In this paper, I investigate Aristotle’s claim in Nicomachean Ethics III.1 about situations that “overstrain human nature.” By setting out and answering several interpretative questions such situations, offer a comprehensive interpretation of passage. argue (at least some of) these cases, the agent voluntarily does something wrong, even though there is right action available. Furthermore, Arist...

this research is a new attempt in order to study the effect of evolution theory in the dimension of empirical ethics. in the contemporary area the evolutionary ethics is in the three branches: descriptive, prescriptive and meta-ethics. the descriptive evolutionary ethics tries to modify human’s ethical believes in the evolutionary aspect and achieves more share from two others part in this grou...

ISSUE ADDRESSED This paper considers the role of ethics and ethics review processes in the development of health promotion quality assurance and evaluation activities involving human participants. CONTENT The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research and associated documents provide the framework for the ethical con...

nursing is a universal health care necessity. nursing profession, similar to the other medical professions, is responsible to maintain public health promotion, prevent diseases, and also care and rehabilitate client, family and the soci¬ety. the inher-ent nature of nursing is respect for moral values and human rights. however, clinical ethical dilem¬mas occur for nurses at all levels, not alway...

Probably more than any other one thing, my article "Animal Liberation: A Triangular Affair," has led to an increasingly acrimonious divorce between individualistic animal welfare ethics and holistic ecocentric ethics.! I think this estrangement is regrettable because it is divisive. Animal welfare ethicists and environmental ethicists have 163 overlapping concerns. From a practical point of vie...

hospital ethics committees (hecs) help clinicians deal with the ethical challenges which have been raised during clinical practice. a comprehensive literature review was conducted to provide a historical background of the development of hecs internationally and describe their functions and practical challenges of their day to day work. this is the first part of a comprehensive literature review...