Representação, Identidade e Ética. (Representation, Identity and Ethics).

Population , ethics , and equity População , ética

Demography is impregnated, more or less explicitly, with ethical contents. This is apparent in the words used to support data, which change over time (e.g., the term “illegitimate child” is no longer used). Ethical principles must be analyzed because demography concerns both public policies and individual choice. There is a conflict in this area between the idea of the ethical state, dictating ...

Data as Representation: Beyond Anonymity In E-Research Ethics

As e-research practices begin to be adopted in medical and social science research, a number of ethical challenges are being encountered, and doubtless there are several hidden ethical implications which will emerge as e-science matures. Concerns so far have centred on anonymity, confidentiality and privacy. This article proposes a representational framework for thinking about data in e-researc...

Mitochondrial Replacement: Ethics And Identity

Mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) have the potential to allow prospective parents who are at risk of passing on debilitating or even life-threatening mitochondrial disorders to have healthy children to whom they are genetically related. Ethical concerns have however been raised about these techniques. This article focuses on one aspect of the ethical debate, the question of whether th...

Running head: VIRTUE ETHICS AND MORAL IDENTITY Exploring the Relationship between Virtue Ethics and Moral Identity

The concept of moral identity based on virtue ethics has become an issue of considerable import in explaining moral behavior. This attempt to offer adequate explanations of the full range of morally relevant human behavior inevitably provokes boundary issues between ethics and moral psychology. In terms of the relationship between the two disciplines, some argue for “naturalized (or psychologiz...

Ethics and e-medicine.