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January 23rd, 2012 - 10:03 pm § in Uncategorized

Paternalism in the Hippocratic Oath

Jules van Schaijik of the Personalist Project writes about the Hippocratic Oath (excerpted) “Toward a Reconstruction of Medical Morality”, by Edmund D. Pellegrino, provides a good example.  The Hippocratic ethic, Pellegrino thinks, is paternalistic to a degree that is simply no longer acceptabl[...]

January 23rd, 2012 - 9:42 pm § in Misc.

Ave Challenge: UW Trivia

What items were placed in the cornerstone which was removed from the Old Territorial University and placed in Denny Hall? Answer[...]