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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

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

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

Neonicotinoid seed treatment on sugar beet in England: a qualitative analysis of the controversy, existing policy and viability of alternatives

framework analysis and comparative analysis. Political polarisation, whereby respondents felt that the debate had become anti-pesticide or pro-pesticide and lacked nuance, and the monopsony of British Sugar ... processes sugar beet), were found to be the most prevalent issues currently impeding political progress and the enhancement of sustainable agriculture in this system. Virus forecasting was considered a

The case for buses: interdisciplinary ethical arguments in support of strong public transit

, and subtracting fare revenues may not always be financially wise. At the bottom, it is a question of philosophy: is transit a “pay-asyou-go service” or “public infrastructure” (Tu, 2022) ? Transit ... . The public good argument Political philosopher Angela Kallhoff (2011 , p. 78) echoes an “equality of opportunity” line of thought when she argues that some public goods “figure as preconditions for

The site of Anthropocene and colonial entanglement: reviewing The Nutmeg’s Curse

earliest colonising forces. The mapping of anthropogenic activities also helps us identify the locus of the philosophy that has bolstered the impetus of these forces. On one hand, the mechanistic view of ... as brute force. With such a philosophy, the affinity that man had with nature will be severed forever. Religion was not an exception either because like the seventeenthand eighteenth-century

Resilience of environmental policy amidst the rise of conservative populism

and breed uncertainty, such as political, economic, and climate uncertainty. These uncertainties create episodes of instability that shock the entire system including the structures of environmental ... election in Brazil, both broadly recognized as political shocks, we highlight the vulnerabilities of environmental protection structures to the rise of conservative populist movements. We attribute these

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

The aesthetic ideology of Juliana v. United States and its impact on environmentally engaged citizenship

environment, it manifests itself through their ideology, political subjectivity, but also through aesthetic subjectivity. Using Juliana v. USA as a case study, this article examines civic engagement taking into ... 2 0 The Environmental Science Department, Barnard College , New York City, NY , USA 1 Duquesne Law School , Pittsburgh, PA , USA 2 Political Science, University of Bucureşti , Bucharest , Romania

Nurturing Socioculturally and Medically Appropriate Palliative Care Delivery: Lessons Learned by Israeli Medical Faculty

Western countries. This study describes the current state of PC in Israel through examination of: (1) its current status, self-image and structural factors; (2) its relation to cultural and political ... , spiritual and cultural aspects, (8) political and economic aspects, (9) obstacles and weaknesses, and (10) prospects and goals of palliative care.  Participants perceive PC as an integrative healthcare

Whole-of-Nation Moral Learning by Spiritual Hearts: A Case of Brunei’s Transformation to tackle the COVID-19 Pandemic

critical realist perspective, as a meta-philosophy (Bhaskar, 2012) , bridges between Islamic and contemporary sciences. All three perspectives underlined the importance of knowledge and learning for change ... Morris (2013) demarcated eight distinct typologies: political, moral, economic, cultural, social, critical, environmental, and spiritual. These typologies are not exhaustive and mutually exclusive but

Covid-19 and the Apocalypse: Religious and Secular Perspectives

secular apocalypticism (based upon radical political and economic change) and argue that both are to be found in the wake of Covid-19 infection. For religious believers, the apocalypse signifies the rapture ... faithful into heaven while those on earth will undergo the tribulations. For secular believers, the apocalypse signifies sociopolitical change. The paper ends by speculating upon the socio-political and

Islam and the COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Religious Practice and Health Protection

pilgrimages to Iran's Qom and as a result of the Jamaat Tabligh movement meetings. However, restrictions on religious practices have become a platform for political discussions, especially among Muslim clergy ... Discipline of Political Science and Administration, Vistula University Warsaw , Stokłosy 3, 02-787 Warsaw , Poland 1 Aldona Maria Piwko This  paper concerns a problem, the global pandemic COVID-19, which has

Are there similarities between the Corona and the climate crisis?

certain characteristics, it may be necessary to establish novel political decision procedures that sidestep the normal, day-to-day political proceedings. These would be procedures that actively involve ... procedures that actively involve experts, and lower the involvement of political parties as far as possible to minimize the decisionmakers' disincentives. Climate change; Corona crisis; Democracy; Incentives

Care of the Aged, Women’s Health, and Measuring Religion, Spirituality and Health

://doi.org/10.1007/s10943-022-01546-0. JORH. ( 2022b ). China, gender issues, Medical Philosophy and Measurement Scales . Journal of Religion and Health , 61 ( 4 ), 2637 - 2642 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s10943

Why Chaplaincy at Asylum Centers is a Good Idea: A Care Ethics Perspective on Spiritual Care for Refugees

” (Tronto, 2013, p. 19) . If human interdependence is indeed fundamental, then the key political questions to ask are whether the needs for care of all human beings are sufficiently recognized and addressed ... , which political philosopher Joseph Carens (2000) labeled the precondition of even-handedness. Opponents of this type of active state engagement emphasize that accommodation can come at the expense of the

Urban planning in Swiss cities has been slow to think about climate change: why and what to do?

Recent years have been marked by a strong popular and political mobilization around climate change. However, to what extent does this mobilization lead to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or the ... , centralized governments may constitute institutional barriers when political parties and regulations are unfriendly with climate change issues. This has been the case for example in Italy (Scanu and Cloutier

How the Political Becomes Private: In Vitro Fertilization and the Catholic Church in Poland

denotes a certain life philosophy, which organizes family, social, and political life. Ingrained here is a radical approach to sex and reproduction, in accordance with the teachings of the Humane Vitae, the ... lives of people, who have children thanks to IVF. Poland; In vitro fertilization; Catholic Church Private/political In 2010, Bishop Tadeusz Pieronek, an important player on the spiritual and political

Trade and the government underfunding of environmental innovation

enthusiastically could even bring political troubles for governments. For example, after the massive power outage in Texas, early 2021, the Republicans heavily criticized the incumbent’s renewable energy subsidies ... constitute one of the most high-profile cases that illustrates the potential political cost of funding environmental technologies. This famous energy start-up company received a $535-million federal grant from

Relationships Among Belief in God, Well-Being, and Social Capital in the 2020 European and World Values Surveys: Distinguishing Interpersonal and Ideological Prosociality

–right political orientation. ... , friends, neighbors, etc.), and it includes social, political, and civic participation, among other aspects of social/community life (Putnam, 2000) . Strictly speaking, social capital is not usually