AI Ethics into Practice: How Three AI Ethics Approaches Conceptualize Theory and Practice

approach is based on stakeholder values but needs linkage to political, legal, or social governance aspects. Against this background, we develop a meta-framework for applied AI ethics conceptions with three ... structures as well as to realize ethical AI and its application because this dimension seeks to combine social, legal, technical, and political concerns. This meta-framework can thus serve as a reflective tool

SAF: Stakeholders’ Agreement on Fairness in the Practice of Machine Learning Development

-states-stay-ahead-of-china61cf14b1216 . Accessed 5 October 2022 . Coeckelbergh , M. ( 2022 ). The political philosophy of AI . Polity. Cortina , A. ( 2007 ). Etica de la razón cordial . Ediciones Nobel ... injustice (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 2011) . Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to the groups that have been identified as being specifically vulnerable to structural

An (Un)Holy Trinity: Differences in Climate Change-Induced Distress Between Believers and Non-believers in God Disappear After Controlling for Left–Right Political Orientation

climate change, belief in God, and left–right political orientation. These constructs were measured slightly differently across the studies. Regardless of how these constructs were measured, believers were ... -believers, and with only a few exceptions, these differences disappeared after covarying political orientation (left-right or liberal-conservative). Contrary to those who argue that there is something

Energy Sovereignty: A Values-Based Conceptual Analysis

production capacities while withstanding socioeconomic, political, environmental and climatic shocks, (vi) peace, to establish production systems that do not involve hostile relations, (vii) transparency and ... . In general terms, rights to access resources that are crucial for participation as equals in society count with a long history in political philosophy. A right to access the means to secure one’s

Understanding Value Change in the Energy Transition: Exploring the Perspective of Original Institutional Economics

the energy transition. OIE is examined here as a suitable perspective, as it combines Dewey’s pragmatist philosophy and a methodological interactionist perspective on value change, behavior and ... -political interactions. The approach of OIE towards values should be seen as a hermeneutic approach, which is very much embedded in the pragmatist philosophy of John Dewey, as a highly important inspiration

Designing for Care

. 2020 .101727 Johannsen , K. ( 2021 ). Species of pluralism in political philosophy . The Journal of Value Inquiry , 55 , 491 - 506 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10790-020-09750-5 Kalkbrenner , B. J. ( 2019 ... perceived to be disabled, that is when participation is difficult or limited. people and institutions that represent and provide the political and legal frameworks within which the project occurs (e.g

Sims and Vulnerability: On the Ethics of Creating Emulated Minds

the more difficult cases under discussion. Michael Huemer (2010) describes the method thus: In my view, most general theories or theoretical approaches in political philosophy—liberal egalitarianism ... imperfect people. More generally, and to adopt the conceptual apparatus of the (neo-)republican tradition in political philosophy (see e.g. Pettit, 1997) , our conundrum is this: while we need to design

Energy Communities and the Tensions Between Neoliberalism and Communitarianism

energy communities that have been supported by EU energy governance and directives, adopting a political narrative of placing the citizen central in the ongoing energy transition. But to what extent are ... . Foucault’s Conception of Neoliberal Governmentality In today’s discussions, the most common usage of ‘neoliberalism’ in political philosophy refers to a doctrine based on the premises of privatization (i.e

Playing Brains: The Ethical Challenges Posed by Silicon Sentience and Hybrid Intelligence in DishBrain

at the core of myriad research efforts in philosophy. Particularly challenging remains the so-called hard problem of consciousness, i.e. the difficulty of explaining the experiential, phenomenological ... together expertise from philosophy, computer science and neuroscience. It is possible that during these discussions researchers may accept certain forms of artificial suffering, similarly to the way in

Genetically Engineered Foods and Moral Absolutism: A Representative Study from Germany

· Moral convictions · GE debate · Consumer skepticism Matthias Uhl 1 Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, University of Arizona, 1145 E South Campus Dr, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA 2 Faculty of Computer ... mendacity […], which unfortunately seems to become a habit in our political landscape and for which the handling of the topic ‘genetic engineering’ has become almost symptomatic” (own translation). The

An African Relational Approach to Healthcare and Big Data Challenges

an under-explored African philosophy of Ubuntu can usefully influence big data practices in ways that address this challenge without undermining its benefits. Ubuntu emphasizes harmonious relationships ... , 12 , 15. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12981-015-0057-8 Metz , T. ( 2007 ). Toward an african moral theory . Journal of Political Philosophy , 15 ( 3 ), 321 - 341 . Metz , T. ( 2010 ). An African theory of

Interdisciplinary Confusion and Resolution in the Context of Moral Machines

practices and aims. Using the concept of disciplinary capture, we then discuss potential promises and pitfalls to cross-disciplinary collaboration. Drawing on recent work in philosophy of science, we finally ... . Consequentially, the last decade has yielded a boom of research tackling the ethics of AI from the perspective of social science, philosophy, engineering, and law. Machine ethics (ME) is a subfield of AI ethics

Epistemic and Non-epistemic Values in Earthquake Engineering

0 Linguistics & Philosophy Center - L&PIC , Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, Piazza della Vittoria 15, 27100 Pavia , Italy 1 Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering - DICA ... uncertainty in the scientific community about which model should be used. Earthquake engineering; Values; Philosophy of engineering; Models; Uncertainty Introduction Earthquake engineering, unlike other

The Ubuntu Robot: Towards a Relational Conceptual Framework for Intercultural Robotics

). As a political philosophy, Ubuntu is about solidarity and distribution of wealth within the community. It is a form of communitarianism. Community members create strong social and cultural bonds ... variety in modern Western ethics and political philosophy and indeed within Western culture, which is not homogenous and sometimes includes relational aspects too (consider for example the US versus

Is It Harmful? A Thomistic Perspective on Risk Science in Social Welfare

epistemological concepts from scholastic philosophy. Aquinas’ anthropological concepts related to modern ‘risk science’ and his concepts of rationality, harm and prudence are applied to contemporary social welfare. ... Policy Studies, Ulster University , Belfast , Northern Ireland 2 Department of Christian Philosophy, Faculty of Theology, Nicolaus Copernicus University , Toruń , Poland Probabilistic information is used

Two Genealogies of Human Values: Nietzsche Versus Edward O. Wilson on the Consilience of Philosophy, Science and Technology

In the twenty-first century, Stephen Hawking proclaimed the death of philosophy. Only science can address philosophy’s perennial questions about human values. The essay first examines Nietzsche’s ... can create values. A critique of Nietzsche’s contention that philosophy rather than science is competent to judge values follows. The essay then analyzes Edward O. Wilson’s claim that his scientific