Practical Ethics: Establishing a Pathway to Benefit for Complex Pharmacogenomic Tests

This chapter builds a picture of a critical, feminist ethics of care as a feminist practical ethics for international relations. It focuses on care ethics as a moral framework for addressing the challenges of humanitarianism—in a manner that foregrounds human needs while not depoliticizing or taking for granted the category of “human.” A care ethics approach furthers the transformative aims of feminism, while refusing to cast “women-and-children” as vulnerable victims in need of protection. The ethics of care also offers a substantive focus for policy and practice around diverse and competing needs for care. Far from confining women to their roles as carers, this approach exposes patterns of gender inequality in care practices, while retaining a focus on the contribution of the voice and labour of care—in multiple and diverse forms—for all social groups and communities.

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Philosophical Ethics and Practical Ethics

Clinical Ethics ◽

10.1007/978-1-4612-3708-2_11 ◽

1989 ◽

pp. 201-230 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Barry Hoffmaster

Keyword(s):

Practical Ethics ◽

Philosophical Ethics

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Recapturing the Meaning of Akhlāq Islāmiyyah: An Analysis of the Article “Akhlak” in the Encyclopedia of Islam

AL-ITQAN JOURNAL OF ISLAMIC SCIENCES AND COMPARATIVE STUDIES ◽

10.31436/al-itqan.v2i1.40 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 21-39

Author(s):

Amilah binti Awang Abd Rahman

Keyword(s):

Key Words ◽

Qualitative Methodology ◽

Textual Analysis ◽

Comparative Method ◽

Ethical Thought ◽

Practical Ethics ◽

Key Words Ethics ◽

Islamic Thought ◽

History Of

Abstract This paper will analytically study the Islamic meaning of akhlaq as portrayed by two Western writers in the article entitled “Akhlak” published in the Encyclopedia of Islam. The author highlights the contribution of Western scholars especially Walzer and Gibb to the understanding of history of the development of Islamic thought and disciplines. By employing the qualitative methodology, the author uses textual analysis and comparative method on the writings of both thinkers and others. Findings indicate that there are several weaknesses in the writing that include limiting the scope of akhlaq to practical ethics of selected virtues, the lacking of clear detachment between akhlaq and ethical thought, and others. Key words: Ethics, Akhlaq, Philosophy, Islam, Encyclopedia of Islam.

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