‘A very expensive ordinary life’: consumption, symbolic boundaries and moral legitimacy among New York elites
in Socio-Economic Review
April 2018; p ublished online April 2018 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Moral Philosophy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Welfare Economics; Political Economy; Economic Sociology. 12755 words.
Abstract
Scholarship on elites, including on their consumption, tends to focus primarily on social closure and the pursuit of social advantage. Research has...
Go to » full text
Abandoning Informed Consent: An Idea Whose Time Has Not Yet Come
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 1998; p ublished online January 1998 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
In a recent critique of informed consent, Robert Veatch argues that the practice is in principle unable to attain the goals for which it was developed. We argue that Veatch's focus on the...
Go to » abstract
Abortion and the Argument from Potential: What We Owe to the Ones Who Might Exist
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
February 2012; p ublished online January 2012 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 5226 words.
I challenge the idea that the argument from potential (AFP) represents a valid moral objection to abortion. I consider the form of AFP that was defended by Hare, which holds that abortion...
Go to » abstract
Abortion Without Free and Informed Consent? An Austrian Case of First Impression
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Notwithstanding the question of whether abortion is generally or exceptionally a legitimate means of family planning, it is basically agreed that abortion is not justifiable without free...
Go to » abstract
Accounting for the Chinese context: a comparative analysis of international and Chinese accounting standards focusing on business combinations
in Socio-Economic Review
October 2007; p ublished online October 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Moral Philosophy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Welfare Economics; Political Economy; Economic Sociology. 11683 words.
This paper aims at understanding the recent evolution of Chinese accounting standards while focusing on accounting for business combinations as a case of reference. A comprehensive...
Go to » full text » abstract
Accounting for the growth and transformation of Chinese businesses and the Chinese economy: implications for transitional and development economics
in Socio-Economic Review
October 2007; p ublished online October 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Moral Philosophy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Welfare Economics; Political Economy; Economic Sociology. 11457 words.
Within the last decade, international accounting, as a common language of business and a mode of governance, has come to be widely disseminated in China, and has become an indispensable...
Go to » full text » abstract
Acculturating Human Experimentation: An Empirical Survey in France
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Preliminary results of an empirical study of human experimentation practices are presented and contrasted with those of a survey conducted a hundred years ago when clinical research,...
Go to » abstract
Acknowledged Dependence and the Virtues of Perinatal Hospice
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
February 2016; p ublished online December 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 7801 words.
Prenatal screening can lead to the detection and diagnosis of significantly life-limiting conditions affecting the unborn child. Recognizing the difficulties facing parents who decide to...
Acknowledgement
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2001; p ublished online January 2001 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgement
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2002; p ublished online January 2002 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgement
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2003; p ublished online January 2003 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgment
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2000; p ublished online January 2000 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgment
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2004; p ublished online January 2004 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgment
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2005; p ublished online January 2005 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acknowledgment
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
January 2006; p ublished online January 2006 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
Go to » abstract
Acting out institutional change: understanding the recent transformation of the French financial system
in Socio-Economic Review
July 2007; p ublished online June 2007 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Moral Philosophy; Corporate Social Responsibility; Welfare Economics; Political Economy; Economic Sociology. 19644 words.
For the purposes of understanding the causes and implications of the growth of financial markets around the world, I focus on a crucial aspect of the dramatic transformation of French...
Go to » full text
activist
Overview page. Subjects: Politics — Philosophy.
The doctrine that action rather than theory is needed at some political juncture; an activist is therefore one who works to make change happen.
Adams, Maurice (1850–1935), socialist and moral philosopher
in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
September 2004; p ublished online September 2004 .
Reference Entry. Subjects: Education; Philosophy; Political Theory. 889 words.
Adams, Maurice (1850–1935), socialist and moral philosopher, was the youngest child of John Botroele Adams, a general agent who specialized in building and insurance work. His elder sister...
Addiction, Autonomy, and Informed Consent: On and Off the Garden Path
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
February 2016; p ublished online December 2015 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 8701 words.
Several ethicists have argued that research trials and treatment programs that involve the provision of drugs to addicts are prima facie unethical, because addicts can’t refuse the offer of...
Adolescent Parents and Medical Decision-Making
in The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy: A Forum for Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine
June 1997; p ublished online June 1997 .
Journal Article. Subjects: Philosophy; Medical Ethics; Bioethics; Public Policy. 0 words.
The growing phenomenon of teenage pregnancy introduces the problem of who should serve as surrogate decision makers for the children of adolescent parents. The justifications which sanction...
Go to » abstract
