Pope Pius XI and his Scientific Interests

Papal Responses to the Holocaust: Contrast between Pope Pius XII and Pope John Paul II

Pope Pius Xii and the Principle of Totality

I HIS important address to the First International Congress on the Histopathology of the Nervous System, Pope Pius XII considered the three reasons frequently alleged as a justification for experimentation on human beings. The first of these, the advancement of science, he admitted to be valid within properly determined limits. Speaking of the second alleged reason, the good of the patient, the...

Sex Reassignment Surgery and the Catholic Moral Tradition: Insight from Pope Pius XII on the Principle Totality

A common argument among Catholic theologians and ethicists against sex reassignment surgery (SRS) is that it either violates the principle of totality or constitutes a direct sterilization. These procedures generally fall into one of three categories: breast (augmentation mammoplasty, subcutaneous mastectomy), genital (vaginectomy, hysterectomy, scrotoplasty, phalloplasty, penectomy, castration...

[Conflict of interests and scientific publications].

INTRODUCTION The potential relationships of interest between authors, reviewers, editors and financial management of the journals can lead to a conflict of interest in their performances. DEVELOPMENT It analyzes the potential conflicts of interest in the papers, with extreme examples, assessing the need for careful statement of the relations, especially economic. CONCLUSIONS Potential confl...

Underdetermined interests: scientific 'goods' and animal welfare.

It is well known that the culture within which actors such as scientists and clinicians operate is structured by the mechanisms through which institutional rewards are distributed (Garfield 1979). In the biosciences, citation counts are the accepted markers of a researcher's originality and competence that permit access to funding, promotion and other forms of institutional support. Osborne and...