Samuel Scheffler
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780199257676
- eISBN:
- 9780191600197
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0199257671.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
Scheffler's main aim in this essay is to explore the nature of ‘associative duties’—the special duties that participants in close personal relationships and members of significant social groups are ...
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Scheffler's main aim in this essay is to explore the nature of ‘associative duties’—the special duties that participants in close personal relationships and members of significant social groups are thought to have to one another. These duties occupy a central position in common‐sense moral thinking, even though their precise content is often unclear. Scheffler considers two objections to associative duties: the voluntarist objection, rooted in an ideal of freedom and autonomy; and the distributive objection, rooted in a principle of equality. Like associative duties themselves, the values of freedom and equality exert genuine authority within common‐sense moral thought, and so there are deep internal conflicts in our thinking about the extent of our responsibilities to different individuals and groups.Less
Scheffler's main aim in this essay is to explore the nature of ‘associative duties’—the special duties that participants in close personal relationships and members of significant social groups are thought to have to one another. These duties occupy a central position in common‐sense moral thinking, even though their precise content is often unclear. Scheffler considers two objections to associative duties: the voluntarist objection, rooted in an ideal of freedom and autonomy; and the distributive objection, rooted in a principle of equality. Like associative duties themselves, the values of freedom and equality exert genuine authority within common‐sense moral thought, and so there are deep internal conflicts in our thinking about the extent of our responsibilities to different individuals and groups.
Robert C. Solomon and Fernando Flores
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195161113
- eISBN:
- 9780199869220
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195161114.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Everyone agrees that trust is essential for decent human relationships, but our understanding of trust too often collapses in platitudes and falsehoods. It is typically treated as some sort of ...
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Everyone agrees that trust is essential for decent human relationships, but our understanding of trust too often collapses in platitudes and falsehoods. It is typically treated as some sort of inarticulate bond between people, a social “glue” or interpersonal lubricant. In what Francis Fukuyama has famously called “high trust” societies, it functions as a kind of cultural “atmosphere” or “climate.” In personal relationships, we usually confuse trust with an unthinking, taken‐for‐granted attitude of unquestioning acceptance, or what we call “simple trust,” like the trust of a child for its parents. In business, we too readily conflate trust with contractual agreements and the enforcement that goes along with them. What we argue in this book is that trust is first of all a matter of decision, commitment, and action, whether in an intimate relationship like a marriage or in the businesslike atmosphere of a corporation. We introduce the notion of authentic trust, trust that is neither naïve nor “blind” but trust with its eyes wide open. It is a risky and uncertain world, but trust is what allows us to navigate it successfully, together. Our aim is not only to understand trust but also to give the reader the tools to build and maintain trust in personal and business relationships and to restore trust even when it has been lost or betrayed. Building Trust has grown out of many decades of experience, consulting with both corporations and couples.Less
Everyone agrees that trust is essential for decent human relationships, but our understanding of trust too often collapses in platitudes and falsehoods. It is typically treated as some sort of inarticulate bond between people, a social “glue” or interpersonal lubricant. In what Francis Fukuyama has famously called “high trust” societies, it functions as a kind of cultural “atmosphere” or “climate.” In personal relationships, we usually confuse trust with an unthinking, taken‐for‐granted attitude of unquestioning acceptance, or what we call “simple trust,” like the trust of a child for its parents. In business, we too readily conflate trust with contractual agreements and the enforcement that goes along with them. What we argue in this book is that trust is first of all a matter of decision, commitment, and action, whether in an intimate relationship like a marriage or in the businesslike atmosphere of a corporation. We introduce the notion of authentic trust, trust that is neither naïve nor “blind” but trust with its eyes wide open. It is a risky and uncertain world, but trust is what allows us to navigate it successfully, together. Our aim is not only to understand trust but also to give the reader the tools to build and maintain trust in personal and business relationships and to restore trust even when it has been lost or betrayed. Building Trust has grown out of many decades of experience, consulting with both corporations and couples.
GRAHAM GOULD
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263456
- eISBN:
- 9780191682551
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263456.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Early Christian Studies
The arguments of this work have clearly shown that the teaching of the Egyptian Desert Fathers on the monastic life was profoundly concerned not only with such subjects as asceticism, prayer, and ...
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The arguments of this work have clearly shown that the teaching of the Egyptian Desert Fathers on the monastic life was profoundly concerned not only with such subjects as asceticism, prayer, and temptation, or with problems such as the place of monasticism in the wider Church and society, but also with the question of monastic community, or personal relationships within the monastic life. The complexity of the Desert Fathers' attitudes to personal relationships invalidates all simplistic attempts to see in the monastic movement a rejection of human contacts in the interests of a ‘flight of the alone to be alone’. The appeal of the Desert Fathers today confirms their effectiveness as teachers and communicators of the values of monastic life. The Apophtegmata remains a testimony to the Desert Fathers' wisdom in committing their message to the care of an oral and literary form.Less
The arguments of this work have clearly shown that the teaching of the Egyptian Desert Fathers on the monastic life was profoundly concerned not only with such subjects as asceticism, prayer, and temptation, or with problems such as the place of monasticism in the wider Church and society, but also with the question of monastic community, or personal relationships within the monastic life. The complexity of the Desert Fathers' attitudes to personal relationships invalidates all simplistic attempts to see in the monastic movement a rejection of human contacts in the interests of a ‘flight of the alone to be alone’. The appeal of the Desert Fathers today confirms their effectiveness as teachers and communicators of the values of monastic life. The Apophtegmata remains a testimony to the Desert Fathers' wisdom in committing their message to the care of an oral and literary form.
Robert McKim
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195128352
- eISBN:
- 9780199834488
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195128354.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
There have been a number of attempts to argue from the ambiguity that surrounds the existence of God to atheism. John Schellenberg offers one such argument: he proposes that a perfectly loving God ...
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There have been a number of attempts to argue from the ambiguity that surrounds the existence of God to atheism. John Schellenberg offers one such argument: he proposes that a perfectly loving God would not permit nonbelief to be reasonable for anyone who is capable of a personal relationship with God. I contend that arguments of this sort are unconvincing.Less
There have been a number of attempts to argue from the ambiguity that surrounds the existence of God to atheism. John Schellenberg offers one such argument: he proposes that a perfectly loving God would not permit nonbelief to be reasonable for anyone who is capable of a personal relationship with God. I contend that arguments of this sort are unconvincing.
Samuel Scheffler
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199579952
- eISBN:
- 9780191595233
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579952.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy, Political Philosophy
This chapter argues that any coherent morality will make room for partiality, not merely in the sense that it will permit or require partial behaviour in some circumstances, but also in the sense ...
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This chapter argues that any coherent morality will make room for partiality, not merely in the sense that it will permit or require partial behaviour in some circumstances, but also in the sense that it will treat ‘reasons of partiality’ as bearing directly on the rightness and wrongness of actions. Reasons of partiality include project-dependent, relationship-dependent, and membership-dependent reasons. Although the content of morality is not exhausted by such reasons, Thomas Scanlon and others have suggested that moral reasons in general have their source in interpersonal relationships of a certain kind. This chapter examines these suggestions and identifies a number of difficulties that must be addressed if such a ‘relational’ view of morality is to be defended.Less
This chapter argues that any coherent morality will make room for partiality, not merely in the sense that it will permit or require partial behaviour in some circumstances, but also in the sense that it will treat ‘reasons of partiality’ as bearing directly on the rightness and wrongness of actions. Reasons of partiality include project-dependent, relationship-dependent, and membership-dependent reasons. Although the content of morality is not exhausted by such reasons, Thomas Scanlon and others have suggested that moral reasons in general have their source in interpersonal relationships of a certain kind. This chapter examines these suggestions and identifies a number of difficulties that must be addressed if such a ‘relational’ view of morality is to be defended.
A. W. Price
- Published in print:
- 1990
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198248996
- eISBN:
- 9780191681172
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198248996.001.0001
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This book fully explores for the first time an idea common to Plato and Aristotle, which unites their treatments—otherwise very different—of love and friendship. The idea is that although persons are ...
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This book fully explores for the first time an idea common to Plato and Aristotle, which unites their treatments—otherwise very different—of love and friendship. The idea is that although persons are separate, their lives need not be. One person's life may overflow into another's, and as such, helping another person is a way of serving oneself. The book shows how their view of love and friendship, within not only personal relationships, but also the household and even the city-state, promises to resolve the old dichotomy between egoism and altruism.Less
This book fully explores for the first time an idea common to Plato and Aristotle, which unites their treatments—otherwise very different—of love and friendship. The idea is that although persons are separate, their lives need not be. One person's life may overflow into another's, and as such, helping another person is a way of serving oneself. The book shows how their view of love and friendship, within not only personal relationships, but also the household and even the city-state, promises to resolve the old dichotomy between egoism and altruism.
Shelly L. Gable and Courtney L. Gosnell
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195373585
- eISBN:
- 9780199893263
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195373585.003.0017
- Subject:
- Psychology, Social Psychology, Health Psychology
Research has unequivocally shown that close relationships are strongly linked to health and well-being. This chapter reviews work that has focused on processes that promote high-quality relationships ...
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Research has unequivocally shown that close relationships are strongly linked to health and well-being. This chapter reviews work that has focused on processes that promote high-quality relationships and the role that these processes play in health and well-being. It then discusses areas that are ripe for future research on positive processes in close relationships that are likely to shed light on important links to health and well-being.Less
Research has unequivocally shown that close relationships are strongly linked to health and well-being. This chapter reviews work that has focused on processes that promote high-quality relationships and the role that these processes play in health and well-being. It then discusses areas that are ripe for future research on positive processes in close relationships that are likely to shed light on important links to health and well-being.
Warren F. Kimball
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206262
- eISBN:
- 9780191677052
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206262.003.0018
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, Political History
According to Winston Churchill, the Second World War breathed new life into the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain. Over forty-five years after the end of the war, American ...
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According to Winston Churchill, the Second World War breathed new life into the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain. Over forty-five years after the end of the war, American images of its closest wartime ally remain dominated by the Battle of Britain, the desert war, and Winston Churchill — all of which bombard American television audiences almost weekly in one documentary or another. Added to that is a constant stream of motion pictures and television docu-dramas set in wartime Britain. But even the Second World War pales next to what one observer called ‘the Churchill Cult’, perpetuated by an informal public relations machine that should be the envy of most governments. Part and parcel of the heroic depiction of Churchill is his link with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The strong Anglo-American relations and the personal relationship between the two men made victory possible against Germany, Italy, and Japan.Less
According to Winston Churchill, the Second World War breathed new life into the ‘special relationship’ between the United States and Britain. Over forty-five years after the end of the war, American images of its closest wartime ally remain dominated by the Battle of Britain, the desert war, and Winston Churchill — all of which bombard American television audiences almost weekly in one documentary or another. Added to that is a constant stream of motion pictures and television docu-dramas set in wartime Britain. But even the Second World War pales next to what one observer called ‘the Churchill Cult’, perpetuated by an informal public relations machine that should be the envy of most governments. Part and parcel of the heroic depiction of Churchill is his link with U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The strong Anglo-American relations and the personal relationship between the two men made victory possible against Germany, Italy, and Japan.
J. R. LUCAS
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198235781
- eISBN:
- 9780191679117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198235781.003.0012
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
The concept of responsibility has less application to the intimate world of personal relationships, in which first-personal rather than omni-personal reasoning is paramount, but irresponsibility can ...
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The concept of responsibility has less application to the intimate world of personal relationships, in which first-personal rather than omni-personal reasoning is paramount, but irresponsibility can be deeply corrosive, particularly in matters of sexual morality and family obligation. This chapter discusses these together with issues of loyalty to the group, and reaches unfashionable conclusions, being much harder on permissiveness than advanced thinkers of the present age, and softer on homosexuality than would be approved by popular sentiment.Less
The concept of responsibility has less application to the intimate world of personal relationships, in which first-personal rather than omni-personal reasoning is paramount, but irresponsibility can be deeply corrosive, particularly in matters of sexual morality and family obligation. This chapter discusses these together with issues of loyalty to the group, and reaches unfashionable conclusions, being much harder on permissiveness than advanced thinkers of the present age, and softer on homosexuality than would be approved by popular sentiment.
Bill Jordan
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847420800
- eISBN:
- 9781447304210
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847420800.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Health, Illness, and Medicine
Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for ...
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Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for political and social institutions and policy. This book presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of social value, and outlines how it could be incorporated into public policy decisions. It argues that the grandiose attempt to maximise welfare and regulate social relations through contract, in line with the economic theory of information and incentives, is counterproductive for well-being. Instead, both the quality of personal experience and the restraints necessary for a convivial collective life would be better served by a focus on cultures and institutions.Less
Research on well-being reveals the significance of personal relationships, trust and participation to sustain quality of life, yet it is the economic model that remains the dominant basis for political and social institutions and policy. This book presents a new analysis of well-being in terms of social value, and outlines how it could be incorporated into public policy decisions. It argues that the grandiose attempt to maximise welfare and regulate social relations through contract, in line with the economic theory of information and incentives, is counterproductive for well-being. Instead, both the quality of personal experience and the restraints necessary for a convivial collective life would be better served by a focus on cultures and institutions.
Bruce Headey, Peter Krause, and Gert G. Wagner
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199860586
- eISBN:
- 9780199932948
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199860586.003.0017
- Subject:
- Social Work, Social Policy, Children and Families
This chapter suggests that measures of financial poverty should be based on individuals having low consumption and low wealth, as well as low income. Having set out a case for doing this, it provides ...
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This chapter suggests that measures of financial poverty should be based on individuals having low consumption and low wealth, as well as low income. Having set out a case for doing this, it provides revised estimates of poverty based on all three dimensions of economic well-being in Australia. Then, using this extended measure of financial poverty, it reassesses links between poverty and a range of subjective/psychological outcomes relating to life satisfaction, perceived standard of living, personal relationships, and health. After completing the initial analysis for Australia, the robustness of estimates is verified by implementing a similar measure of financial poverty in Germany requiring individuals to have both low income and low wealth to be considered poor. The analyses indicate that poverty, measured in this more comprehensive manner, has worse effects, a wider range of effects, and perhaps more complicated effects than most recent research has admitted.Less
This chapter suggests that measures of financial poverty should be based on individuals having low consumption and low wealth, as well as low income. Having set out a case for doing this, it provides revised estimates of poverty based on all three dimensions of economic well-being in Australia. Then, using this extended measure of financial poverty, it reassesses links between poverty and a range of subjective/psychological outcomes relating to life satisfaction, perceived standard of living, personal relationships, and health. After completing the initial analysis for Australia, the robustness of estimates is verified by implementing a similar measure of financial poverty in Germany requiring individuals to have both low income and low wealth to be considered poor. The analyses indicate that poverty, measured in this more comprehensive manner, has worse effects, a wider range of effects, and perhaps more complicated effects than most recent research has admitted.
Landon R. Y. Storrs
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691153964
- eISBN:
- 9781400845255
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691153964.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter looks at private letters and other unpublished sources about defendants other than the Keyserlings to recapture the subjective experience of being investigated, not as an exercise in ...
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This chapter looks at private letters and other unpublished sources about defendants other than the Keyserlings to recapture the subjective experience of being investigated, not as an exercise in voyeurism but to explain why the effects were so profound. The experience of being under loyalty investigation produced a wide range of responses from individuals and had many long-lasting effects—on their economic security, mental and physical health, personal relationships, and civic participation. Many loyalty defendants preferred to remain silent about these humiliating experiences, but examining them is necessary to establish the context in which these people made difficult strategic and ethical decisions about how best to protect themselves.Less
This chapter looks at private letters and other unpublished sources about defendants other than the Keyserlings to recapture the subjective experience of being investigated, not as an exercise in voyeurism but to explain why the effects were so profound. The experience of being under loyalty investigation produced a wide range of responses from individuals and had many long-lasting effects—on their economic security, mental and physical health, personal relationships, and civic participation. Many loyalty defendants preferred to remain silent about these humiliating experiences, but examining them is necessary to establish the context in which these people made difficult strategic and ethical decisions about how best to protect themselves.
Michael Slote
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195093926
- eISBN:
- 9780199833689
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195093925.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
The value of personal relationships and of political involvement can be understood in virtue‐ethical terms, but it is not clear that a good friend who prefers his friends is morally superior to ...
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The value of personal relationships and of political involvement can be understood in virtue‐ethical terms, but it is not clear that a good friend who prefers his friends is morally superior to someone who is always impartial.Less
The value of personal relationships and of political involvement can be understood in virtue‐ethical terms, but it is not clear that a good friend who prefers his friends is morally superior to someone who is always impartial.
Elizabeth Boa
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198158196
- eISBN:
- 9780191673283
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198158196.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
In 1920, in Merano, Kafka began correspondence with Milena Jesenská when he was on leave from work due to ill health. As the two had already met in the previous year, and since Milena had requested ...
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In 1920, in Merano, Kafka began correspondence with Milena Jesenská when he was on leave from work due to ill health. As the two had already met in the previous year, and since Milena had requested permission for being able to translate his works, this correspondence continued until January 1921. Kafka and Milena met a few times during this correspondence, and Kafka's trust in Milena had become evident, since he entrusted her with the letter that he had not been able to send to his father. Milena passed on Kafka's diaries to Max Brod. This chapter discusses how Milena encountered several different conflicts, and these mainly involved personal relationships. Since Milena came from Czechoslovakia, this chapter explains how national identity serves as an integral element in Milena's will strength.Less
In 1920, in Merano, Kafka began correspondence with Milena Jesenská when he was on leave from work due to ill health. As the two had already met in the previous year, and since Milena had requested permission for being able to translate his works, this correspondence continued until January 1921. Kafka and Milena met a few times during this correspondence, and Kafka's trust in Milena had become evident, since he entrusted her with the letter that he had not been able to send to his father. Milena passed on Kafka's diaries to Max Brod. This chapter discusses how Milena encountered several different conflicts, and these mainly involved personal relationships. Since Milena came from Czechoslovakia, this chapter explains how national identity serves as an integral element in Milena's will strength.
Mark Smith
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861349088
- eISBN:
- 9781447303268
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861349088.003.0008
- Subject:
- Social Work, Children and Families
The personal–professional relationship is fundamental to working with children, but it is also nuanced, duplicitous, and ambiguous. There is a need to embrace this complexity and ensure proper ...
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The personal–professional relationship is fundamental to working with children, but it is also nuanced, duplicitous, and ambiguous. There is a need to embrace this complexity and ensure proper professionalism in residential child care. The relationship established between carers and cared for is fundamental. To put it another way, there is a need to reframe the managerial zeitgeist of ‘what works’ to one of ‘who works’. Putting the personal at the heart of work with children introduces a range of boundary issues. This chapter deals with relationships in the context of residential child care and asks how we can place the relationship at the centre of what we do while recognising and addressing the challenges this presents. It addresses some of the more sensitive issues that confront practitioners on an everyday basis – issues such as love, touch, sexuality, and physical restraint. Ultimately, the chapter argues that ensuring healthy and productive relationships comes down to workers operating from an appropriate ethical base rather than merely adhering to sets of codes and procedures.Less
The personal–professional relationship is fundamental to working with children, but it is also nuanced, duplicitous, and ambiguous. There is a need to embrace this complexity and ensure proper professionalism in residential child care. The relationship established between carers and cared for is fundamental. To put it another way, there is a need to reframe the managerial zeitgeist of ‘what works’ to one of ‘who works’. Putting the personal at the heart of work with children introduces a range of boundary issues. This chapter deals with relationships in the context of residential child care and asks how we can place the relationship at the centre of what we do while recognising and addressing the challenges this presents. It addresses some of the more sensitive issues that confront practitioners on an everyday basis – issues such as love, touch, sexuality, and physical restraint. Ultimately, the chapter argues that ensuring healthy and productive relationships comes down to workers operating from an appropriate ethical base rather than merely adhering to sets of codes and procedures.
Rosemary Rodd
- Published in print:
- 1992
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198240525
- eISBN:
- 9780191680199
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198240525.003.0008
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
Forgoing personal benefits to avoid causing injury to animals is a good act, but not obligatory, and animals may be said to be creatures who possess moral status, but not rights. This chapter argues ...
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Forgoing personal benefits to avoid causing injury to animals is a good act, but not obligatory, and animals may be said to be creatures who possess moral status, but not rights. This chapter argues that it is possible to demonstrate that accepting that at least some animals possess at least some definite rights to moral attention involves fewer violations of our intuitive perceptions than an obstinate insistence that only humans can be right-holders. The chapter further believes that a world in which animal suffering was reduced would be preferable to present conditions if this could be achieved without even the slightest inconvenience to humans. People who advocate absolute rights for animals tend to be individuals who also have personal relationships with some non-human animals.Less
Forgoing personal benefits to avoid causing injury to animals is a good act, but not obligatory, and animals may be said to be creatures who possess moral status, but not rights. This chapter argues that it is possible to demonstrate that accepting that at least some animals possess at least some definite rights to moral attention involves fewer violations of our intuitive perceptions than an obstinate insistence that only humans can be right-holders. The chapter further believes that a world in which animal suffering was reduced would be preferable to present conditions if this could be achieved without even the slightest inconvenience to humans. People who advocate absolute rights for animals tend to be individuals who also have personal relationships with some non-human animals.
Lynn Jamieson
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781861346438
- eISBN:
- 9781447302292
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781861346438.003.0011
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter focuses on practices of intimacy, moving the book from an analysis of families to relationships more widely. It notes that there are contradictory claims about the meaning and ...
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This chapter focuses on practices of intimacy, moving the book from an analysis of families to relationships more widely. It notes that there are contradictory claims about the meaning and significance of intimacy and that there has been attention to boundaries in the conceptualisation of intimacy as well as in how it is practised. Typically, two main boundaries have been identified: boundaries between the familial and non-familial, although these are becoming increasingly blurred; and exclusionary boundaries between intimates (traditionally typified as couples) and the wider community, although again this boundary may be contested. The chapter contends that not all practices of intimacy require exclusionary boundaries and that boundaries have been overemphasised in the conceptualisation of intimacy.Less
This chapter focuses on practices of intimacy, moving the book from an analysis of families to relationships more widely. It notes that there are contradictory claims about the meaning and significance of intimacy and that there has been attention to boundaries in the conceptualisation of intimacy as well as in how it is practised. Typically, two main boundaries have been identified: boundaries between the familial and non-familial, although these are becoming increasingly blurred; and exclusionary boundaries between intimates (traditionally typified as couples) and the wider community, although again this boundary may be contested. The chapter contends that not all practices of intimacy require exclusionary boundaries and that boundaries have been overemphasised in the conceptualisation of intimacy.
Robert McKim
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195128352
- eISBN:
- 9780199834488
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195128354.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Philosophy of Religion
Immanuel Kant, John Hick, and Richard Swinburne, among others, have presented versions of the claim that God must be hidden from us if we are to make morally significant choices. The proposal that an ...
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Immanuel Kant, John Hick, and Richard Swinburne, among others, have presented versions of the claim that God must be hidden from us if we are to make morally significant choices. The proposal that an intimate and enduring personal relationship with God would reduce our moral autonomy is especially plausible. Less plausible is the claim that somewhat more evidence than we currently have for the existence of God would be morally harmful. While God's hiddenness cannot be explained adequately in terms of preserving our moral autonomy, there may be a good of mystery in this area that is capable of contributing to an adequate explanation. Especially promising is the idea that it is very valuable that we should be able to choose whether or not to harm others.Less
Immanuel Kant, John Hick, and Richard Swinburne, among others, have presented versions of the claim that God must be hidden from us if we are to make morally significant choices. The proposal that an intimate and enduring personal relationship with God would reduce our moral autonomy is especially plausible. Less plausible is the claim that somewhat more evidence than we currently have for the existence of God would be morally harmful. While God's hiddenness cannot be explained adequately in terms of preserving our moral autonomy, there may be a good of mystery in this area that is capable of contributing to an adequate explanation. Especially promising is the idea that it is very valuable that we should be able to choose whether or not to harm others.
Rachel Thomson
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9781847420510
- eISBN:
- 9781447304104
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781847420510.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
The process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. This book presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth ...
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The process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. This book presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. It follows individual lives over time, enabling the reader to witness gender identities in the making and breathing new life into static analytic models. At the heart of the book are vivid in-depth accounts of four young lives, emblematic of broader biographical trends. These accounts reveal how inequalities and privileges are made in new and unexpected ways, through practices such as falling in love, coming out, acting out, and religious conversion. A focus on temporal processes and changing meanings captures what it feels like to be young, and shows the creative ways in which young people navigate the conflicting and changing demands of personal relationships, schooling, work, and play. The book is also a demonstration of a method-in-practice, describing how longitudinal material can be analysed and animated to realise the relationship between personal and social change.Less
The process of becoming an adult in contemporary times is fragmented and unequal, shaped by chance, choice and timing. This book presents a unique approach to understanding the changing face of youth transitions, addressing the question of how gender identities are constituted in late modern culture. It follows individual lives over time, enabling the reader to witness gender identities in the making and breathing new life into static analytic models. At the heart of the book are vivid in-depth accounts of four young lives, emblematic of broader biographical trends. These accounts reveal how inequalities and privileges are made in new and unexpected ways, through practices such as falling in love, coming out, acting out, and religious conversion. A focus on temporal processes and changing meanings captures what it feels like to be young, and shows the creative ways in which young people navigate the conflicting and changing demands of personal relationships, schooling, work, and play. The book is also a demonstration of a method-in-practice, describing how longitudinal material can be analysed and animated to realise the relationship between personal and social change.
Thomas Hurka
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780195137163
- eISBN:
- 9780199833283
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0195137167.003.0002
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Moral Philosophy
This chapter defends the recursive account by identifying in turn, attractive features of its two main elements: the recursive characterization of good and evil and the associated definition of ...
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This chapter defends the recursive account by identifying in turn, attractive features of its two main elements: the recursive characterization of good and evil and the associated definition of virtue and vice. The chapter also discusses the value of personal relationships, whether virtue is found primarily in occurrent attitudes or in dispositions (the latter a view of Aristotle's), whether virtue must be voluntary, and how virtue relates to right action.Less
This chapter defends the recursive account by identifying in turn, attractive features of its two main elements: the recursive characterization of good and evil and the associated definition of virtue and vice. The chapter also discusses the value of personal relationships, whether virtue is found primarily in occurrent attitudes or in dispositions (the latter a view of Aristotle's), whether virtue must be voluntary, and how virtue relates to right action.
