A virtue ethical account of making decisions about risk

Making Decisions About Risk and Risk Management

Making Decisions about Motion

There is often seen in the literature a disconnect between higher-level artificial intelligence and lower-level controls research. Too often, path planners do not account for the physical capabilities of the agents that will be following their paths. Similarly, the best controllers available need to be given trajectories from somewhere. This work presents a combined architecture that links a hi...

Making good Decisions about Decision Making

Can you see that justice is supposed to be blind? Abstract Decision aids are becoming more popular and more accessible thanks to the internet and hand held computers. The question remains, however, if decision aids can be used beyond just aiding the human decision process. Can we use computers to make decisions without loosing out on some of the aspects of decision making that are important to ...

Avicenna's Ethical Virtue

Avecinnachr('39')s ethical theory is classified within ethical virtue-oriented theories. He begins his ethical theory by discussing salvation as the ultimate purpose of human life. In his viewpoint, ultimate salvation of human is achieved though "closeness to God almighty". The way of reaching closeness is perfection in practice and opinion. Therefore, human real salvation is in his perfection ...

Making ethical decisions: stories from surgeons.

Surgeons share their challenges and dilemmas in making ethical decisions in these twelve personal stories. The three commentary articles draw out the lessons the stories address. The commentators come from diverse backgrounds including sociology, bioethics, nursing, and surgery.