siavash story idea on moral-social features

Moral status: what a bad idea!

BACKGROUND Advocates of people with disabilities sometimes have advanced their cause within a conceptual frame of human exceptionalism, shaped specifically by one or another proposal about a moral property or capacity with which human individuals alone are endowed. METHODS This essay is a philosophical reflection about the notion of moral status. RESULTS Arguments presented here show, howev...

Siavash Mirzaee Ramhormozi et al

Methods: The study took place in Tehran and Esfahan oil refineries in Iran in 2010. An initial questionnaire was formed from two previous studies. This tool was translated to Persian based on back translation. The 61-item questionnaire was tested on operational staffs (N=324). Principle component analysis and Varimax with Kaiser Normalization was used to extract factors, in statistical software...

Siavash Mirzaee Ramhormozi et al

Methods: In this cross sectional study, broadcasted advertisements on 4 important channels of Iran TV were recorded for a week from 8 am to 12 pm in 2012. The content and volume of food advertisements were investigated using a researcher-made check list. Advertisement group (food, non-food), food group (non-cariogenic, cariogenic), advertisement appeals (rational, emotional, and humor content),...

Kant, History, and the Idea of Moral Development

Siavash Mirzaee Ramhormozi et al

a Department of Health Management and Economics, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran b Department of Global Health and Public Policy, School of Public Health, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran c Department of Statistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz Health Services Management Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Ir...

Siavash Mirzaee Ramhormozi et al

Available online: 25 January 2015 Background: Substance abuse is one of the most complicated social problems. Understanding socio-demographic characteristics of those who abuse substances could help deal with this problem more efficiently. The main objective of this study was to determine socio-demographic characteristics associated with alcohol drinking, cigarettes smoking and drug abuse among...