The prospect of using memory modifying technologies raises interesting and important normative concerns. We first point out that those developing desirable memory modifying technologies should keep in mind certain technical and user-limitation issues. We next discuss certain normative issues that the use of these technologies can raise such as truthfulness, appropriate moral reaction, self-know...

According the qur’ānic verses, God is the first teacher of the Qur’ān. The Prophet (s) used different methods to teach the Qur’ān and recommended others to teach it, especially to one’s children. The question of the permissibility or impermissibility of receiving wage for the teaching of the Qur’ān has brought about some disagreements among Muslim scholars, where each group has relied on some q...

Positive emotions are often treated as relatively similar in their cognitive-behavioral effects, and as having unambiguously beneficial consequences. For example, Valdesolo and DeSteno (2006) reported that a humorous video made people more prone to choose a utilitarian solution to a moral dilemma. They attributed this finding to increased positive affect. To determine whether such results actua...

Although there have been cases of plastic surgery that date back to 2600 years ago, there has been a relatively recent upsurge in plastic surgery operations due to improved sterilization techniques and the advent of anesthesia [1]. Since plastic surgery operations were so rare until recently, teshuvos did not appear on the subject until about 60 years ago [1]. The topic of plastic surgery raise...

We propose an argumentation framework for modelling jury-based dispute resolution where the dispute parties present their arguments before a judge and a jury. While the judge as the arbiter of law determines the legal permissibility of the presented arguments the jurors as triers of facts determine their probable weights. Such a framework is based on two key components: classical argumentation ...

Despite the increasing number of companies investing in mobile marketing campaigns, research investigation on the adoption process of mobile marketing from the perspective of consumers has been limited. Although mobile devices are a promising marketing tool, mobile spam (i.e. unsolicited SMS messages) raises privacy concerns relating to the utilisation of the personal and location data used to ...

Abstract Clear and careful thinking is an indispensable aid in the pursuit of answers to difficult ethical question faced by clinicians, patients, families. In this issue The Journal Medicine Philosophy devoted issues clinical ethics, authors engage enterprise reflecting on morally good medical decision making, conscientious objection, presumed consent organ donation, permissibility surrogate f...

An analysis of professional risk management models according to international standards is proposed, taking into account the interpretation main terms (danger, risk, incident assessment), build a uniform approach in occupational safety and health systems organizations. To solve problem, method morphological was used, which based on selection possible solutions for assessing technological feasib...