In Les Abeilles grises (The Grey Bees), a novel published at the beginning of February 2022 by Liana Levi, Kourkov paints the portrait of an ordinary man, Sergueï Sergeyich, a disabled retired civil servant, left by his wife and entirely devoted to his bees, which give meaning to his life: to look after his hives, he stays in the "grey zone", a no-...
Published in Frontiers in Medicine
Aim In South Korea, the level of nursing governance is moving toward shared governance. This study sought to explore nursing education contents in undergraduate nursing programs necessary to improve the governance of nurses from the perspectives of nurse managers. Methods The study employs thematic analysis following the guidelines outlined in the ...
Published in Journal of evaluation in clinical practice
Centred around the thesis that for those engaged in clinical practice there are two worlds present in parallel, this article defines the characteristics of the supposed second, qualitative world. Contrasting these characteristics to those of the world as seen in continuous metric dimensions of space and time, we derive the nature of the qualitative...
Published in Ethics & Bioethics
Professional involvement and the moral life of individuals and professional groups, especially those with high social prestige, such as firefighters, are linked by the category of “ethos”. Since the ethos of this service is today significantly influenced by multifaceted and dynamic ideological and existential transformations, it seems necessary to ...
This piece started from a brainstorm around the question: "What items did I hold on to in times of uncertainty?" For me, the answer was my basketball shoes. During the pandemic, playing basketball was my only remaining tie to the outside world. It helped me cope and continue to feel connected to the world that had all but disappeared. / https://dig...
Published in SHS Web of Conferences
One must distinguish between the Enlightenment concept and the humanistic concept of humanity. The former indicates a universal deontological ideal; the latter a selective set of personal and social virtues. Kant is a champion of Enlightenment but inherits various aspects of the humanistic tradition that began at the end of the fourteenth century. ...
Published in SHS Web of Conferences
In this essay, I argue that broadly Kantian philosophy – by which I mean philosophy inspired by Kant’s work, but neither dogmatically restricted to Kant’s own texts nor in any way committed to Kant’s own philosophical errors or personal prejudices – is profoundly relevant to the world of today, insofar as it can promote radical enlightenment. Radic...
Published in Human Affairs
The authors of this article critically consider selected transhumanist views of new perspectives on humanity in the cosmic future. Their focus is on philosophical and ethical thinking about the futuristic concepts of Cyborgs and Cosmic Beings promoted by Ted Chu. They weight up the possible negative consequences of radical human enhancement and ana...
BackgroundIn past years, physicians have, with a certain continuity, reported increasing numbers of burnout, depression and compassion fatigue in their daily practice. These problems were attributed, not only but also, to a loss of public trust and an increase in violent behaviour of patients and family members towards medical professionals in all ...
This work of reflection and research goes to the very source of Kantian political thought to show how his republican conception is based on what he calls the reflective use of reason. For this purpose, it has been divided into three parts: In the first, it will be pointed out how Kantian political thought is not based on the theoretical or practica...
