There is increasing recognition of the need for a Planetary Ethic (for example, the urgent call by Paul Kurtz). Western civil society is based, it may be argued, more on consensus of behaviours than values. Appeals for behavioural outcomes (road safety, anti-violence campaigns) seldom explicate fundamental principles. Given this, even the partial success achieved in creating ‘decent’ society is...

Abstract Artificial intelligence (AI) has dramatically changed the way organizations communicate, understand, and interact with their potential consumers. In context of this trend, ethical considerations advertising when applying AI should be core question for marketers. This paper discusses six dominant algorithmic purchase decision pathways that align philosophies online customers buying a pr...

Abstract In this paper, we argue that solutions to normative challenges associated with autonomous driving, such as real-world trolley cases or distributions of risk in mundane driving situations, face the problem reasonable pluralism: Reasonable pluralism refers fact there exists a plurality yet incompatible comprehensive moral doctrines (religions, philosophies, worldviews) within liberal dem...

From the middle of 20th century, rise anthropocentric beliefs partly inherited from Abrahamic religions led to a change in mentality about ecosystems. The measurable signs environmental exploitation and destruction their consequences for human health, shift post-materialist values, growth ethical philosophies (Land ethics, Gaia Hypothesis, Deep Ecology) were predictors global ecological awarene...

Statistical procedures underpin the process of scientific discovery. As researchers, one way we use these procedures is to test the validity of a null hypothesis. Often, we test the validity of more than one null hypothesis. If we fail to use an appropriate procedure to account for this multiplicity, then we are more likely to reach a wrong scientific conclusion-we are more likely to make a mis...

Evaluating the practice of ethical review by Research Ethics Committees (REC) could help protect the interests of human participants and promote scientific progress. To facilitate such evaluations, we conducted an ethnographic study of how an REC reviews research proposals during its meetings. We observed 13 meetings of a Dutch REC and studied REC documents. We coded this material inductively a...

Ethics committees are the most important practical instrument of clinical ethics in Belgium and fulfil three tasks: the ethical review of experimental protocols, advising on the ethical aspects of healthcare practice, and ethics consultation. In this article the authors examine the current situation of ethics committees in Belgium from the perspective of clinical ethics. Firstly, the most impor...