Nice Decision Making: To Appeal or not to Appeal?

Ecology's appeal to theology

I NVITED TO REFLECT ON THE RELATIONSHIP between theology and ecology, and to explore why that relationship might seem to have 'lost its appeal', I decided to look at the Christian theological tradition and the demands that a fruitful and appropriate relationship with ecology might make on it. Do theology's anthropological postulates encourage the kind of theological freedom needed to respond to...

Appeal to fear in health care: appropriate or inappropriate?

AIM This paper examines appeal to fear in general: its perceived positive aspects, its negative characteristics, its appropriate as well as its fallacious use. BACKGROUND Appeal to fear is a commonly used marketing method that attempts to change behaviour by creating anxiety in those receiving a fearful message. It is regularly used in public health initiatives such as anti-smoking, anti-drun...

Taking the Right to Appeal (More or Less) Seriously

An Appeal

Our Appeal

Tiie appeal made in our last issue, in behalf of a brotherMedico in distress, has, to a certain extent, been responded to, but it has not jet been acknowledged as it ought to be. We would again urge our friends to combine, with cordiality, in this matter. Wo are perfectly aware that it is often inconvenient and even troublesome in India to transmit small sums of money from a distance ; but we s...