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Issues in ethics: the right to life, cloning, abortion, animal rights and other controversial topics.

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Ethics of the New Testament. Compiled by V. Antonov. Translated from 1991 Russian revised edition of. "Fundamentals of the World Religious Ethics"

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...ne of the three major religious systems on the Earth. But this is not the only reason why we need to speak about Islam in Russia. Islam expresses the ethics of the attitude of man to God in laconic and methodologically true form....

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Popular introduction to objective ethics.

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...The Ethics is a philosophical book written by Baruch Spinoza. It was written in Latin. Although it was published posthumously in 1677, it is his most famous work, and is considered his magnum opus. In The Ethics, Spinoza attempts...

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...lectures at the Lyceum which were either edited by or dedicated to Aristotle's son, Nicomachus. In many ways this work parallels the similar Eudemian Ethics, which has only eight books, and the two works can be fruitfully compared. Books V, VI, and VII of the Nicomachean Ethics are identical to Books IV, V, and VI of the Eudemian Ethics. Opinions about the relationship bet...

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...Ethics of Tao Te Ching. Compiled by V. Antonov. Translated from 1991 Russian revised edition of. "Fundamentals of the World Religious Ethics" by T. Danilevich....

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Excerpt: The Ethics. Part I -- Concerning God by Benedict de Spinoza, translated by R.H.M. Elwes.

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Excerpt: The Ethics. Part II -- On the Nature and the Origin of the Mind by Benedict de Spinoza, translated by R.H.M. Elwes.

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Excerpt: The Ethics. Part V -- Of the Power of the Understanding, or of Human Freedom by Benedict de Spinoza, translated by R.H.M. Elwes.

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Excerpt: The Ethics. Part III -- On the Origin and Nature of the Emotions by Benedict de Spinoza, translated by R.H.M. Elwes.

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Excerpt: The Ethics. Part IV -- Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions by Benedict de Spinoza, translated by R.H.M. Elwes.

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... P P P P P UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICA UBLICATION TION TION TION TION The Ethics: Part IV – Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions by Bene... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ethics: Part IV – Of Human Bondage, or the Strength of the Emotions by Bene... ...ity is an equal opportunity university. 3 Spinoza Benedict de Spinoza THE ETHICS (Ethica Ordine Geometrico Demonstrata) Translated by R. H. M. Elwes ... ... agree less with his own preconceived type, even though it had evi- 4 The Ethics – Part IV dently been completed in accordance with the idea of its a... ... being changed into a man, as by being changed into an insect. What 6 The Ethics – Part IV I mean is, that we conceive the thing’s power of action, i... ... they are true (II:xxxii.). Wherefore, if the positive quality pos- 8 The Ethics – Part IV sessed by a false idea were removed by the presence of wha... ... the infinite power of Nature, whereby all individual things would 10 The Ethics – Part IV be so ordered, that man should be incapable of undergoing ... ...ntrary to, and stronger than, the modification which we un- dergo. 12 The Ethics – Part IV Prop. VIII. The knowledge of good and evil is nothing else... ...ary. Proof.– In so far as we conceive a thing to be necessary, we, 14 The Ethics – Part IV to that extent, affirm its existence; on the other hand we...

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...Introduction: The Ethics of Aristotle is one half of a single treatise of which his Politics is the other half. Both deal with one and the same subject. This subject is what Aristotle calls in one place the ?philosophy of human affairs;? but m...

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...ator: J. A. Smith A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication The Ethics of Aristotle trans. J. A. Smith is a publication of the Pennsylvania... ...he document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. The Ethics of Aristotle trans. J. A. Smith, the Pennsylvania State University, ... ...e Pennsylvania State University is an equal opportunity university. 3 The Ethics of Aristotle THE ETHICS OF ARISTOTLE INTRODUCTION The Ethics of Aris... ... a literary sense each is independent and self-contained. The proem to the Ethics is an introduction to the whole subject, not merely to the first par... ...o the whole subject, not merely to the first part; the last chapter of the Ethics points forward to the Poli- tics, and sketches for that part of the ... ...ich they are applied: the plural forms, which survive so oddly in English (Ethics, Politics), were intended to indicate the treatment within a single ... ...th the existence and life of the city or state. We have thus to regard the Ethics as dealing with one group of problems and the Politics with a second... ...ub- ject-matter and its proper articulation. But it is to be remem- 4 The Ethics of Aristotle bered that what is offered us is avowedly rather an enq... ...reta- tion is given by Aristotle himself, where in the last chapter of the Ethics he is paving the way for the Politics. In the Ethics he has not conf...

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...and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (Data Protection Directive - General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR"). The Ethics Issues section details the specific aspects of Big Data. After a brief section of Big Data Research, I finalize my work with the presentation of Conclusions on research ethics in working with Big Data. DOI: 10.13140...

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...and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (Data Protection Directive - General Data Protection Regulation, "GDPR"). The Ethics Issues section details the specific aspects of Big Data. After a brief section of Big Data Research, I finalize my work with the presentation of Conclusions on research ethics in working with Big Data....

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...and transparency - - Purposes of data processing - - Design and implicit confidentiality - - The (legal) paradox of Big Data 5. Ethical issues - Ethics in research - Awareness - Consent - Control - Transparency - Trust - Ownership - Surveillance and security - Digital identity - Tailored reality - De-identification - Digital inequality - Privacy 6. Big Da...

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...practice of eugenics as a state policy in various countries, and the present eugenics (liberal eugenics). I then analyze various issues raised by the Ethics of Liberal Eugenics, and I have developed a special section for the Future of Eugenics, focusing on the human genome project. Finally, in the Conclusions, I express my personal views on the current practice of eugenics...

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...practice of eugenics as a state policy in various countries, and the present eugenics (liberal eugenics). I then analyze various issues raised by the Ethics of Liberal Eugenics, and I have developed a special section for the Future of Eugenics, focusing on the human genome project. Finally, in the Conclusions, I express my personal views on the current practice of eugenics...