Applied Ethics in the Fractured State: 20 (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations) - Hardcover

This volume compiles the proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics, held in Sydney, Australia, in June 2017. Through eight papers, public policy, law, and other scholars from Australia address ethics and the state in terms of ethical problems surrounding role obligations from the perspective of Confucian ethics, the significance of intention in Buddhist ethics and its relevance in the digital age, conscientious objection in health care, the consequences of the increased support for euthanasia and assisted suicide in Australia, non-voluntary euthanasia in terms of Natural Law philosophy, health professional registration and accreditation in Australia, the impact of the National Mutual Acceptance on research governance practices in public healthcare agencies, and community engagement and professionalization. -- Annotation (c)2018 * (protoview.com) *

This book brings together the refereed proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Professional and Applied Ethics (AAPAE) 'Applied Ethics in the Fractured State', held at the Institute for Public Policy and Governance, University of Technology Sydney in June 2017. The book is eclectic, with chapters on health regulation in Australia, Eastern ethical theorising (Confucianism; Buddhism), euthanasia and community engagement, all of which are examined from the unique perspective that Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations affords its contributors.