Some Thoughts Evoked by Peter Lor, Bradley Wiles, and Johannes Britz, “Re-thinking Information Ethics: Truth, Conspiracy Theories, and Librarians in the COVID-19 Era,” in LIBRI, March 2021

Libri ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Froehlich
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Information Ethics ◽  
Ethical Framework ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Holocaust Denial ◽  
Library Programming ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

Abstract The paper offers some thoughts prompted by the research paper published by Peter Lor, Bradley Wiles, and Johannes Britz, “Re-Thinking Information Ethics: Truth, Conspiracy Theories, and Librarians in the COVID-19 Era,” in LIBRI, March 2021. It highlights two significant contributions, an analysis of the misinformation in the COVID-19 pandemic and the notion of alethic rights, the right of truth of patrons based on the work of D’Agostini. This reflection then situates the COVID-19 misinformation campaign within the broader disinformation ecology within which it exists. While it agrees that alethic rights are an important ethical framework, it wonders whether it practically advances work beyond that libraries and librarians are already doing, e.g., in collection decisions, approaches to reference questions, or library programming. It looks at the debate between John Swan and Noel Peattie on the inclusion of books representing outright lies in the collection (e.g., Holocaust denial). It then contrasts a right to information and authorities propagating and validating that information with a right to misinformation and authorities for propagating and validating that misinformation that exists within disinformation ecologies. The problem of truth, its authorities and its context appears to be more complicated than an appeal to alethic truths: for example, liberals and conservatives differ on the meaning of a rational consensus on contentious political matters, such as climate change. Given the dire consequences of misinformation on democracies and public health, an appeal to professional neutrality is woefully inadequate. There must be proactive resistance, if not outright repudiation.

The right to health supports global public health

2021 ◽  
pp. 273-290
Author(s):  
Carmel Williams ◽  
Alison Blaiklock ◽  
Paul Hunt
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Health Practice ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Global Public Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Supportive Relationship ◽  
The Right ◽  
Overseas Development

In this chapter, we explain how human rights, including the right to health, are important for global public health. We introduce key human rights concepts and principles, and illustrate three approaches to the right to health: judicial, policy, and empowerment. We propose that human rights and public health are natural allies with a complementary and supportive relationship. We describe the meaning of the right to the highest attainable standard of health and its place in international, regional, and national laws. We outline ten key elements of the right to health and how the right can be operationalized in public health practice. We demonstrate this with two case studies of critically important global public health issues—climate change and children’s health, and overseas development assistance—as well as one of an emerging challenge in health, the digitization of health through Big Data.

The Right to Health in Relation to Human Rights

LAW REVIEW ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 37 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lily Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Right To Health ◽  
Health Issues ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Indian Health ◽  
Health Goals ◽  
The Right ◽  
Health Rights

Laws are an essential tool for improving public health capacity and thus for their public health outcomes. Effective responses to emerging threats and the attainment of public health goals require that the International world, States, their governments and partner organizations be legally prepared. Public health law focuses on the nexus between law, public health and the legal tools applicable to public health issues. The second part of the research paper attempts to analysis of the existing National and International guidelines, and Legislations in relation to health policy of India and access the need for a rights sensitive legislation. Third part of the research papers explores the judicial contribution in establishing right to health as basic human rights. Fourth part compares Indian health rights with some other countries. Finally the research paper suggests some recommendations that exists for a contemporary framework with proper implementation to address this issue

“Better Not to Know?”: Justifiable Limits on the Right to Information in the Realm of dtc Genetic Testing. An Analysis of the European and Spanish Legal Framework

2017 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-197 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan María Martínez Otero
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Genetic Testing ◽  
Healthcare Professional ◽  
Present Article ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Genetic Tests ◽  
Direct To Consumer ◽  
Legal Restrictions ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right

The rapid advance of genetics increases the availability in the market of different genetic tests, which can be acquired directly by consumers without the intermediation of a healthcare professional. Both the European and the Spanish legal framework have restricted the access to these direct-to-consumer (dtc) genetic tests on the grounds of different reasons, such as the protection of consumers or the preservation of public health. The present article discusses these legal restrictions under the light of the right to information.

Conspiracy theories cost societies dear

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Climate Change ◽  
Antibiotic Resistance ◽  
Corrective Action ◽  
Conspiracy Theories ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pilot Programme ◽  
Global Action

Significance The aim of the pilot programme will be to accelerate the identification of misinformation. Deliberate disinformation campaigns have already affected elections and politics, but falsehoods online are also affecting public health -- measles cases this year globally are the highest in over a decade -- and climate change, where misinformation has successfully sown doubt about the facts, delaying global action. Impacts Getting more doctors online could combat misinformation from unqualified individuals. Antibiotic resistance may become another area where misinformation may obstruct corrective action. Climate change activists may be targeted in misinformation campaigns.

scholarly journals Beyond the Right of Access: A Critique of the Legalist Approach to Dissemination of Climate Change Information in Kenya

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2530
Author(s):  
Joe Ageyo ◽  
Idah Gatwiri Muchunku
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Diffusion Of Innovations ◽  
National Level ◽  
Multilateral Environmental Agreements ◽  
The Public ◽  
Qualitative Research Design ◽  
Climate Change Information ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right ◽  
Scientific Narratives

Kenya has strengthened its climate change governance by developing national level instruments. Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration requires countries to ensure that each individual has appropriate access to public environmental information. Kenya has anchored the right to information in its constitution and the 2016 Access to Information Act. However, this legalist approach has left a translation gap since climate change information is availed in a form and language that is largely inaccessible to the public. To address the gap, this study reviewed the effectiveness of dissemination and access to climate change information among Kenyans as a measure of the country’s fidelity to the decisions of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and other Multilateral Environmental Agreements, to which it is party. The study, guided by the diffusion of innovations theoretical framework and the encoding/decoding model, adopted a qualitative research design. Desk research and in-depth interviews were used to collect data. Results revealed that the current dissemination practices of climate change information in Kenya were not effectively reaching grassroots communities due to socio-economic and language barriers. The study recommends repackaging the information into vernacular and non-scientific narratives that resonate with the daily experiences of local Kenyan communities.

Analysis on Research Paper Publication Recommendation System with Composition of Papers and Conferences Matrices

2020 ◽  
pp. 120-127
Author(s):  
Htay Htay Win ◽  
Aye Thida Myint ◽  
Mi Cho Cho
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Dimensionality Reduction ◽  
Correspondence Analysis ◽  
Recommendation System ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
Topic Modelling ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
The Right ◽  
Publication Recommendation

For years, achievements and discoveries made by researcher are made aware through research papers published in appropriate journals or conferences. Many a time, established s researcher and mainly new user are caught up in the predicament of choosing an appropriate conference to get their work all the time. Every scienti?c conference and journal is inclined towards a particular ?eld of research and there is a extensive group of them for any particular ?eld. Choosing an appropriate venue is needed as it helps in reaching out to the right listener and also to further one’s chance of getting their paper published. In this work, we address the problem of recommending appropriate conferences to the authors to increase their chances of receipt. We present three di?erent approaches for the same involving the use of social network of the authors and the content of the paper in the settings of dimensionality reduction and topic modelling. In all these approaches, we apply Correspondence Analysis (CA) to obtain appropriate relationships between the entities in question, such as conferences and papers. Our models show hopeful results when compared with existing methods such as content-based ?ltering, collaborative ?ltering and hybrid ?ltering.

Analytical Study of Violence Theme in Victoria Schwab’s This Savage Song

2019 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Analytical Study ◽  
Research Paper ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Vicious Cycle ◽  
Aggressive Approach ◽  
Research Article ◽  
The People ◽  
The Social ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
The Right

This research article focuses on the theme of violence and its representation by the characters of the novel “This Savage Song” by Victoria Schwab. How violence is transmitted through genes to next generations and to what extent socio- psycho factors are involved in it, has also been discussed. Similarly, in what manner violent events and deeds by the parents affect the psychology of children and how it inculcates aggressive behaviour in their minds has been studied. What role is played by the parents in grooming the personality of children and ultimately their decisions to choose the right or wrong way has been argued. In the light of the theory of Judith Harris, this research paper highlights all the phenomena involved: How the social hierarchy controls the behaviour. In addition, the aggressive approach of the people in their lives has been analyzed in the light of the study of second theorist Thomas W Blume. As the novel is a unique representation of supernatural characters, the monsters, which are the products of some cruel deeds, this research paper brings out different dimensions of human sufferings with respect to these supernatural beings. Moreover, the researcher also discusses that, in what manner the curse of violence creates an inevitable vicious cycle of cruel monsters that makes the life of the characters turbulent and miserable.

Level of Awareness on the Right to Information Act, 2005 Among Beneficiaries in Selected Districts of Rajasthan

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-120
Author(s):  
Harendra Singh ◽  
◽  
Dr. S.S. Chouhan Dr. S.S. Chouhan ◽  
Dr. Sonia Dutt Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Right To Information ◽  
The Right
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