The first survey of attitudes of medical students in Ireland towards termination of pregnancy.James M. Fitzgerald,Katherine E. Krause,Darya Yermak,Suzanne Dunne,Ailish Hannigan,WalterCullen,David Meagher,Deirdre McGrath,Paul Finucane,Calvin Coffey &Colum Dunne -2014 -Journal of Medical Ethics 40 (10):710-713.detailsBackground Since the UK Abortion Act (1967), women have travelled from Ireland to the UK for legal abortion. In 2011 >4000 women did so. Knowledge and attitudes of medical students towards abortion have been published, however, this is the first such report from Ireland. Objective To investigate medical students’ attitudes towards abortion in Ireland. Methods All medical students at the University of Limerick, and physicians who graduated from the university within the previous 12 months, were invited via email to complete (...) an anonymous online survey. The questionnaire comprised 17 questions. Quantitative and qualitative analyses were performed. Results Response rate was 45% (n=169; 55% women; 88.2%<30 years of age; 66.7% Irish; 29.2% North American). Outcomes were: abortion should not be legally available (7.1%), abortion should be allowed in limited circumstances only (35.5%), abortion should be legally available upon request (55%). 72.8% of respondents were moderately/strongly prochoice (74% of women/71% of men/72% and 76% of Irish and North American respondents, respectively). Students aged >30 years were less likely to be prochoice (55%). While 95.2% believed that education on abortion should be offered within medical school curricula, 28.8% stated that they would decline to terminate pregnancies even if legally permitted. While 58.8% indicated that they might perform legal abortions once qualified, 25.7% would do so under limited circumstances only. Conclusions The majority of participants wanted education regarding abortion. Despite being predominantly prochoice, considerably fewer students, irrespective of nationality, indicated that they would perform abortions. (shrink)
I primi atomisti: raccolta di testi che riguardano Leucippo e Democrito.Walter Leszl (ed.) -2009 - Florence: Leo S. Olschki.detailsThis is the fullest existing collection of the texts, for the moment only in Italian translation, with an introduction, notes, general presentation of the texts, various indexes (part of this material is to be found in an attached CD).
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Platon et le platonisme: [Greek title]: conferences de 1893.Walter Pater -1998 - Paris: J. Vrin. Edited by Jean-Baptiste Picy.detailsLes conferences dont se compose le present ouvrage furent ecrites au profit de jeunes etudiants en philosophie. Par le terme de Platonisme ne s'entend certes pas ici un quelconque Neoplatonisme mais les seuls principes fondateurs de la doctrine de Platon, doctrine que nous avons tente d'observer en un rapport direct avec son auteur tel qu'il se presente au travers de ses propres ecrits. Plongeant aux racines antiques avec une decision toute nitzscheenne, Pater en revient pourtant conforte dans sa distance: pour (...) lui l'esthetique forme bien le primum mobile de l'histoire de l'esprit. Cet ouvrage permet, bien mieux qu'un manuel, d'acquerir une solide connaissance de Platon et d'interessants elements touchant aussi ses deux antipodes: les presocratiques et, comme nous le suggerons, Nietzsche. (shrink)
(1 other version)Philip Merlan e la metafisica aristotelica.Walter Leszl -1970 -Rivista di Storia Della Filosofia 25 (1):3.detailsThe paper offers a discussion of Philip Merlan's contributions (in "From Platonism to Neoplatonism, The Hague 1960, e in some papers of his, now included in his "Kleine Philosophische Schriften", Hildesheim 1976) to the understanding of Aristotle's metaphysics, with particular reference to the science of being qua being.
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A Comprehensive Literature Review on Cheating.Aditya Simha &John B.Cullen -2012 -International Journal of Cyber Ethics in Education 2 (4):24-44.detailsThis article provides a comprehensive review of the literature on academic dishonesty and cheating. The different kinds of cheating behaviors and the factors associated with them are delineated and described. Suggestions are provided on how to take corrective and proactive decisions to control and thereby reduce academic dishonesty and cheating.
Ayn Rand and Austrian Economics: Two Peas in a Pod.Walter Block -2005 -Journal of Ayn Rand Studies 6 (2):259 - 269.detailsAyn Rand highly recommended the economic writings of the Austrian school, particularly those of Ludwig von Mises. At least insofar as regards antitrust, money, and government, for the most part, paradoxically, the subjectivist Austrians, and the objectivist Randians, are as two peas in a pod. On the first two of these three, moreover, Rand and Murray Rothbard are on similar sides of the argument, at least vis-a-vis Mises and F. A. Hayek. With regard to the third, there is disagreement amongst (...) the Austrians, and this is matched by ambivalence on the part of Rand herself. (shrink)
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Sinn und Sein.Walter Braun -2004 - Cuxhaven: Traude Junghans Verlag.detailsAristoteles zwischen jüdischer und islamischer Philosophie -- Die historische Vernunft und das Problem der Zeit -- Sinn und Sein -- Leben und Bewusstsein bei Dilthey -- Die Krise der Kultur und ihrer Werte sowie der Westpädagogik -- Der Sinn und seine Verfehlung -- Schuld -- Der Trieb als Gegenstand der Philosophie -- Von der Person zur Existenz? -- Die verschlungenen Wege der Ich-Pädagogik: Versuch, Geschichte der Pädagogik neu zu schreiben.