Ethical and Moral Imperatives of 2022

Narratives, Imperatives and Moral Reasoning

This paper provides a theoretical framework to explain recent empirical findings on the malleability of morality, and suggest new testable implications. Building on a basic model with image concerns, we introduce the concept of narratives that allow individuals to maintain a positive image when in fact acting in a morally questionable way. We show how narratives, however feeble, inhibit moral b...

Policing Bench and Bar: Ethical Imperatives

Examining the Moral and Ethical Dilemmas of Creating Savior Siblings

This study examines the moral and ethical aspects of creating savior siblings using Kant’s moral-philosophical theory and Beauchamp and Childress’s (B&C) principles of medical ethics. In this study, the researchers argue that three of the four clusters of the principles of B&C framework are derived from common morality and Kant’s ethics. Besides, the second part of this article is designed as a...

Global Migrations, Ethical Imperatives for Care, and Transcultural Nursing Research.

#WorldOnTheMove All of the world’s 7.4 billion souls are affected, in some way, by the unprecedented humanmigration occurring everywhere. The United Nations (2016) estimated that, last year, 244 million people were international migrants living in a country other than where they were born, an uptick of 41% from 2000. Internal migration—change of residence within national borders—is difficult to...

Pension fund governance: moral imperatives, state regulation, and the market

Pension funds are remarkable institutions. Charged with the welfare of plan beneficiaries and retirees, they carry a heavy burden of responsibility. And yet, unlike many government institutions, they have considerable discretion in fulfilling their goals and objectives. Even if their independence is circumscribed by statutory requirements, their autonomy is a distinctive aspect of Anglo-America...