After being asked to translate for a Brazilian Shamanic healing consultation in Austria, Margret Jaeger reflects on medical pluralism and the ethics of cross-cultural health practices. This is one of those stories about how
Julie Lang reviews ‘Quality of Life: A Post-Pandemic Philosophy of Medicine’ (Imprint Academic, 2021) by Robin Downie. Medicine, morality and ethics: a cultural context for health education Robin Downie, Emeritus Professor of Moral Philosophy at the
In this post, Adam Hayden reviews Neuroexistentialism: Meaning, Morals, and Purpose in the Age of Neuroscience (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018), edited by Gregg Caruso and Owen Flanagan. “There is little doubt that modern
The power of music to affect our psychological composition and influence our moods is not a new concept. Examples range from the soundscape design in shopping malls to the burgeoning field of music therapy
‘The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics’ by Kenan Malik (Atlantic Books, 2014) In the final chapter of this global survey of ethical systems written for a popular audience, Kenan
Think-tanks play a key role in policy today. Yet, for scholars who are concerned with the dynamics within and between law and science, the place and impact of such organisations are often over-looked. To
‘Life in Crisis: The Ethical Journey of Doctors Without Borders’ by Peter Redfield (University of California Press, 2013). This book is an ethnographic report on the conceptual, intellectual and practical journey of the ethical principles and
Jan B. W. Pedersen reflects on the Wonder & Co. – varieties of intensified experiences symposium that took place on the 19th March 2014 at Kenworthy Hall, St Mary’s College, Durham: Being aware that
Professor Jane Macnaughton writes: How was it that a group of ten philosophers, doctors, lawyers, a priest and an anthropologist, ended up playing Act 1 Scene 1 of King Lear in a renovated kelp
