Michael Pakaluk,Catherine R Pakaluk
Michael Pakaluk
An important question that arises as regards a member in a gravely unjust system is whether by any act of "resistance," undertaken at personal risk, he or she proved himself to be set against that system. This was the question posed by de-N...
Delectatio and Recreational Drug Use: Using Aquinas' Account of Pleasure to Argue That Recreational Drug Use Is Immoral [0.03%]
享乐与娱乐性用药：利用安瑟伦的快乐理论论证娱乐性用药是不道德的行为
Matthew McKenna
Matthew McKenna
This article offers a new argument for why recreational drug use is inherently immoral. Typical arguments against recreational drug use focus on legality, purposefully undermining the ability to reason, and harmful health effects. This argu...
Teofilo Giovan S Pugeda rd
Teofilo Giovan S Pugeda rd
As the number of elderly persons rises, there is a gradual increase in reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) to augment healthcare systems. How do we interpret AI in elderly care (EC) in light of the Catholic theological tradition? As fa...
An Innate Despair: The Philosophical Limitations of Transhumanism and its Misplaced Hope in Human Enhancement [0.03%]
无处不在的绝望：超人类主义的哲学局限及其对人类增强的误解带来的希望缺失
Paschal M Corby
Paschal M Corby
This paper sets forth some philosophical foundations of the transhumanist project, drawing on its roots in philosophical positivism and its confidence in the liberating power of technology. Such confidence is interpreted within the sphere o...
The Analogate of the Divine Physician in the Clinic: Understanding the Christian Health Care Professional as a Symbol of Christ [0.03%]
象征基督的基督徒医护人员之研究：从类比(analogia)的角度理解医护人员作为神圣医师的类像(icon)
Joseph Peter Swindeman
Joseph Peter Swindeman
The Divine Physician is a traditional title that the Church gives to Jesus Christ. This metaphor helps symbolize Jesus's mission to heal our souls of sin and its effects. In this paper, I consider this metaphor as a source for understanding...
Thomas Carroll
Thomas Carroll
After being outlawed in 1970, psychedelics have reemerged in the consciousness of Western society in the form of the so-called psychedelic renaissance. This has led to widespread interest in psychedelic compounds being used for recreation, ...
Matthew Robert Dernbach
Matthew Robert Dernbach
Human dignity refers to the value of the human person. By clarifying distinctions within human dignity, we can conclude that, whereas a person's ontological dignity cannot be lost or diminished regardless of circumstance, a person's existen...
Charles S Love
Charles S Love
Hopelessness and demoralization following a terminal diagnosis can affect the capacity for self-governance. Such dispositions can increase the allostatic load-the cumulative burden of stress and anxiety-resulting in a neurophysiologic decli...
A Forensic Investigation and Critique of Suicidal Ideation Reported in a Turnaway Study [0.03%]
对流产研究中报告的自杀想法进行法医调查和批评
David C Reardon
David C Reardon
In a published report of suicidal ideation rates drawn from the Turnaway Study, the abortion advocacy group Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) asserted that their findings proved that abortion has no effect on suicidal ...
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV: Bioethical, Clinical, and Epidemiological Considerations [0.03%]
艾滋病暴露前预防的生物伦理、临床和流行病学考虑因素
John D Markley
John D Markley
Public health authorities are broadly promoting a strategy known as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for the prevention of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission in the context of high-risk sexual activity and injection drug use. Ho...