Philosophy and Ethics: New Research

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Nova Publishers, 2006 - 358 páginas
In a world of seemingly never-ending technological advances, questions of ethics take on even more significance than in the past. Conflicts of interest abound and pressure mounts at every turn for more profits, higher incomes, power and instant gratification leads to the temptation to ignore questions of ethics. This book presents new and interesting research on ethical issues in the modern day.

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RATIONAL SOCIAL NORMATIVE TRUST AS RATIONAL GENUINE TRUST
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PERSONAL IDENTITIY SELFINTEREST AND PREFERENCES
59
ETHICAL CONCERN FOR THE DISTANT AND THE ABSENT
115
FROM THE ONTOLOGY OF TEMPORALITY TO THE ETHICS OF THE FUTURE CARE AND RESPONSIBILITY IN HANS JONAS
133
CONCEPTUAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MORALITY AND ETHICS AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS FOR A CONTEMPORARY ETHICS BASE...
159
MIMESIS AS AN EMBODIED IMAGINATIVE ACT THE PARADOX OF TRAGEDY AND EMPATHIC MORALITY
171
ETHICAL ISSUES RAISED BY TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE HOW SHOULD MANAGERS RESPOND?
219
A STAKEHOLDER BASED METHOD FOR BUSINESS ETHICS
233
THE CONCEPT OF A PERSON AND THE SALE OF ORGANS
249
MACHIAVELLIANISM HOW DO TODAYS INDONESIAN STUDENTS COMPARE WITH US STUDENTS OF TODAY AND THE 1960S?
267
A DEFENSE OF EUDAIMONIST EGOISM
275
THE CASUAL CLOSURE ARGUMENT
293
PERCEPTIONS OF DOMESTIC ANIMALS A NATIONAL SURVEY OF PRODUCERS AND THE PUBLIC
305
A NEW PARADIGM FOR UNDERSTANDING CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN CLINICAL TRIALS
319
INDEX
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Página 4 - Trust (or, symmetrically, distrust) is a particular level of the subjective probability with which an agent assesses that another agent or group of agents will perform a particular action, both before he can monitor such action (or independently of his capacity ever to be able to monitor it) and in a context in which it affects his own action.
Página 4 - When we say we trust someone or that someone is trustworthy, we implicitly mean that the probability that he will perform an action that is beneficial or at least not detrimental to us is high enough for us to consider engaging in some form of cooperation with him".

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