Effective altruism and requiring reasons to help others by Sinclair, T

“…Theron Pummer's impressive new book The Rules of Rescue seeks to defend effective altruism without taking on the controversial moral theoretical commitments. Through an exploration of the framework of requiring reasons and permitting reasons that is the backbone of his argument, this article raises some doubts about how successful Pummer's strategy of avoidance can be.…”

The intergenerational ethics of climate change : the failure of cost-benefit analysis as a normative framework by Lee, Nathan R. (Nathan Ross)

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Rapid response : email, immediacy, and medical humanitarianism in Aceh, Indonesia by Grayman, Jesse Hession

“…Immediacy is explored as both an urgent moral impulse to assist in a crisis and a form of mediation that seemingly projects neutral and transparent transmission of content. …”
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Meera Syal's scapegoat : Hinduism & the Indian woman by Muthupalani, Sharanya

“…Syal points an accusing finger at religion as an oppressive form of moral, sexual and totalising governance against women, particularly Indian women. …”
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Animus: human-embodied animals by Savulescu, J, Sawai, T

“…We argue that this raises issues of moral status that will imminently arise and must be addressed through functional studies of these new life forms. …”

Penilaian kandungan teks novel mata pelajaran Kesusasteraan Melayu berdasarkan Gagasan Persuratan Baru by Hassan@Zulkifli, Muhammad Zarif

“…Dalam konteks ini, teks-teks yang dikaji didapati memperagakan nilai-nilai yang bukan sahaja bertentangan dengan Islam, tetapi turut bercanggah dengan skema moral sejagat yang diperakukan dalam FPK, KBSM, dan SPKM. …”
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Nietzsche and the significance of genealogy by Prescott-Couch, A

“…On this view, Nietzsche provides a ‘deconstructive genealogy’ that indicates whether and where we should expect to find unity in our current moral practices. Moreover, Nietzsche’s history contributes to a critique of contemporary morality because it reveals that morality is unlikely to have the kind of unity required by many of its defenders. …”

Winnie the pooh: examining the value of fantasy in children’s literature. by Koh, Meryl Kai Lin.

“…The paper discusses how Winnie the Pooh draws its context from reality, how it teaches children moral and social lessons. how it gives a child agency, and how there lies within the text issues that are more complex than what meets the eye. …”
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The concept of the human being in the Xunzi by Li, Jifen

“…The moral necessity of ritual propriety is grounded on Xunzi’s argument that the original state of human nature is bad and people need to depart from it. …”
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What’s the point of constitutional monarchy? by Barber, NW

“…However, the mode of selection of the monarch is problematic, making it improbable officeholders will invariably possess the capacity to fulfil the role and bringing moral costs. In consequence, monarchy is a time-limited constitutional form, a transitional mode of leadership.…”

Structural inequality and the protectorate of discrimination law by Laborde, C

“…It articulates a structural inequality theory of the moral foundations of discrimination law and defends it against prominent alternatives, such as the view that discrimination is wrong because it is irrational or disrespectful. …”

How to be an epistemic constitutivist by Hanson, L

“…First, it reveals a way in which constitutivism is a particularly good fit for epistemic norms, and not such a good fit for moral ones. Second, it reveals that constitutivism is not, as is often thought, an antirealist position, and is in fact entirely compatible with robust realism. …”

Towards an ethics of conceptual engineering by Crisp, R

“…There are alethic reasons for conceptual engineering, but they are derivative, as are many of the philosophical norms applying within conceptual engineering itself, such as parsimony and respect for the history of a concept. There are moral reasons for conceptual engineering, and practical wisdom will be a core virtue for conceptual engineers. …”

幽禁中之丰姿，落寞中之妖冶：《唐詩名媛集》述評 = Charming in silence and coquettish in desolate : a commentary on Tangshi Mingyuan Ji by 曲景毅 Qu, Jingyi

“…Xinmeng feishi describes a woman of unwavering moral principles. However, the line dimi chuancong is baffling. …”
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On the manipulator-focused response to manipulation cases by De Marco, G, Cyr, TW

“…The key insight of such views is that being subject to the will of another agent significantly affects our freedom and moral responsibility. Though different authors take this key insight in different directions, and the mechanics of their views are quite different, these views turn out to share many key components, and this allows us to discuss several authors’ views at the same time, highlighting a variety of challenges for such views and helping to identify pitfalls to avoid in further developments of views of this type. …”

Contract research, the university, and the academic by Crawshaw, Bruce

“…The problems which are examined include the moral and ethical implications, the legal aspects, problems over ownership of research results, the implications for staff rights, the status of contract researchers, the implications for publication, problems of authority, responsibility and social justice, and the conflicts between teaching and research. …”
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Challenging the ugliness of beauty : beautification as an instrument of female agency by Chong, Eunice Chin Hui

“…In this essay, I will present conditions in which beautification can be deemed morally acceptable, and argue that beautification is morally acceptable when it is motivated by an informed personal choice. …”
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Negotiation of the Singapore auntie identity by Chew, Rachel Si Wei

“…According to the results that have been gathered, it is realized that the negotiation of identities are affected by consciousness of the stigmatization, situational and structural factors, as well as moral culture brought about through education. The results have also witnessed the implications of these factors upon their identity negotiation process.…”
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Milton's Satan: the unexpected theologian in Milton's Paradise by Sim, Jaryl

“…In doing so, the Romantic perception of Satan as a hero must be expelled, as Satan is not the protagonist of Milton’s Paradise, but a central character in which Milton uses to elucidate the moral of the poem. As such, it is necessary for the reader to read Paradise Regained not as a sequel to Paradise Lost, but as a singular entity or as the fourth “smaller epic poem” within Paradise Lost in order to fully understand the true nature of the devil as the unexpected theologian and his role in relation to Christ, who is for the most part, an extension of Milton’s God, albeit a singular and independent entity in his own right.…”
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British Muslim youth and religious fundamentalism: a quantitative investigation by Kashyap, R, Lewis, VA

“…Overall, Muslim youth religiosity although uniquely expressed, influences moral and social attitudes for Muslims similarly to that of Christian or other religious youth.…”