Social Justice as a Moral Imperative

Moral Enhancement as a Technological Imperative

The inroads of biomedical technology into what human beings are as people manifest themselves in many ways, one of which is to explore whether and to what extent people can be enhanced, that is, perform better than they would have in the absence of the technology in question. Of the various possibilities discussed, one centers on cognitive performance, improving concentration, memory and the li...

Behavior control: a moral imperative.

Social justice and human caring: A model of caring science as a hopeful paradigm for moral justice for humanity.

Jean Watson, PhD. RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, is distinguished professor of nursing and Murchinson-Scoville Chair in Caring Science at the University of Colorado Denver and Anschutz Medical Center, and founder and executive director of the Watson Caring Science Institute, The only true standard of greatness of any civilization is our sense of social and moral responsibility in translating material wealth...

The Moral Imperative to Preserve

This article introduces the concept of monumental preservation, which the author defines as the preservation of all cultural phenomena, because from the smallest item to the greatest monument all things emanate from and reflect culture. The imperative to preserve monuments is the imperative to preserve our cultural heritage. Whether there is a moral responsibility to preserve cultural heritage ...

Health Law as Social Justice.

Health law is in the midst of a dramatic transformation. From a relatively narrow discipline focused on regulating relationships among individual patients, health care providers, and third-party payers, it is expanding into a far broader field with a burgeoning commitment to access to health care and assurance of healthy living conditions as matters of social justice. Through a series of increm...