Moral emotions have been badly neglected by philosophical ethics. In my view to the detriment of this discipline because they are not only important for the moral evaluation of persons but also for value theory and thus also for a theory of morally right actions. This paper outlines my account of moral emotions. Emotions such as regret or shame are sometimes but not always moral emotions. I wil...

The International Bioethics Committee (IBC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is currently drafting a Universal Bioethics Declaration ("the declaration"). The content and even the name of the declaration has yet to be finalized, but it is expected to range widely over human and non-human bioethics. It appears likely to include many articles directl...

This paper reports three normative models for project-based learning (PjBL) in university-industry relations in computing. The models are inspired by normative theories on business ethics, and are designated as archetypes that describe the objectives and responsibilities of parties in collaboration: 1) The Slaver model prescribes that a university should sell students as slaves for business and...

In this paper we discuss the shift from a legal to an interactionist view on normative multiagent systems, examples, and ten new challenges in this more dynamic setting. 1 Towards a more dynamic interactionist view Traditionally normative systems have been studied in philosophy, sociology, law, and ethics, and during the past two decades they have been studied in deontic logic in computer scien...

1. Three Types of Professional Ethics 2. Sociological Foundations 3. Goals of Professional Work and Their Problems 4. Normative and Evaluative Elements in Professional Work 4.1. Duty and Obligation 4.2. Professional Rights 4.3. Virtues in Professional Life 5. Engineering Ethics 5.1. The Service Ideal of Engineering 5.2. The Principle of Double Loyalties 6. Progress and Rationality in Engineerin...

To the question “What normative ethical theory does early Confucianism best represent?” researchers in the history of early Confucian philosophy respond with more than half a dozen different answers. They include sentimentalism, amoralism, pragmatism, Kantianism, Aristotelian virtue theory, care ethics, and role ethics. The lack of consensus is concerning, as three considerations make clear. Fi...

OBJECTIVES This study examines the existing norms regarding immunisation within the communities and the ethical notions that govern the actions of different health professionals and their collective synergistic or conflicting effects on the governance of the programme. DESIGN We used descriptive and analytical qualitative methods as it suited the research question. SETTING The data were col...