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In: BioSocieties: an interdisciplinary journal for social studies of life sciences, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 141-143
ISSN: 1745-8560
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In: BioSocieties: an interdisciplinary journal for social studies of life sciences, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 141-143
ISSN: 1745-8560
In: Political theory: an international journal of political philosophy, Band 3, Heft 4, S. 464-466
ISSN: 1552-7476
This book surveys the main methods of analysing ethical problems in modern medicine. The authors present a challenging genetics case and analyse it from different theoretical view points. Each presents one approach, giving a sense of how far different theoretical starting points and methodologies can lead to different practical conclusions
In: Health Expectations, Forthcoming
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In: The political quarterly, Band 87, Heft 3, S. 355-359
ISSN: 1467-923X
A free open access ebook is available upon publication. Learn more atwww.luminosoa.org. Multiculturalism as a distinct form of liberal-democratic governance gained widespread acceptance after World War II, but in recent years this consensus has been fractured. Multiculturalism in the British Commonwealth examines cultural diversity across the postwar Commonwealth, situating modern multiculturalism in its national, international, and historical contexts. Bringing together practitioners from across the humanities and social sciences to explore the legal, political, and philosophical issues involved, these essays address common questions: What is postwar multiculturalism? Why did it come about? How have social actors responded to it? In addition to chapters on Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand, this volume also covers India, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, and Trinidad, tracing the historical roots of contemporary dilemmas back to the intertwined legacies of imperialism and liberalism. In so doing it demonstrates that multiculturalism has implications that stretch far beyond its current formulations in public and academic discourse.
In: British politics, Band 16, Heft 2, S. 117-132
ISSN: 1746-9198
In: Critical review of international social and political philosophy: CRISPP, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 1-21
ISSN: 1743-8772
In: Critical review of international social and political philosophy: CRISPP, Band 21, Heft 1, S. 65-86
ISSN: 1743-8772
In: Journal of Medicine and Philosophy, Band 27, Heft 2, S. 179-195
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In: Bioethics Around the Globe, S. 76-92
In: Behavioural public policy: BPP, Band 7, Heft 1, S. 25-54
ISSN: 2398-0648
AbstractIn this study, we investigated how people evaluate behavioral interventions (BIs) that are targeted at themselves, aiming to promote their own health and wellbeing. We compared the impact on people's assessments of the acceptability of using BIs to change their own behavior of: the transparency of the BI (transparent or opaque); the designer of the BI (researchers, government policy-makers, advertisers); and three types of arguments regarding their efficacy (positive, positive + negative, negative). Our target BIs were actual interventions that have been used in a range of policy domains (diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, personal finances). We found that transparent BIs were considered more acceptable than opaque BIs. On average, all BIs were considered acceptable for changing participants' own behavior, except for the opaque BI in the finance context; there was differential acceptability of BIs across contexts, with finance clearly least acceptable. However, the perceived effectiveness of the BIs was at least as influential a predictor of acceptability ratings as the ease of identification of the behavior change mechanism across the five contexts. Furthermore, effectiveness was partially mediated by desire to change, suggesting that people do think BIs make them better off, 'as judged by themselves'.
In this study, we investigated how people evaluate behavioral interventions (BIs) that are targeted at themselves, aiming to promote their own health and wellbeing. We compared the impact on people's assessments of the acceptability of using BIs to change their own behavior of: the transparency of the BI (transparent or opaque); the designer of the BI (researchers, government policy-makers, advertisers); and three types of arguments regarding their efficacy (positive, positive + negative, negative). Our target BIs were actual interventions that have been used in a range of policy domains (diet, exercise, alcohol consumption, smoking, personal finances). We found that transparent BIs were considered more acceptable than opaque BIs. On average, all BIs were considered acceptable for changing participants' own behavior, except for the opaque BI in the finance context; there was differential acceptability of BIs across contexts, with finance clearly least acceptable. However, the perceived effectiveness of the BIs was at least as influential a predictor of acceptability ratings as the ease of identification of the behavior change mechanism across the five contexts. Furthermore, effectiveness was partially mediated by desire to change, suggesting that people do think BIs make them better off, 'as judged by themselves'.
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In: BioSocieties: an interdisciplinary journal for social studies of life sciences, Band 14, Heft 2, S. 251-273
ISSN: 1745-8560
In: Children & society, Band 19, Heft 5, S. 397-409
ISSN: 1099-0860