I was out in the field most of the day today, so I didn't have a chance to talk to anyone about it. But I had plenty of time to think about it. As I drove around town, thinking, I kinda started sulking...of this boo-boo without telling anyone else about it, to keep herself out of trouble. So not only did I not get the money, no one knows I returned the money, and I didn't even get a thank-you. LAME

Известная фраза Каина: "Разве я сторож брату моему", - в английском переводе звучит совсем иначе. Классическая King James Version передает её как "Am I my brother's keeper?" Этот же перевод находим в...место звучит так: "num custos fratris mei sum". Слово "custodis" имеет значение "сторож", но также "охраняющий", "хранитель" - отсюда английское "custodian". Вот такие переводческие трудности.

... (not the one with the papers ), here are the five bases: In brief, the theory proposes that five innate and universally available psychological systems are the foundations of “intuitive ethics.” Each culture then constructs virtues, narratives, and institutions on top of these foundations, thereby creating the unique moralities we see around the world, and conflicting within nations too...

A shakuhachi tale – the northern wind blows across the twilight fields

Doctor Who + Ethics = Fun??? Part 1: The Doctor Basically, the Doctor is ethically a deontologist .  He does things because they are the right thing to do, regardless of the consequences, because, as he sees it, something right is always right, no matter what happens.  He's also concerned with relationships- he will act to benefit someone he has a relationship with (a deontologist would probably...

Gathering... Time within... Dream of the Wuthering Heights...

... importance Biologist Bruce Walsh of the University of Arizona states three reasons for scientific interest in the preservation of species; genetic or medical resources, ecosystem stability, and ethics , and today the scientific community "stress[es] the importance" of maintaining biodiversity. Biodiversity provides many ecosystem services that are often not readily visible. It plays an essential...

...to both parties, but are extremely rare. For such a friendship to develop, much time and intimacy are required as well as personal goodness, for it is easy to desire friendship but difficult to build or deserve a solid relationship of this kind. http://www.cliffsnotes.com/WileyCDA/LitNote/Aristotle-s-Ethics-Book-VIII-Summaries-Chapter-III-The-Three-Kinds-of-Friendship.id-21,pageNum-95.html  

A letter I sent to my students today, because some of them cheated. Hi everyone, Please read this carefully, and feel free to email me if you don't understand something. I'm happy to clarify. I was... you might accidentally create a zombie virus). As for the people we think are cheating, we will be watching you. I strongly suggest you study next time. Sincerely, John Your friendly neighborhood T

Readers are familiar with my comments that advisers on medical ethics not only think very poorly about their own discipline, but reach unethical conclusions and advocate them. Here's my latest: a patient in Oregon, with insurance operated by the state health fund, was told that the state would pay for drugs for assisted suicide rather than the drugs necessary to save her life. After all, assisted...