A5088588564- Ethics in medical practice
- Political Philosophy and Ethics
- Philosophical Ethics and Theory
- Epistemology, Ethics, and Metaphysics
- Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues
- Free Will and Agency
- Social and Educational Sciences
- Patient Dignity and Privacy
- Doping in Sports
- Ethics and Legal Issues in Pediatric Healthcare
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- War, Ethics, and Justification
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Global Peace and Security Dynamics
- Organ Donation and Transplantation
- Healthcare Decision-Making and Restraints
- Theology and Philosophy of Evil
- Critical Theory and Philosophy
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Legal Education and Practice Innovations
- Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations
- Philosophy and Theoretical Science
- Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
- Political Economy and Marxism
- Torture, Ethics, and Law
Stockholm University
2014-2023
Swedish Council on Technology Assessment in Health Care
2013
In-Q-Tel
2005
University of Gothenburg
1995-2004
Göteborgs Stads
1996-2001
TeliaSonera (Sweden)
2000
Instituto de Filosofía
1990
The Repugnant Conclusion is an implication of some approaches to population ethics. It states, in Derek Parfit's original formulation, For any possible at least ten billion people, all with a very high quality life, there must be much larger imaginable whose existence, if other things are equal, would better, even though its members have lives that barely worth living. (Parfit 1984: 388)
Derek Parfit has famously pointed out that ‘total’ utilitarian views, such as classical hedonistic utilitarianism, lead to the conclusion that, each population of quite happy persons there corresponds a more extensive with people living lives just worth living, which is (on whole) better. In particular, for any possible at least ten billion people, all very high quality life, must be some much larger imaginable whose existence, if other things are equal, would better, even though its members...
Global democracy is not only necessary, if we want to obviate wars, establish global justice and a sustainable environment, it also, pace Kant Rawls others, desirable in its own sake.
AbstractA set of moral problems known as The Trolley Dilemmas was presented to 3000 randomly selected inhabitants the USA, Russia and China. It is shown that Chinese are significantly less prone support utility-maximizing alternatives, compared US Russian respondents. A number possible explanations, well methodological issues pertaining field surveying judgment disagreement, discussed.
This non-technical introduction to ethics explores how we find true or reasonable moral principles, applicable practical cases. The reader is presented with seven radically different basic theories. Each theory attempts provide an ultimate answer the question, what ought be done - and why? carefully described, put into historical perspective critically assessed. theories covered are: utilitarianism (the idea that always act so as maximize sum total of welfare in universe); egoism our own...
A simple hedonistic theory allowing for interpersonal comparisons of happiness is taken granted in this article. The used to compare utilitarianism, urging us maximize the sum total happiness, with prioritarianism, a weighed happiness. It argued reference few thought experiments that utilitarianism is, intuitively speaking, more plausible than prioritarianism. problem prioritarianism surfaces when prudence and morality come apart.
Journal Article The Morality of Collective Action Get access Torbjorn Tannsjo University Stockholm Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 39, Issue 155, April 1989, Pages 221–228, https://doi.org/10.2307/2219640 Published: 01 1989
(1998). Is Our Admiration for Sports Heroes Fascistoid? Journal of the Philosophy Sport: Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 23-34.
Objectives To investigate the preferred actions of healthcare staff, as well their reasoning and attitudes about young females' requests for a virginity certificate or hymen restoration.Method A qualitative study, consisting semi-structured interviews providers from different parts Sweden medical specialties professions, who had experience women asked repair.Results Using content analysis, ten themes emerged regarding personnel's female patients demonstration virginity. The logically were...