philosophers from one hand take the “al-vahed” axiom for granted, and on the other hand, they assume that the almighty to be of absolute power. now the question is whether: this is at odds with the “al- vahed” axiom? how can we accept at the same time the absolute power of the almighty and the “al-vahed” axiom? we should say here: majority of philosophers, mystics and kalam specialists have cla...

Issues related to ethics in business transactions have become increasingly important in recent years. To promote ethical behavior organizations have used techniques such as ethics hotlines, code of ethics, appointed ethics ocers, and undertaken other ways of encouraging ethical behavior (Morf et al., 1999, especially pp. 265, 269). Professional norms in tax practice also have signi®cant ethica...

BACKGROUND Dealing with errors in psychotherapy is challenging, both ethically and practically. There is almost no empirical research on this topic. We aimed (1) to explore psychotherapists' self-reported ways of dealing with an error made by themselves or by colleagues, and (2) to reconstruct their reasoning according to the two principle-based ethical approaches that are dominant in the ethic...

A multidisciplinary faculty committee designed a curriculum to shape biomedical graduate students into researchers with a high commitment to professionalism and social responsibility and to provide students with tools to navigate complex, rapidly evolving academic and societal environments with a strong ethical commitment. The curriculum used problem-based learning (PBL), because it is active a...

Research on ethical decision making, or behavioral ethics, in organizations has developed from a small niche area to a burgeoning stand-alone field, one that has gained not only in number of articles written but in the legitimacy of the topic and the field. Our review motivated us to first try and summarize the field, not by comparing it to existing theoretical paradigms, but rather by observin...

This paper explores the relevance of the debate about ethical expertise for the practice of clinical ethics. We present definitions, explain three theories of ethical expertise, and identify arguments that have been brought up to either support the concept of ethical expertise or call it into question. Finally, we discuss four theses: the debate is relevant for the practice of clinical ethics i...

Although prior moral motivation research has focused on prototypic views of moral character—i.e., prosociality—in these studies we identify a broader set of ethical orientations, based on Triune Ethics Metatheory. These reflect different types of motivated cognition 1 that correspond to different neurobiological patterns of social response (see also chapter 4 for additional varieties). In this ...

R EGISTERED DIETITIAN NUTRItionists (RDNs) are regularly involved with activities requiring decision making with ethical implications. Typical and significant ethical decision-making activities are related to selecting medical food supplements and enteral and infant formula, and choosing the durable medical equipment (DME) vendor that will be providing the formulas in the home. At times and in ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE Physicians are often confronted with ethical and legal questions at the end of life. In this study we asked medical students at the universities of Mainz and Berlin (Charité) about the "Guidelines on Physicians' Aid to the Dying" issued by the German Medical Association: their moral attitude and legal knowledge regarding the limitation of medical procedures at the end o...