The bioethical debate on euthanasia (good death) has been classically polarized between the principles of sacredness of life--the argumentation against--and the quality of life, represented by the vicarious principle of respect for autonomy--the argumentation in favor. In both cases the question is built around the pertinence and moral legitimacy--or not--of the individual possibility to decide...

A theory of sacralization is offered in which the sacred emerges from the collision of temptation and tradition. It is proposed that when innate or acquired desires to behave in one way conflict with socially acquired and/or mediated drives to behave in another way, actors ascribe sacredness to the objects of their action as a means of reconciling the difference between their desired and actual...

The olive has a history almost as long as that of Western civilization and has been looked upon as a sign of hope, peace, and sacredness. Olive oil, extracted from the olive, is the principal source of dietary fat in the Mediterranean basin. The composition differs from that of other dietary fats in that olive oil is rich in monounsaturated fatty acids. Even other than as a source of monounsatu...

In my former address, I gave a brief review of some recent sanitary legislation, enacted with a view to aid local authorities in dealing with avoidable and preventable disease. It was demonstrated that this legislation was hygienically and fiscally a long way short of meeting the pressing necessities of the times in which we live. The permissive character of a good deal of it was found to be hi...

How and why do moral judgments vary across the political spectrum? To test moral foundations theory (J. Haidt & J. Graham, 2007; J. Haidt & C. Joseph, 2004), the authors developed several ways to measure people's use of 5 sets of moral intuitions: Harm/care, Fairness/reciprocity, Ingroup/loyalty, Authority/respect, and Purity/sanctity. Across 4 studies using multiple methods, liberals consisten...

How and why do moral judgments vary across the political spectrum? To test moral foundations theory (J. Haidt & J. Graham, 2007; J. Haidt & C. Joseph, 2004), the authors developed several ways to measure people’s use of 5 sets of moral intuitions: Harm/care, Fairness/reciprocity, Ingroup/loyalty, Authority/ respect, and Purity/sanctity. Across 4 studies using multiple methods, liberals consiste...

Bau Nyale is a Lombok Sasak tradition associated with Princess Mandalika's sacred and mythological qualities. Every year, this ritual carried out as manner of thanking Allah honoring sacrifice in preserving West Nusa Tenggara's integrity. This study aims to explain the distinction between sacredness economic commodification tradition. The research method used qualitative, sociological approach ...

Sacred space is an important form of Chinese traditional villages, which combines religious belief, humanistic belief and complex space. Taking Gaoyi Village, Jingping Village the North Dong Dynasty, Huangdu Pingtan Dutou South Dynasty as examples, paper analyzes evolution sacred space, change function its influence mechanism in villages nationality western Hunan through in-depth interviews wit...