The article revolves around the question whether, given some very “fundamental threats” to future generations’ living, their conditions of survival can be construed as rights. issue has tackle problem non-existence presumptive holders such a right, well with (non-)identity. shows reasons for separating what we owe persons under challenge fundamental threats humanity from our will hand down cult...

Recently published consensus treatment guidelines for pediatric sepsis recommend initiating corticosteroid replacement therapy (CRT) for those critically ill children with adrenal insufficiency and refractory shock. The data to support this recommendation is limited, and multiple studies have demonstrated significant variation in both the diagnosis and treatment of adrenal insufficiency and ref...

I n this issue of the Journal of Medical Ethics you can read a minisymposium on circumcision, mainly dealing with the circumcision of male children at an age where they cannot consent, but also touching upon issues of female genital mutilation. When reading the papers I found it strange, but of course not really surprising given its symbolic importance, that we are so worried about intervention...

SUMMARY In this paper we consider optimal trading processes in economic systems. The analysis is based on accounting for irreversibility factor using wealth function concept.