Wooler.Scottus

This blog is concerned with most topics in applied philosophy. In particular it is concerned with autonomy, love and other emotions. comments are most welcome

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Saturday, 30 January 2010

"Caring about" ill persons

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In chapter 2 of her book (illness, 2008, Acumen) Havi Carel discusses the attitude of others towards her illness; this is an excellent book ...

Wednesday, 13 January 2010

Patient Advocacy and Caring

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In this posting I want to explore the idea of caring further in a nursing context. It is now common to talk of nurses of not just caring for...

Thursday, 3 December 2009

The Domain of Political Apology

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We live in an age of apparent forgiveness. In this age all sorts of organisations such as governments, corporations, universities and even c...

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

Forgiveness and Narrative

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If someone asks for forgiveness Griswold argues she must take responsibility for her harmful actions ( Forgiveness , Cambridge University Pr...

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Forgiving Polanski

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Recently Roman Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on a warrant from the USA for a rape committed in 1978. In this posting I want to use th...

Tuesday, 13 October 2009

Unconditional Forgiveness

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Charles Griswold argues that there are certain conditions attached to the concept of forgiveness and that one cannot truly forgive unless...

Wednesday, 30 September 2009

Pornography

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Sex sells or so it would seem. In the western world we have developed a large porn industry as demonstrated by the BBC television documentar...

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