The development of an agreed-upon set of foundational ethical values for the field of public health is ongoing. In this paper we outline key elements of recent convergence on some basic moral precepts that drive public health. We suggest that three elements are particularly useful for anchoring public health practitioners' reflections on public health ethics: 1) the notions of "common" and "pro...

What principles vis-à-vis future generations should govern our policy choices? Tyler Cowen argues for a “Principle of Growth”: “We should make political choices so as to maximize the rate of sustainable economic growth.”1 Economic growth means the growth of inclusive gross domestic product (GDP), not just marketed goods and services, but also leisure time, household production, and environmenta...

Consumption is an essential everyday process. By very nature, it is a means of expressing our moral identities and an outlet for ethical obligations. In more recent years, ethical aspects of consumption have come under greater scrutiny with the emergence of ethical consumption discourses, and are currently associated with a range of consumer behaviours and responsible business practices. To thi...

There is a trend of recruiting faith leaders at mosques to overcome religious barriers to organ donation, and to increase donor registration among Muslims. Commentators have suggested that Muslims are not given enough information about organ donation in religious sermons or lectures delivered at mosques. Corrective actions have been recommended, such as funding campaigns to promote organ donati...

This text aims to analyze the activities developed by Guidance Service (SOE), at Tiradentes School, in Curitiba-PR, during years 1971-1983. For this, as historical documentation, Reports (SOE) available institution's archive were used. Benjamin Cowan's observations on notion of moral panic help observe document. Based research, SOE had a strong approximation with precepts shared military dictat...

This article was prepared with the aim of knowing how Pancasila as basis state also has a role in shaping nation's character. Indonesia can be said to experiencing moral and crisis, because cases often happen community many perpetrators these are still underage. is certainly something that cannot underestimated if it allowed continue will cause loss good character generation. conveys several fo...

The Indonesian nation has several rules in its government, regulations or national identity are contained Pancasila. In Pancasila there five precepts basics that contain values. These values ??must be applied from early childhood. Moral ??and character ??in children can formed moral of childhood is the conscience possessed by to behave accordance with society. development marked understanding a...

Representations of Green Tibetans connected to Buddhism and indigenous wisdom have been deployed by a variety of actors and persist in popular consciousness. Through interviews, participatory mapping and observation, we explored how these ideas relate to people's notions about the natural environment in a rural community on the Eastern Tibetan plateau, in Sichuan Province, China. We found peopl...