PROTESTANT SOCIAL ETHICS AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL ETHICS: A DIALOGUE TOWARDS JUST HEALTH

Elderly and Social Ethics

Background: Negative beliefs and stereotypes about aging guide the lifestyle of people in a society and its behavioral and psychological consequences affect mental and physical health. Many individual and social problems have moral roots. In the shadow of social ethics, the social security of individuals is maintained. The present study examines the attitude of society towards aging and immoral...

A Social Ethics Approach to Social Problems

1. a sociological understanding of contemporary social problems and accurate information about them; 2. awareness of their social origins, collective definition, and how they might be effectively treated; 3. discernment on the importance of sociological theory, methods, and multilevel analyses; 4. a social ethics approach to public policy addressing social problems; 5. social activism—a commitm...

Design Ethics: The Social Ethics Paradigm*

Technology is human behavior that transforms society and transforms the environment. Design is the cornerstone of technology. It is how we solve our problems, fulfill our needs, shape our world, change the future, and create new problems. From extraction to disposal in the life-cycle of a product, the design process is where we make the most important decisions; the decisions that determine mos...

Catholic Hospital Ethics

Towards public health ethics

Health is a value, both objective and subjective, yet it is not the only value that contributes to the well-being of persons. In public health, there are different connotations of the term "public" relevant from an ethical perspective: population, government action, and collective action of the community. Ethics seeks to provide a basis for and justify moral decisions and actions. Ethics asks, ...