Book Review: Court of Ethics and Constitutional Ethics

Book Review Constitutional Confrontation

Much has been written about the flight of Hong Kong residents to various western countries in the past few years. The popular fear of political instability, which has caused this flight, stems from the anticipated transfer of Hong Kong's sovereignty from the United Kingdom to the People's Republic of China ("PRC" or "China") in 1997. If present emigration figures' are used to predict the future...

Book Review Ethics in Action: a Case-based Approach

There is a new method for teaching moral reasoning, and it does not require a traditional classroom. The Ethics Bowl began in 1993 when Professor Robert Ladenson organized a competition in which several teams debated resolutions to moral dilemmas. This first event, held at the Illinois Institute of Technology, was a success due to the fact that students not only achieved a deep and nuanced unde...

Ethics of Peer Review:

The 12 case studies presented in the Powerpoint presentation have been developed to illustrate ethical questions related to peer review. Each case was written so as to focus on a specific issue or set of issues. Some cases reflect very minor concerns that can be readily addressed, others raise concerns which require action on the part of the reviewer, and others raise very significant ethical i...

CLINICAL ETHICS Clinical ethics, information, and communication: review of 31 cases from a clinical ethics committee

Objectives: To summarise the types of case brought to the Clinical Ethics Committee of the National Hospital of Norway from 1996 to 2002 and to describe and discuss to what extent issues of information/ communication have been involved in the ethical problems. Design: Systematic review of case reports. Findings: Of the 31 case discussions, (20 prospective, 11 retrospective), 19 cases concerned ...

A Review of Evolutional Ethics