Hommage à Ronald Dworkin

Ideal Interpretation : The Theories of Zhu Xi and Ronald Dworkin

TAKING RIGHTS SERIOUSLY. By Ronald Dworkin. Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. 1977. Pp. 563

The New Secular Humanists: Ronald Dworkin and Philip Kitcher on Life without God

Ronald Dworkin and Philip Kitcher recognize that traditional, religious faith—especially in Christian theistic tradition—has virtues that seem to be missing in a secular worldview. To remedy this apparent deficit, they both propose that a secular worldview can provide a satisfying foundation for a flourishing, meaningful life. Moreover, Kitcher argues that secular humanism is far more justified...

Hommage to reactive psychosis.

When looking back in the history of psychiatry, the concept of reactivity had very variable impact on ethiological considerations. If classification of mental disorders is taken as a proxy, it seems that this impact is presently at the lowest that it has been in the last hundred years. The author gives a short historical overview of concept of reactive psychosis, followed by a description of th...

The "value of human life" and "the right to death": some reflections on Cruzan and Ronald Dworkin.