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Laypersons And Climate Change: The Good Enough View, H Theixos
Laypersons And Climate Change: The Good Enough View, H Theixos
H Theixos
Climate laypersons are in a difficult epistemic position regarding what they have good reasons to believe about climate change: this is due to the manufacture of the ambiguous meaning of the term climate change in the popular press. In this article I argue that the layperson has an epistemic duty to formulate “good enough” views about the meaning of the term climate change in consideration of the term's meaning ambiguity, in accordance with the facts of climate consensus, and considering the layperson’s own epistemic dependence.
Cv, H Theixos
Adult Children And Eldercare: The Moral Considerations Of Filial Obligations, H Theixos
Adult Children And Eldercare: The Moral Considerations Of Filial Obligations, H Theixos
H Theixos
This essay investigates the demands on adult children to provide care for their elderly/ill parents from a socio-moral perspective. In order to narrow the examination, the question pursued here is agent-relative: What social and moral complexities are involved for the adult child when their parent(s) need care? First, this article examines our society’s expectation that adult children are morally obligated to provide care for their parents. Second, the essay articulates how transgressing against this normative expectation can inure significant moral criticism. The final sections present these tensions within the context of disability.
Cv, H Theixos
Bullying The Bully: Why Zero-Tolerance Policies Get A Failing Grade, H Theixos, Kristin Borgwald
Bullying The Bully: Why Zero-Tolerance Policies Get A Failing Grade, H Theixos, Kristin Borgwald
H Theixos
Recent studies show that the current punitive approach to bullying, in the form of zero-tolerance policies, is ineffective in reducing bullying and school violence. Despite this significant finding, anti-bullying legislation is increasing. The authors argue that these policies are not only ineffective, but that they are also unjust and harmful, and they hypothesize that the social influence of zero-tolerance policies is stigmatizing. Their conclusion suggests an alternative approach to bullying behavior, that addresses both victims and bullies.