The idea of Communitarianism with epistemic teachings, such as politics as virtue, the priority of good faith, respect for the cultural diversity of societies, is one of the most prominent intellectual currents of the present age. The hypothesis of this research is that based on the comparative analytical attitude of key societal teachings and the epistemic principles of Islam, one can find com...

The paper is dedicated to the problem of updating existing ideas about historical and political foundations Russian statehood. main goal update academic discourse, aimed at complex systematic reflection thought, presentation an unorthodox reading intellectual philosophical foundation politics. Regardless contemporary focus on conservative philosophy most common for such studies, author believes...

The issue of what, if any, purchase non-shareholder corporate constituencies (that is, employees, creditors, suppliers, customers, and communities) should have on the discretionary decisions of corporate management has proved to be one of the most durable, if not vexing, issues in modern corporate scholarship. Most recently, the issue has resurfaced in the context of the takeover wave of the 19...

BACKGROUND/RATIONALE Ethical issues regarding HIV/AIDS human research in the developing world remain under continuous evaluation; a critical area of concern includes informed consent. This paper reviews several of the most important ethical and practical aspects of informed consent in HIV research in developing countries. Enhancement of overall understanding of such key issues might promote hig...

This particular Master’s programme was first organised in 1998 by the Radboud University Nijmegen (the Netherlands), the Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium) and the University of Padova (Italy). The main objective of the Master of Bioethics is to train highly qualified students for research work or professional activities in the interdisciplinary field of bioethics, a field that is increasi...

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we have been facing one most severe challenges our modern era. As world experiences ever-greater globalization, a process assimilation has accelerated in numerous spheres such as cultural, educational, economic, etc., but it is notable that measures taken by countries to combat impact COVID-19 vary significantly. A considerable number implemented lockdown strateg...

Marx’s concepts of individual and society have their roots in Hegel’s philosophy. Like recent communitarian philosophers, both Marx and Hegel reject the idea that the individual is an atomic entity, an idea that runs through liberal social philosophy and classical economics. Human productive activity is essentially social. However, Marx shows that the liberal concepts of individuality and socie...

Background Priority setting in healthcare is a key determinant of health system performance. However, there is no widely accepted priority setting evaluation framework. We reviewed literature with the aim of developing and proposing a framework for the evaluation of macro and meso level healthcare priority setting practices.   Methods We systematically searched Econlit, PubMed, CINAHL, and EBSC...