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      • Finding creativity in the diversity of environmental ethics 

        Hattingh, Johan P. (Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa, 1999)
        The contribution is a comprehensive if abbreviated review of different philosophical perspectives on human-environment relationships. Extensively referenced, it outlines historical trends and current debates in the field ...
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        The formation of the self : Nietzsche and complexity 

        Cilliers, Paul, 1956-; Roodt, Vasti; De Villiers, Tanya (Philosophical Society of South Africa., 2002)
        The purpose of this article is to examine the relationship between the formation of the self and the worldly horizon within which this self achieves its meaning. Our inquiry takes place from two perspectives: the first ...
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        From dis-enclosure to decolonisation : in dialogue with Nancy and Mbembe on self-determination and the other 

        Gerber, Schalk Hendrik (MDPI, 2011-04-13)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What might a sense of decolonisation (not)/be? Or, what comes after the logic of the coloniser? This question is at the centre of many debates in South Africa and extends to all countries worldwide who ...
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        From dis-enclosure to decolonisation : in dialogue with Nancy and Mbembe on self-determination and the other 

        Gerber, Schalk Hendrik (MDPI, 2018-04-13)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: What might a sense of decolonisation (not)/be? Or, what comes after the logic of the coloniser? This question is at the centre of many debates in South Africa and extends to all countries worldwide who ...
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        From inequality to equality : evaluating normative justifications for affirmative action as racial redress 

        Hall, Susan; Woermann, Minka (SUNMeDIA, 2014-11)
        We investigate whether, and to what extent, Nozick’s entitlement theory and Rawls’s theory of justice as fairness can normatively ground affirmative action policies. Our findings are that, whereas the Nozickean project ...
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        Harm: The counterfactual comparative account, the omission and pre-emption problems, and well-being 

        De Villiers-Botha, Tanya (Taylor & Francis, 2018-03)
        The concept of “harm” is ubiquitous in moral theorising, and yet remains poorly defined. Bradley suggests that the counterfactual comparative account of harm is the most plausible account currently available, but also ...
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        Hermeneutics and historical consciousness : an appraisal of the contribution of Hans-Georg Gadamer 

        Van Niekerk, Anton A. (African Journals Online -- AJOL, 2002)
        In this introductory article to the volume of the South African Journal of Philosophy in tribute of Hans-Georg Gadamer, the author, first, makes a few remarks about the nature of hermeneutics and Gadamer's views on the ...
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        How do healthcare professionals manage ethical challenges regarding information in healthcare professional/patient clinical interactions? a review of concept- or argument-based articles and case analyses 

        Ewuoso, C.; Hall, S.; Dierickx, K. (Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2017-12)
        Background. This study forms part of an ongoing research project that seeks to enhance the information-management skills of health professionals within the clinical context. Objectives. To review case analyses and reviews ...
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        How not to be a metaethical naturalist - Jesse Prinz on the emotional construction of morals 

        De Villiers-Botha, Tanya (Taylor & Francis, 2014-07)
        Jesse Prinz develops a naturalistic metaethical theory with which he purports to sidestep ‘Hume's law’ by demonstrating how, on his theory, in describing what our moral beliefs commit us to we can determine what our moral ...
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        Human rights discourse : friend or foe of African women’s sexual freedoms? 

        Du Toit, Louise (SUN MeDIA Bloemfontein, 2014-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: From an overview of the current state of the global debate on human rights, the need to strike a balance between the transcendent and immanent dimensions of such rights claims is distilled as an important ...
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        Die intellektueel as opvoeder 

        Van Niekerk, Anton A. (Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns, 2019)
        AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Hierdie artikel handel oor die rol van die openbare intellektueel in die opvoeding van die samelewing. Die skrywer toon aan hoe vele skrywers meen dat die idee van die openbare intellektueel sy oorsprong ...
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        Interpreting Foucault : an evaluation of a Foucauldian critique of education 

        Woermann, Minka (Education Association of South Africa, 2012-02)
        The potential strengths and weaknesses of a Foucauldian critique of education are discussed and evaluated. The article focuses specifically on the value of Foucault's work for critiquing social and political ideologies ...
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        Knowledge, science and rationality : in discussion with Wentzel van Huyssteen’s earlier work 

        Van Niekerk, Anton A. (AOSIS, 2021-08)
        The background of this research study is the ongoing debate since the late 1980s about the question of the rationality and scientific status of theology. Wentzel van Huyssteen’s seminal book Teologie as Kritiese ...
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        Lessons in our faults : fault lines on race and research ethics 

        Msimang, Phila (ASSAf, 2020-09-29)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Since the publication of the now infamous paper ‘Age- and education-related effects on cognitive functioning in Colored South African women’ by Nieuwoudt and colleagues where they claim the cognitive ...
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        Moral challenges in managed care 

        Hattingh, Leandri (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2015-11-26)
        Managed healthcare in South Africa is faced with complex moral challenges, where different stakeholders appeal to different ethics principles to guide decision-making. The traditional bio-medical ethics principles of ...
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        Moral perspectives on covert research 

        Van Niekerk, Anton A. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014-11-04)
        The term ‘covert research’ refers to research on human subjects for which informed consent is not, and allegedly cannot, be solicited – not because of wilful negligence or the deliberate transgression of research ethics ...
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        Moral perspectives on stimulant use in healthy students 

        Verster, G. C.; Van Niekerk, Anton A. (HMPG, 2012-12)
        ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The quest for enhancement has been part of human culture for thousands of years. Progress in scientific developments and especially in medical science has enabled previously unimaginable advances to be ...
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        Narrating the self : Freud, Dennett and complexity theory 

        De Villiers, Tanya; Cilliers, Paul (South African Journal of Philosophy, 2004)
        Adopting a materialist approach to the mind has far reaching implications for many presuppositions regarding the properties of the brain, including those that have traditionally been consigned to “the mental” aspect of ...
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        A note on mental content in the Causal Theory 

        Smit, J. P. (Stellenbosch University, Department of General Linguistics, 2013)
        Kripke's causal theory requires that downstream users of a name must have the intention to use the name in the same way that upstream users did. Kripke, however, has demonstrated no need for this requirement qua independent ...
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        A note on name individuation and identifying descriptions 

        Smit, J. P. (Stellenbosch University, Department of Linguistics, 2014)
        In ‘Public Proper names and Idiolectical Identifying Descriptions’ (2009) Glezakos puts forward a theory concerning the role of identifying descriptions in the theory of names. Her main claim is that such identifying ...

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