the existence of different kinds of evil in the world has always been taken to criticize the rationality of theism by atheists. the swinburne’s teleological theodicy is a significant response to the problem of evil among theists’ different answers. in his theodicy, swinburne contends that his theodicy may answer the problem of moral evil besides answering the problem of natural evil. the purpos...

Sex offenders are sometimes offered or required to undergo pharmacological interventions intended to diminish their sex drive (anti-libidinal interventions or ALIs). In this paper, we argue that much of the debate regarding the moral permissibility of ALIs has been founded on an inaccurate assumption regarding their intended purpose—namely, that ALIs are intended solely to realise medical purpo...

Raanan Gillon is a noted defender of the four principles approach to healthcare ethics. His general position has always been that these principles are to be considered to be both universal and prima facie in nature. In recent work, however, he has made two claims that seem to present difficulties for this view. His first claim is that one of these four principles, respect for autonomy, has a sp...

Each nation has its own specific features, national character, moral norms, customs, manners, traditions, and lifestyle. Each nation has its own culture that has developed over hundreds of years and certainly affects the people’s way of life and educational process. The desire to teach descendants progressive traditions and advanced morality, to cultivate their positive qualities is a sign of r...

While John Dewey’s learning theory has been widely credited as the essential theoretical underpinning of service learning, lesser attention has been paid to his concept of moral imagination regarding its immense potentials in nurturing college students’ moral growth in service learning. Th is article explores Dewey’s framework of moral imagination and its implications for moral education in col...

David DeGrazia On August 9, 2001, President George W. Bush delivered a statement that would have a great effect on bioethics policy in the United States.1 The President stated his belief that human life is a sacred gift from the Creator, expressed his strong opposition to any type of human cloning, and announced a policy of restricting federal funds for embryonic stem cell research to studies o...