Publications by authors named "T Furlan"
In a series of papers in the early 1970s and in his important book Abortion and the Sanctity of Human Life (1975), Baruch Brody offered what remains to this day one of the most philosophically rigorous contributions to the debate concerning the morality of abortion and the ethics of homicide more generally. In this paper I would like to critically examine Brody's argument that abortion is sometimes justifiable in some cases even when (1) one cannot claim self-defense, or (2) diminished responsibility, and (3) the abortion is a 'killing' rather than a 'not saving.' This justification, I argue, is limited to certain cases in which the life of the mother is at stake.
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- Transient acantholytic dermatosis, or Grover's disease, is a skin condition that causes red, itchy bumps mainly on the trunk, mostly seen in men over 50, and can be triggered by heat, sweat, sun exposure, and some medications.
- A case study highlighted a 65-year-old man with a severe rash and a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection, who developed COVID-19 pneumonia, showing the link between Grover's disease and COVID-19.
- The patient’s skin lesions improved with corticosteroids, suggesting that awareness of Grover's disease in COVID-19 patients is important for diagnosis and treatment.
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- - Rachels critiques the traditional Western view on the morality of killing but fails to propose a solid alternative, leaving his arguments unconvincing.
- - His version of preference utilitarianism is flawed because it shares the same issues as classical utilitarianism and lacks a clear method for maximizing preferences.
- - Rachels' views on the sanctity of life and autonomy raise ethical concerns, potentially allowing justifications for murder and blurring the line between killing and letting die.
In this paper I critically examine the implications of the uncodifiability thesis for principlism as a pluralistic and non-absolute generalist ethical theory. In this regard, I begin with a brief overview of W.D.
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