principlism, in general and four principles approach in particular is largely discussed in current medical ethics. accord­ing to principlism, the ethical relationship between physician and patient has to be categorized based on some princi­ples, the prin­ciples which are general, action-guiding and could help both the patient and the physician to arrange their ethical behav­ior. four principles...

Fetuses and infants are said to warrant protecting because of their potential. But valuing potential supposedly leads to absurdities like protecting cells that could be technologically altered to develop into persons. This can be avoided by recognising that morally relevant potential is determined by what is presently healthy development (proper functioning) for an organism. The only interests ...

in this, paper, i am going to present an argument in favour of generalism and criticise the particularistic position in moral reasoning... according to generalism which is associated with supervenience, the way in which a morlly relevant feature contributes to the moral evaluation of different contexts is patternable. however, a particularist like dancy utilizes the very idea of resultance  ins...

In recent years, we have seen a resurgence of the topic shame in philosophy and moral philosophy. The paper analyses as emotion contemporary moral-philosophical environmental discourse. Questions are articulated, which different contexts has already been studied them appear to be crucial for ethics applied ethics? article, author addresses concept by Sarah E. Fredericks (2021) considers questio...

On the Concept of a Morally Relevant Harm In this paper I explicate and defend the concept of a morally relevant harm. This concept figures prominently in common-sense and contractualist moral reasoning concerning cases where an agent can prevent harm to members of a large group or a small one, but not both. When the two harms to which members of these groups are exposed are morally relevant to...