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Trends. Terrorism And The Death Penalty, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article examines the prudence of seeking the death penalty against a defendant implicated in the bombings of US Embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

[Book Review Od] Karol Wojtyla: The Thought Of The Man Who Became Pope John Paul Ii, By Rocco Buttigline, Donald Demarco

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

How Children And Adolescents Relate To Nature, Patricia Nevers

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Paper presented at the Center for the Study of Ethics in Society at Western Michigan University, September 21,1999.

Racial Profiling In The Persian Gulf: Ethical, Moral, And Legal Implications, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes attributions about race and ethnicity that color the discourse on the ethics, morality, and legality of profiling.

What's So Special About A Special Ethics For Business?, Earl W. Spurgin

Philosophy

In business ethics literature, debate over a special ethics generally has framed examination of the rules governing business. By constructing a dilemma faced by proponents of a special ethics, I argue that this framing is misguided. Proponents must adopt either an insular or a derivative conception. The former, the view that business is insulated from moral rules, is problematic because arguments used to support it force proponents to accept the idea that each aspect of life is insulated from moral rules. This idea, however, renders philosophically insignificant the claim that business has a special ethics. Proponents no longer make a …

Trends. Hissen Habre And Human Rights: Right Or Wrong?, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses which high authorities (or national leaders), inside a given country and outside it, may be held accountable for human rights violations in given place.

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 3, 2000, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Continuing The Observer Debate: A Panel Discussion on Law, Religion, and Homosexuality
• Thinking about Ethics: Quotable Quotes
• Kimberly Adams-Davis: From Cowboy Nurse to Primary Healthcare Advocate
• Three Judges Weigh In: The Art of Judging: How Do Judges Judge?
• Director's Corner: The Seven Deadly Sins Revisited by Robert P. Lawry
• Spring 2000: News, Notes, and Events

Psychological Pathways To Minimizing Human Rights Violations Against Children, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article identifies several psychological pathways that governments and human rights organizations can employ to minimize human rights violations against children.

Trends. Does Ethnic Cleansing Have Pros And Cons? An Example From Burundi, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses ethnic cleansing (using Burundi as a case study) in the context of physical security.

Abortion As Killing By The Numbers: An Immoral Approach To Sanctioning Political Violence, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article critiques one quantitative approach to morally supporting violence tolerated and/or approved by a formally constituted authority.

Trends. Civilians And Meanings Of Collateral Damage: Hezbollah And Israel, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses Israeli government attacks on Lebanon, which wounded Lebanese civilians and destroyed materiel infrastructure. The idea of collateral damage is the article's focus.

Trends. Haider Hypocrisy, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses Jorg Haider's Freedom Party in Austria, and its racism, xenophobia, and ethnocentrism, as well as the impact of political pressure from teh United States and European Union.

The Politics Of Geropsychology: Kohl And Weizman, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article comments on geropsychological inferences that may be related to two recent scandals involving aging political leaders.

Utopia In The 21st Century: A Totalitarian Dilemma, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes the construct of utopia, examples of the construct, the common political consequences that the construct engenders, and the intractability of modifying the incidence and prevalence of utopias and their consequences.

The Tyranny Of Elections: After The Coup In Pakistan, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses the political coup of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in Pakistan by General Pervez Musharraf. At issue is the difference between procedural and substantive justice.

The Professional Academic And Hubris: The Case Of Yongyi Song, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article describes a reification of academic activities in a world where there may be many kings. This reification is often employed as a vehicle to support human and civil rights initiatives. Unfortunately, this vehicle may mitigate against such rights.

Book Review: Ethics For The New Millennium, Rory J. Conces

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Ethics for the New Millennium is a book written by the Dalai Lama that came to my attention at the request of a few of my students who wanted to start a reading group. Although the book remained in my office, I took the Dalai Lama's ideas about ethics with me when I visited China, a country that bears Buddhism's mark. Whether you agree with bis views or not, you cannot help but admire him; nor do you have to be a Buddhist to enjoy this readable and interesting book, a quick and easy read intended for the general reader.

The Status Of Animals In Biblical And Christian Thought: A Study In Colliding Values, Rod Preece, David Fraser

Morality and Religious Philosophy Collection

A common contemporary view is that the Bible and subsequent Christian thought authorize humans to exploit animals purely as means to human ends. This paper argues that Biblical and Christian thought have given rise to a more complex ethic of animal use informed by its pastoralist origins, Biblical pronouncements that permit different interpretations, and competing ideas and doctrines that arose during its development, and influenced by the rich and often contradictory features of ancient Hebrew and Greco-Roman traditions. The result is not a uniform ethic but a tradition of unresolved debate. Differing interpretations of the Great Chain of Being and …

History, Religion And Meaning: American Reflections On The Holocuast And Israel, Jules Simon

Departmental Papers (Philosophy)

No abstract provided.

Meaningful Work: Rethinking Professional Ethics, Mike W. Martin

Philosophy Faculty Books and Book Chapters

As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. Martin challenges this "consensus paradigm" as he rethinks professional ethics to include personal commitments and ideals, of which many are not mandatory. Using specific examples from a wide range of professions, including medicine, law, high school teaching, journalism, engineering, and ministry, he explores how personal commitments motivate, guide, and give meaning to work.

Center For Professional Ethics, Volume 2, Issue 2, 2000, Case Western Reserve University

Center for Professional Ethics

Table of Contents:

• Don't Lump Press in with Media: Ted Gup Speaks about Journalism's Bad Press
• Thinking about Ethics: Quotable Quotes
• The Dark Days of France: A Look at Vichy Law, Part II
• Director's Corner: Not Allowed to Shrug by Robert P. Lawry
• News, Notes, and Events