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Ethical Theory and Moral Practice Comparing and integrating biological and cultural moral progress

Moral progress may be a matter of time scale. If intuitive measures for moral progress like the degree of physical violence within a society are taken as empirical markers, then most human societies have experienced moral progress in the last few centuries. However, if the development of the human species is taken as relevant time scale, there is evidence that humanity has experienced a global ...

Moral Argument: Theory and Practice

Ethical dilemmas and moral distress in oncology nursing practice.

Although ethical values and principles guide oncology nursing practice, nurses often are challenged to fulfill every professional core duty and responsibility in their everyday practice. Nurses commonly encounter clinical situations that have ethical conflicts, and they often have difficulty recognizing and articulating them. Unresolved conflicts can cause feelings of frustration and powerlessn...

Accounting Theory and Practice: the Ethical Dimension

At the Edge of Viability: Moral and Ethical Guideline Proposals*

The paper proposes moral and ethical guidelines for medical treatment at the edge of viability. The proposed principles are defended on the grounds of a general conceptual framework presented by elucidating the notions of viability, the edge of viability, person, sanctity of human life, dignity, and the slope of dignity protection, as well as the distinction between ethics and morality.