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2021 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 101859
Author(s):  
Chris Florackis ◽  
Sushil Sainani
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Author(s):  
T. J. Holzman

AbstractAmongst other countries, the Netherlands currently allows euthanasia, provided the physician performing the procedure adheres to a strict set of requirements. In 2016, Second Chamber member Pia Dijkstra submitted a law proposal which would also allow euthanasia without the reason necessarily having any medical foundation; euthanasia on the basis of a completed life. The debate on this topic has been ongoing for over two decades, but this law proposal has made the discussion much more immediate and concrete. This paper considers the moral permissibility of Pia Dijkstra’s law proposal, focusing on the ethics of the implementation Dijkstra describes in her proposal. I argue that, at present, Dijkstra’s law proposal is unsuitable for implementation, due to a number of as of yet unaddressed problems, including the possible development of an ageist stigma and undue pressure on the profession of end-of-life coordinator. Perhaps adequate responses can be conceived to address these issues. However, the existence of a radically different, yet currently equally unacceptable position regarding the implementation of euthanasia for a completed life as proposed by fellow party member Paul Schnabel suggests it may be difficult to formulate an ethically acceptable implementation for this, in principle, ethically acceptable concept.


2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-31
Author(s):  
Charles Williams ◽  

At what point is a discussion a debate, and at what point is it undue pressure? Is all unwanted pressure a kind of manipulation and violence? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, the narrator is invited by his father to go duck hunting as part of their bonding time. The narrator wants to spend time with his father, but expresses ethical concerns about hunting ducks. The father asserts hunting is a natural part of human evolution. The debate continues as the narrator decides to go on the hunt, but is undecided if he will pull the trigger. The story ends with father and son in the blind just at the moment before the narrator must decide if he is going to pull the trigger.


2019 ◽  
pp. 367-377
Author(s):  
Oleksandr BOROVYTSKYI

The article deals with issues of judicial governance and judicial self-governance as a guarantee of the independence of the judiciary, examines their general and purpose, points out their distinction not only at the terminology but also at the functional level. The provisions of the updated legislation on the organizational forms and activities of judicial governance and judicial self-governance bodies, their interaction in terms of ensuring the principle of independence of the judiciary are analyzed. In this context, issues related to such bodies of judicial governance as the High Council of Justice, the High Qualifications Commission of Judges of Ukraine and bodies of judicial self-governance are considered. Based on the analysis, it was concluded that the bodies entrusted with protecting the independence of judges should be autonomous, independent judicial authorities, which provides for the possibility of individual judges exercising their functions regardless of any control by the executive and legislative branches and without undue pressure from within the judicial system, which is the source of International and European standards in the field of justice. It is determined that in the general purpose - ensuring the independence of the judiciary and judges, the purpose of the «judicial governance» is to create and provide for the organs of the judiciary such organizational conditions under which the activity of the court will be transparent, justice - fair, impartial, and judges to meet high requirements training, ethics and integrity. «Judicial self-governance» is also focused on protecting the professional rights of judges and resolving issues of internal court activity. Based on the analysis of the provisions of the updated legislation, it is foreseen that some powers of the Integrity and Ethics Commission may interfere with the activities of the High Council of Justice and thus violate the principle of independence of the body.


Significance Urzua’s abrupt departure is the most high-profile that AMLO has experienced in his seven months in office. Impacts The peso will be volatile for some time but a tight monetary policy should avert any long-term depreciation due to Urzua’s resignation. His resignation deprives the government of an individual trusted by the markets to contain the government’s most statist members. Herrera is known to favour lower interest rates, but there is no expectation that he will put undue pressure on the Bank of Mexico.


Author(s):  
Seana Valentine Shiffrin

This chapter examines what moral obligations, if any, remain or are incurred when one promises under duress. In general, duress holds that unjustified or wrongfully exerted coercion entirely exonerates the party subjected to undue pressure from responsibility for whatever actions the duress produces. This is the dominant view, one that is powerful and attractive. The chapter explains whether and why it should matter that one's promisee is a moral criminal, the proverbial highway robber. It first draws a connection between honoring initiated promises under duress and the conditions of moral progress, taking into account issues such as those relating to third parties and contracts. It then proposes an alternative to the dominant view about promises made under duress, an alternative inspired by some remarks of Immanuel Kant and of Adam Smith. It concludes by considering some objections to the moral appropriateness of honoring promises made under duress.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 447-457 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rajiv Prabhakar

Automatic enrolment (AE) into a workplace pension is an important recent development in pension policy. An important question for this policy is why do people opt-out or not opt-out of AE? This question is important for understanding the power of suggestion associated with AE as well as responding to concerns that women might face undue pressure to opt-out. This article addresses this question through a focus group study into the United Kingdom’s new AE policy. Women were more likely than men to cite lack of affordability as a reason for opting out. Lack of information also seemed important for the power of suggestion associated with AE. Further research should explore how to make AE less gender blind as well as the types of information or advice that should be provided alongside AE.


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