VALUING DISTRIBUTIVE EQUALITY by CLAIRE ANITA BREMNER
... provides reasons for accepting the principle independently of its consequences; for example, even when the distributive outcomes are not fully specified by the principle or cannot be predicted. Although these two definitions overlap, they are distinct from each other. The first refers to valuing cer ...
... provides reasons for accepting the principle independently of its consequences; for example, even when the distributive outcomes are not fully specified by the principle or cannot be predicted. Although these two definitions overlap, they are distinct from each other. The first refers to valuing cer ...
Final 9/19/14 Ethics Case Studies—Learning
... The student needs to recognize that he/she is being dishonest and is cheating. The student may not view his behavior as violating ethical principles and the Code of Ethics. This situation points out the important role of faculty who need to review acceptable ethical behaviors in all classes an ...
... The student needs to recognize that he/she is being dishonest and is cheating. The student may not view his behavior as violating ethical principles and the Code of Ethics. This situation points out the important role of faculty who need to review acceptable ethical behaviors in all classes an ...
Assessing risky social situations∗
... related point must be made. Interpreting risk as a lack of information renders the Pareto principle suspect when it is applied to ex-ante prospects. It is widely recognized that, when individuals have different beliefs, their unanimity over prospects may be spurious and carries little normative weigh ...
... related point must be made. Interpreting risk as a lack of information renders the Pareto principle suspect when it is applied to ex-ante prospects. It is widely recognized that, when individuals have different beliefs, their unanimity over prospects may be spurious and carries little normative weigh ...
`Do No Harm` and Industrial Action
... It is not clear whether a clinically indicated test to rule out a low (eg, 1-in-100, or 1-in-200) chance of a condition that poses an immediate threat to life or permanent disability counts as a LPS. For any given patient, a positive test result is unlikely. Yet if many (eg, 200 or 400) such tests a ...
... It is not clear whether a clinically indicated test to rule out a low (eg, 1-in-100, or 1-in-200) chance of a condition that poses an immediate threat to life or permanent disability counts as a LPS. For any given patient, a positive test result is unlikely. Yet if many (eg, 200 or 400) such tests a ...
The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
... It has become standard to say that with respect to risks, Europe and the United States can be distinguished along a single axis: Europe accepts the Precautionary Principle, and the United States does not. On this view, Europeans attempt to build a “margin of safety” into public decisions, taking car ...
263. Cass R. Sunstein, "The Availability Heuristic, Intuitive Cost
... authors find that risk perception is a product of discussions that “are often provoked by observing or hearing about an illness or death” (Behrman et al., 2003, p. 10) People “know in the abstract how HIV is transmitted and how it can be prevented,” but they are unclear “about the advisability and e ...
... authors find that risk perception is a product of discussions that “are often provoked by observing or hearing about an illness or death” (Behrman et al., 2003, p. 10) People “know in the abstract how HIV is transmitted and how it can be prevented,” but they are unclear “about the advisability and e ...
Conclusions and Recommendations for Risk Perception and Risk
... communicating about what people can do to appropriately and effectively reduce their risks. − Risk communication messages to the public and the media should contain answers to the following questions that are uppermost in the public mind - what is happening? - what risk is it to me? - what should I ...
... communicating about what people can do to appropriately and effectively reduce their risks. − Risk communication messages to the public and the media should contain answers to the following questions that are uppermost in the public mind - what is happening? - what risk is it to me? - what should I ...
Chapter 13 Irreversibility risk and uncertainty
... The role of uncertainty is explicitly recognised in Article 3, Principles, where it is stated that 3. The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible da ...
... The role of uncertainty is explicitly recognised in Article 3, Principles, where it is stated that 3. The Parties should take precautionary measures to anticipate, prevent or minimize the causes of climate change and mitigate its adverse effects. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible da ...
Integration_of_Inter..
... « International matters concerning the protection and improvement of the environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively contr ...
... « International matters concerning the protection and improvement of the environment should be handled in a cooperative spirit by all countries, big and small, on an equal footing. Cooperation through multilateral or bilateral arrangements or other appropriate means is essential to effectively contr ...
Who Should Govern the Welfare State 2.0? A Comment on... David Budtz Pedersen, Aarhus University
... principle. In the call for accelerated “convergence” among biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology — that has been adopted by research funding agencies around the world — a new “proactionary principle” is emerging. The precautionary and proactionary principles can be seen as two rad ...
... principle. In the call for accelerated “convergence” among biotechnology, nanotechnology and information technology — that has been adopted by research funding agencies around the world — a new “proactionary principle” is emerging. The precautionary and proactionary principles can be seen as two rad ...
ELEMENTS OF DIRECTING
... a time. If the subordinate gets directions from more than one officer, the subordinate will be unable to priorities his work. As a result, situation of confusion, conflict and disarrangement is created. By following this principle, effective direction takes place ...
... a time. If the subordinate gets directions from more than one officer, the subordinate will be unable to priorities his work. As a result, situation of confusion, conflict and disarrangement is created. By following this principle, effective direction takes place ...
Ethics Notes - Website of Neelay Gandhi
... (a) World Medical Association 1948 - Exceptionless commitment (b) BMA 1971 (rewritten because of the Dr. Browne case) (i) Except where the patient agrees (ii) Except in cases of formal public policy (c) AMA 1980 (i) Except when serious harm to others is imminent (Tarasoff case) (ii) Except where the ...
... (a) World Medical Association 1948 - Exceptionless commitment (b) BMA 1971 (rewritten because of the Dr. Browne case) (i) Except where the patient agrees (ii) Except in cases of formal public policy (c) AMA 1980 (i) Except when serious harm to others is imminent (Tarasoff case) (ii) Except where the ...
International Legal Framework
... • CDR cannot override the text of the WTO agreements any more than special and differential treatment or the precautionary principle can. • Both the text and the context of the WTO Agreements indicate that CDR would have a limited role in interpretation. ...
... • CDR cannot override the text of the WTO agreements any more than special and differential treatment or the precautionary principle can. • Both the text and the context of the WTO Agreements indicate that CDR would have a limited role in interpretation. ...
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... There is widespread consensus, summarised in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007a,b,c), that in the absence of mitigation policies, average global temperatures will rise substantially over the next century, with ‘business as usual projections’ of temperature inc ...
... There is widespread consensus, summarised in the reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) (2007a,b,c), that in the absence of mitigation policies, average global temperatures will rise substantially over the next century, with ‘business as usual projections’ of temperature inc ...
Principle of Double Effect
... • endorsed by most moral theories • provide a framework that may facilitate resolution of ethical problems • four key principles: autonomy (respect for autonomy), non-maleficence, beneficence, justice • each principle needs to be weighed and balanced in determining an optimal course of action ...
... • endorsed by most moral theories • provide a framework that may facilitate resolution of ethical problems • four key principles: autonomy (respect for autonomy), non-maleficence, beneficence, justice • each principle needs to be weighed and balanced in determining an optimal course of action ...
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... • With the effort of many states , the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to ‘achieve stabilization of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and such level should be achieved within a timeframe suffi ...
... • With the effort of many states , the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change aims to ‘achieve stabilization of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system and such level should be achieved within a timeframe suffi ...