{"title":"A Review of James A. Gross’s Shameful Business: The Case for Human Rights in the American Workplace and R. P. McIntyre’s Are Worker Rights Human Rights?","authors":"W. Griffith","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20111111","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20111111","url":null,"abstract":"The two books approach the problem of enhancing undervalued ‘Worker Rights’ from quite variant viewpoints, presenting an intriguing divergence of views on a very important question. For some time, many advocates for Labor rights have been trying to hitch their wagon to the star of “human rights”, as a way of stressing the fundamental importance and the universality of the rights-claims made, notwithstanding their serious neglect in recent U.S. labor history. The rights claims involved – the right to associate, to form unions, to bargain collectively, and to strike – are somewhat vaguely identified in Human Rights documents, but have not received much emphasis.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"126 1","pages":"1-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75452487","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Modern Olympics & Post-Modern Athletics: A Clash in Values","authors":"Randall Mayes","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101069","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101069","url":null,"abstract":"While the overwhelming majority of professions do not regulate the use of performance enhancements, athletics has become a lightning rod. Analysis of the current policies regulating athletic enhancements reveals that drawing the line on what is permitted is an ethically and politically arbitrary process, and sport governing bodies hold athletes to a different standard. The World Anti-Doping Agency uses “the spirit of sport” as criteria for banning enhancements while recent findings in genomics reveals the spirit of being human is to take advantage of what is available for survival. These contradictions question the reasoning and validity of the current regulations of athletic enhancements.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"106 1","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76085882","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cognition Enhancing Drugs: Just Say Yes?","authors":"G. Miller","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81804234","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Knowledge and Mystery: The Impact of Contemporary Science on Metaphysics","authors":"P. Darriulat","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101047","url":null,"abstract":"The article, meant to address philosophers and scientists as well as the interested layman, expresses the views of a physicist on the strong impact that contemporary science has on the traditional approach to metaphysics, implying an in-depth revision of many concepts that have been happily used for centuries. The implications of taking seriously the main message of contemporary neurosciences – there is nothing else than interacting atoms in our brains – are explored. Free will, and its reconciliation with scientific determinism, is used as an illustration. Contemporary science has shed new light on the circularity of knowledge and allows for a clearer separation between science and metaphysics, between knowledge and religious beliefs. At the same time it reveals the fundamental inability of knowledge at unravelling mysteries such as knowing why the world exists, rather than nothing.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"66 1","pages":"10-25"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82791560","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Todd E. Feinberg’s From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self","authors":"Alexander Murphy-Nakhnikian","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101046","url":null,"abstract":"Overview Since Phineas Gage’s unfortunate encounter with an iron rod, so-called “experiments of nature” have provided valuable insight into the function of the nervous system. As neuroscience has uncovered more about the workings of the brain, scientists, clinicians and philosophers have found progressively more refined frameworks in which to discuss the effects of neurological dysfunction. In From Axons to Identity: Neurological Explorations of the Nature of the Self (ATI), psychiatrist Todd E. Feinberg explores both clinical and physiological evidence in the hope of clarifying one of the great mysteries of modern science: How do the brain’s diverse and disparate regions produce a unified sense of self?","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72680202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Does Singer's \"Famine, Affluence and Morality\" Inescapably Commit Us to His Conclusion?","authors":"Roger Y. Chao","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101034","url":null,"abstract":"Thus Singer believes that his argument leads to the inescapable conclusion that we should keep giving to the poor (be it in terms of time, money, effort etc.) until giving more, will harm us more than it will benefit them. It seems that Singer's argument is valid, but what I will present in this paper are some difficulties with the truth of his 3rd premise based on its definition of “comparable moral importance”.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"17 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79584546","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of J. Angelo Corlett’s Race, Rights, and Justice","authors":"Walter J. Riker","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"3 1","pages":"1-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88215131","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Animal Research, Animal Welfare, and the Three R's*","authors":"B. Rollin","doi":"10.5840/JPSL20101022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL20101022","url":null,"abstract":"The last 50 years have witnessed a dazzling array of social and ethical revolutions in Western society. Such movements as feminism, civil rights, environmentalism, affirmative action, consumer advocacy, pro-and anti-abortion activism, homosexual rights, children‟s rights, the student movement, antiwar activism and public rejection of biotechnology have changed the way in which governments and public institutions comport themselves. This is equally true for private enterprise: to be successful, businesses and institutions must be seen as operating solidly in harmony with changing and emerging social ethics.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"38 1","pages":"1-11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2010-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80698837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Autonomy as an Element of Human Dignity in South African Case Law","authors":"D. Jordaan","doi":"10.5840/JPSL2009933","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL2009933","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction Human dignity features prominently in various international human rights instruments. In addition, human dignity is also a central concept in biolaw and bioethics – fields that are becoming increasingly relevant as the biological revolution dawns on mankind. But what exactly is meant by human dignity? Especially in the fields of biolaw and bioethics, human dignity has been used to support various divergent points of view. This apparent absence of a clear meaning creates questions about the usefulness of this concept, and valid fears that it can easily serve to camouflage unconvincing arguments and unarticulated biases. John Harris provides a colorful analogy:","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"38 1","pages":"1-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90288990","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Review of Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved","authors":"Andrew McAninch","doi":"10.5840/JPSL2009922","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5840/JPSL2009922","url":null,"abstract":"It is hard to deny the importance of Frans de Waal’s work on primate behavior, which spans over three decades, including the last 18 years at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center at Emory University. De Waal’s work has contributed to a substantial shift in scientific and popular thinking about animal social behavior. Specifically, de Waal’s research on primate peacemaking, conflict resolution, and pro-social behavior has discredited the assumption that primates are purely selfish, individualistic, and aggressive beasts. His work makes the case that not only do many primates exhibit truly other-regarding behavior but also that this behavior is as deeply rooted in their nature as is any instinct for self-preservation. Primates behave pro-socially not despite their biological dispositions but rather as a natural manifestation of them. In short—de Waal has argued—primates, our closest evolutionary ancestors, are fundamentally good-natured.","PeriodicalId":88325,"journal":{"name":"The journal of philosophy, science & law","volume":"5 1","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2009-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81739535","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}