Moral dimensions

Thomas Scanlon , Moral Dimensions : Permissibility , Meaning , Blame

In Moral Dimensions: Permissibility, Meaning, Blame, Thomas Scanlon challenges moral philosophers with a subtle analysis of how permissibility, meaning and blame are to be understood. Scanlon’s challenge is significant not only because he is a moral philosopher of considerable stature but because his analysis proceeds with an unusual degree of care. Scanlon employs a number of novel distinction...

Method, mediations, and the moral dimensions of preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

Parenting dimensions and adolescents’ internalisation of moral values

This study examined relations between parenting dimensions (involvement, autonomy support and structure) and adolescents’ moral values internalisation. A sample of 101 adolescents (71% female; 76% white; M age516.10, SD51.17) reported on the parenting behaviour of one of their parents and on their own moral values. Four forms of values regulation were assessed (external, introjected, identified...

Moral sensitivity and its dimensions in Iranian nursing students

As future providers of health services, nursing students should learn about ethical concepts over the course of their education. These concepts are currently taught in nursing schools, yet the degree of moral sensitivity in nursing students before entering clinical settings is a topic of controversy. This was a cross-sectional study on the nursing students studying for a bachelor's degree in Qa...

Cultural dimensions and moral reasoning: a comparative study

Purpose – Moral reasoning research in Western cultures is grounded primarily in Kohlbergian cognitive moral theory. Enumerable investigations about the psychological determinants and cultural dimensions of moral reasoning have provided significant insights about Western decision making and contributed to Western organizational behavioral theory. However, inquiry about these same constructs and ...