Jean-Pierre Cléro Abstract Frenchmen dealing with ethics have only recently focused their attention on questions regarding its relation to language, whereas the British and the Americans who share the same interest have been interested in this problem for decades. The most surprising fact regarding this relative neglect, that is only about to be corrected, … [Read more…]
Maria Banu Abstract Behavioral economists have extensively argued against consequentialist theories of social trust. The most recent studies show that trust decisions are mainly expressive. Trust-taking behavior is non-consequential and linked to betrayal aversion, norms, and self-identity. Trustfulness is thus granted an affective and normative dimension. Yet these studies lack an integrative theoretical framework. … [Read more…]
Maria Racman Abstract The debate about posthumous reproduction has stopped at the level of the principle of reproductive autonomy – which is understood as an instrument to ban sperm harvesting from a recent deceased male – and at the requirement of explicit consent, despite the rate of sudden deaths caused by accidents. In this … [Read more…]
Stefan Lorenz Sorgner Abstract Even though we have moved away from Catholic understanding of procreation, there is still a long way to go to legally and morally accept that procreation can be realised by means of a great plurality of techniques. I will describe four techniques, which potentially or actually offer human beings new … [Read more…]
Viorel Cernica Abstract In certain theories of philosophy of culture, the abstract aspect of values is emphasized, and, consequently, the values are treated as mere concepts. The formal kind in which they appear in any theoretical context is that of a value judgment. In this paper, I will develop the idea about a meaning … [Read more…]
Yoshishiro Tanigawa Abstract This paper seeks to highlight the Deweyan moments in the ethics of Shunsuke Tsurumi, a famous thinker and activist in Japan. While it has been recognized that Tsurumi learned from American classical pragmatists such as Charles Sanders Peirce, George Herbert Mead, William James, and John Dewey, previous studies have ignored the … [Read more…]
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SEEMA BOSE Abstract My paper focuses on a particular aspect of Simone de Beauvoir’s work, namely her treatment of the ageing process. She draws on her own experience of nursing her mother, and the way this brought home to her own mortality. She is aware that although everyone experiences ageing, apart from those who have … [Read more…]
OANA ZAMFIRACHE Abstract In the western line of thought, there is a close relation between pornography and perversion. But are pornographic representations really perverse? And how should we understand perversion? We shall try to answer these questions using psychoanalytical tools, but without engaging in a truly Freudian approach. We shall analyze two hypotheses: first, the … [Read more…]
MIHAI VACARIU, GABRIEL VACARIU Abstract The binding problem remains one of the most important and unsolved problems in cognitive science. One of the proposed solutions, which is probably the most accepted in the scientific community, involves the synchronized oscillations. According to this theory, the integration of the brain areas responsible for various features, such as … [Read more…]