Ethical matters

Legal and ethical matters

As David and Brierley (1968) pointed out, each political society in the world has its own law. In fact, it frequently happens that several laws coexist within the same state. Moreover, law is not static; it is in a state of flux, of evolution. The development of the law is shaped by logic, history, custom and utility, as well as the accepted standards of right conduct (Cardozo, 1921). It is the...

Ethical matters in rural integrated primary care settings.

Integrated primary care is particularly valuable to rural communities. Behavioral health care is often in short supply, and small or close-knit communities can intensify the stigma of seeking specialty mental health in rural settings. These and other barriers result in reduced access to needed behavioral health care. Nonetheless, rural practice of integrated primary care presents unique challen...

What Normative Terms Mean and Why It Matters for Ethical eory*

is paper investigates how inquiry into normative language can improve substantive normative theorizing. First I examine twodimensions alongwhich normative language differs: “strength” and “subjectivity.” Next I show how greater sensitivity to these features of the meaning and use of normative language can illuminate debates about three issues in ethics: the coherence of moral dilemmas, the pos...

A Genre that Matters : Schopenhauer on the Ethical Significance of Tragedy A work in progress

GREY MATTERS Ethical considerations in functional magnetic resonance imaging research in acutely comatose patients

Estimating the likelihood of recovery of cognitive function in the acutely comatose patient is one of the most difficult challenges facing neurologists and critical care physicians. Coma, defined as a state of unarousable unconsciousness, is most commonly caused by traumatic brain injury and anoxia following cardiopulmonary arrest. Patient outcome after severe brain injury is highly variable (Y...