In this paper I argue for contrastivism about reasons. Just as contrastivism about causation and knowledge hold that ‘cause’ and ‘knows’, respectively, express relations with argument places for sets of alternatives, contrastivism about reasons holds that ‘reason’ expresses a relation with an argument place for a set of alternatives. Some consideration might be a reason for an action relative t...

Science is a powerful force for change in modern society. As the professionals at its helm, scientists have a unique responsibility to shepherd that change with thoughtful advocacy of their research and careful ethical scrutiny of their own behavior.

Reverte oxo-biodegradable additive masterbatch and bags are not compliant to the criteria stated in AS4736 which is an Australian Standard® Biodegradable plastics—Biodegradable plastics suitable for composting and other microbial treatment documents. Well Plastics UK are in the same opinion as the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association that bio-based is the wrong technology (reason is as attach...

conceiving technologies of blood (Chapter 3), she insightfully examines how Haitian refugees’ blood has become a site of international anxieties over legal sovereignty, biopolitics, citizenship and reproductive rights. Referring to blood tests, she explains that the state uses the HIV antibody test as a screening device, one that both detects and produces legitimate and illegitimate migrant bod...

This article discusses the major tension points in the legislation that authorises involuntary outpatient treatment for mental disorder in six British Commonwealth jurisdictions. Particular attention is paid to the role of competence (or capacity) principles in the ruling legal criteria, to the precise powers of community treatment conferred, and to the potential impact of the legislation on cl...

This paper does not attempt to lay out the arguments relating to male circumcision for non-medical reasons. Rather, the aim is to focus more on the process and the problems of a professional body (in this case the British Medical Association (BMA)) attempting to produce any consensus guidelines for its members on an issue which clearly polarises doctors as much as it divides society as a whole....

In metaphysics, there are a number of distinct but related questions about the existence of “further facts”—facts that are contingent relative to the physical structure of the universe. These include further facts about qualia, personal identity, and time. In this article I provide a sequence of examples involving computer simulations, ranging from one in which the protagonist can clearly concl...