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Philosophical Anarchism And Political Disobedience, Chaim Gans, Samantha Brennan
Philosophical Anarchism And Political Disobedience, Chaim Gans, Samantha Brennan
Samantha Brennan
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Biomedical Ethics In A Canadian Context, Charles Weijer
Biomedical Ethics In A Canadian Context, Charles Weijer
Charles Weijer
No abstract provided.
Paternalism And Rights, Samantha Brennan
Momento Mori, Charles Weijer
The Duty To Exclude: Excluding People At Undue Risk From Research, Charles Weijer, Abraham Fuks
The Duty To Exclude: Excluding People At Undue Risk From Research, Charles Weijer, Abraham Fuks
Charles Weijer
The clinical trial is the major investigational tool of clinical medicine. Two recent reports highlight the fact that the most often quoted mechanisms for the protection of research subjects, viz., research ethics board review and eligibility criteria, are insufficient to achieve this end. In this paper, we argue that the prime mechanism for the protection of persons in clinical trials should be the clinical judgement of the physician-investigator. The clinical investigator has a duty to protect subjects from both harm and undue risk. It is argued that the clinical investigator has a duty to screen for, and exclude, potential research …
Moral Perception And Particularity, Lawrence Blum
Moral Perception And Particularity, Lawrence Blum
Lawrence Blum
Most contemporary moral philosophy is concerned with issues of rationality, universality, impartiality, and principle. By contrast Lawrence Blum is concerned with the psychology of moral agency. The essays in this collection examine the moral import of emotion, motivation, judgment, perception, and group identifications, and explore how all these psychic capacities contribute to a morally good life.