Busy doing different things

Doing Things With Acts

Doing the right things.

This letter identifies recent examples of misrepresentation of biological helical structures and expresses concern about the continuing indulgent attitude towards distortion of scientific facts. It also teaches a simple trick to distinguish right- from left-handedness.

1 On doing things intentionally

Recent empirical and conceptual research has shown that moral considerations have an influence on the way we use the adverb ‘intentionally’. Here we propose our own account of these phenomena according to which they arise from the fact that the adverb ‘intentionally’ has three different meanings that are differently selected by contextual factors, including normative expectations. We argue that...

Doing things with--not to--the community.

What is the most important approach in current drug discovery: doing the right things or doing things right?

Doing the right things or doing things right: what is the most important focus for current drug discovery to secure delivery of new drugs of sustainable value to patients, healthcare professionals and healthcare providers? Some of the challenges faced today in drug discovery are addressed here: the relationship between R&D speed, cost and quality; how selection of performance metrics can affect...