The Ethical Dangers of Deliberative Decision Making

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Searching for the Origins of Schwab's Deliberative Curriculum Theory in the Thoughts of Aristotle, Dewey and Habermas

The main purpose of this study is exploring the roots and foundations of Schwab’s deliberative theory in curriculum. Therefore, after examining this theory in introduction, its foundations and origins were investigated. According to this, basic assumptions of this theory are practical and quasi practical arts, eclectic arts, commonplace and collective decision. Aristotle’s distinction between i...

Use of Evidence-informed Deliberative Processes by Health Technology Assessment Agencies Around The Globe

Background Evidence-informed deliberative processes (EDPs) were recently introduced to guide health technology assessment (HTA) agencies to improve their processes towards more legitimate decision-making. The EDP framework provides guidance that covers the HTA process, ie, contextual factors, installation of an appraisal committee, selecting health technologies and criteria, assessment, a...

Ethical Models of Physician--patient Relationship Revisited with Regard to Patient Autonomy, Values and Patient Education.

The present paper revisits the ethical models of patient--physician relationship from the perspective of patient autonomy and values. It seems that the four traditional models of physician--patient relationship proposed by Emanuel & Emanuel in 1992 closely link patient values and patient autonomy. On the other hand, their reinterpretation provided by Agarwal & Murinson twenty years later emphas...

Financial Decision Making: a stuDy oF BoarD rooM Decision-Making DynaMics

Objective: The research involved a board room role-playing exercise in financial decision making that challenged students to take ethically corrective action to overturn a bank CEO’s ethically questionable decisions. Prior to the role-play, some students received training about the dangers of heuristics and others received training in ethical decision making. Background: In group decision makin...