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Informed Consent: Foundations And Applications, Joanna Smolenski
Informed Consent: Foundations And Applications, Joanna Smolenski
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Since its advent in the 20th century, informed consent has become a cornerstone of ethical healthcare, and obtaining it a core obligation in medical contexts. In my dissertation, I aim to examine the theoretical underpinnings of informed consent and identify what values it is taken to protect. I will suggest that the fundamental motivation behind informed consent rests in something I’ll call bodily self-sovereignty, which I argue involves a coupling of two groups of values: autonomy and non-domination on the one hand, and self-ownership and personal integrity on the other. I will then go on to consider two 'case …
Is It Ethical To Hold A Person Culpable For His Actions If He Cannot Recognize Right And Wrong, Tabitha E.H. Moses
Is It Ethical To Hold A Person Culpable For His Actions If He Cannot Recognize Right And Wrong, Tabitha E.H. Moses
Student Works
The field of neuroscience has opened up a proverbial can of worms when it comes to questions of free will and culpability. The more we know about the mind the more it appears that no one has any real choice in their actions. The ethical implications of this assumption are astronomical. Guilt and culpability come into question; it would seem unjust to punish a person for a crime if he had no choice but to commit it. While these are interesting questions for an ethicist they are impractical for society as they might affect how society functions. As such, the …
Rationality And Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse
Rationality And Responsibility, Stephen J. Morse
All Faculty Scholarship
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Neither Desert Nor Disease, Stephen J. Morse
Neither Desert Nor Disease, Stephen J. Morse
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Blame And Danger: An Essay On Preventive Detention, Stephen J. Morse
Blame And Danger: An Essay On Preventive Detention, Stephen J. Morse
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Brain And Blame, Stephen J. Morse
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
Ua35/11 Student Honors Research Bulletin, Wku Honors Program
WKU Archives Records
The WKU Student Honors Research Bulletin is dedicated to scholarly involvement and student research. These papers are representative of work done by students from throughout the university.
- Balyeat, Douglas. Expectations Gap: Where Were the Auditors?
- Brown, Kaye. Larry McMurtry: Saddle Up or Leave the Old West Behind
- Fridy, Geraldine. Stephen Crane's Maggie. Another Example of Patriarchal Misogyny?
- Hazelwood, Shirley and Kay Redfern. Effectiveness of Psychosocial rehabilitation Programs: Do They Make a Difference in the Re-hospitalization of the Mentally Ill?
- Johnson, Sean. Effects of Time-out as a Procedure to Decrease Maladaptive Behavior
- Leibering, Elisa, Michelle Nye and LauraLee Wilson. Euthanasia: Legal, …
Treating Crazy People Less Specially, Stephen J. Morse
Treating Crazy People Less Specially, Stephen J. Morse
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Excusing The Crazy: The Insanity Defense Reconsidered, Stephen J. Morse
Excusing The Crazy: The Insanity Defense Reconsidered, Stephen J. Morse
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Failed Explanations And Criminal Responsibility: Experts And The Unconscious, Stephen J. Morse
Failed Explanations And Criminal Responsibility: Experts And The Unconscious, Stephen J. Morse
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Crazy Behavior, Morals, And Science: An Analysis Of Mental Health Law, Stephen J. Morse
Crazy Behavior, Morals, And Science: An Analysis Of Mental Health Law, Stephen J. Morse
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