Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism (2018)
Thesis
Matthews, P. (2018). Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/418132

In the last decade, there have been several publications and articles by academics (especially Dawkins, Dennett, and Harris), attacking the rationale behind religious belief through the presupposition of scientism. According to these ‘New Atheists,'... Read More about Against the New Atheism: A Defence of Salvation-Sensitive Exclusivism.

An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities. (2018)
Thesis
Burrows Oyarzún, J. (2018). An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities. (Thesis). Keele University. Retrieved from https://keele-repository.worktribe.com/output/418131

The present thesis investigates the role of justice when informing health policies such as the reforms of health systems or those aimed at tackling health inequalities. I set the problem as a case study derived from the reforms of the Chilean health... Read More about An enquiry concerning justice in health, or what ethical account best informs health policies aimed at tackling health inequalities..

Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics
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(2014). Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics

Particularism challenges the accepted idea of normative moral theory that morality can be reduced to a finite set of fundamental principles; it sees morality as quite capable of getting on without such principles. This thesis is concerned with asking... Read More about Moral particularism: implications in medical ethics.

Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?
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(2014). Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?

This thesis utilises radical feminism to assess whether it could be argued that marriage in the UK context has moved beyond a sexual definition: beyond consummation. The research looks at alternative relationship forms that have emerged to challenge... Read More about Revisiting the union of marriage: beyond consummation?.

The ethical demands on the developed world of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa
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sub-Saharan Africa

HIV/AIDS is a major health problem for sub-Saharan Africa. There are identifiable prevention and treatment regimes which would greatly ameliorate the situation, but these are beyond the resources of the sub-Saharan countries themselves. The research... Read More about The ethical demands on the developed world of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution
Thesis
(2012). 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution

There are differing views on the exact nature of moral distress in nursing, but essentially, most empirical work indicates that it is the nurse’s inability to do the right thing because she feels impeded from doing so, due to constraints such as orga... Read More about 'Futile' orders and morally distressed nurses: professionally sanctioned conscientious objection is not the solution.

The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy
Thesis
(2017). The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy

During the last forty years, there has been increasing interest in the concept of professional ethics, particularly in the area of medical ethics. Psychiatry as a medical speciality has been part of the process because it is deeply concerned with the... Read More about The ethics of electroconvulsive therapy.

Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity
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(2016). Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity

Kant and Scheler both develop ethical frameworks which are grounded by their epistemic theories. In this thesis, I exposit both of these epistemologies and show their relations to the respective ethical theories. I then look at how those theories try... Read More about Scheler’s ethics and the problem of normativity.