ETHICS

Author: LORENZO IZQUIERDO DAVID.
Year: 2004.
University: INTERNACIONAL DE CATALUÑA [More theses of this university] [www.unica.edu].
Place of defense: CAMPUS BARCELONA.
Place of preparation: CAMPUS BARCELONA.

Summary: A. MacIntyre is considered in the landscape of ethics and political philosophy contemporary one of the main representatives of communitarianism (although he does not accept this classification). With a long history intellectual, is one of the most renowned authors and more influence in the current ethical debate. One of the main points of communitarianism and is the author's criticism of the individualistic approach of man, society and ethics. MacIntyre's work has been studied from various points concrete, but missing most comprehensive studies on its main proposals. That argument implies a study of this kind, namely the analysis and judgment of the main concepts can be drawn from the thought of MacIntyre on his criticism and alternative flows individualists (as proposed in the famous book A Theory of Justice J. Rawis, also studied briefly in the thesis) Â What are the main concepts that MacIntyre bases its criticism and its alternative to individualism? Do you really exceeds Such alternative individualism? These are the questions that it intends to meet this work. There are three main concepts can be drawn from the body of theoretical MacIntyre: flowering (or person narrative), community and tradition (or rationality narrative). Following a presentation of the genesis of individualism and the individual author's trajectory, the thesis discusses each of these concepts to conclude that, even if there are theoretical points that improve and complete the system macintyreano, such a system offers a solid alternative to individualism.

Author: GRACIA ARNILLAS ROSA MARÍA.
Year: 2004.
University: ZARAGOZA [More theses of this university] [www.unizar.es].
Place of defense: FAC. DE CIEN. DE LA SALUD Y EL DEPORTE.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE MEDICINA.

Summary: Starting from the premise that there is a right to conscientious objection health although it appears only takes place in clinical practice, despite the increase in situations that might objection and the fact that there are health professionals whose conscience rejects perform certain acts, led us to raise a descriptive study of prevalence, through a questionnaire designed for the purpose, to know the views and experience of health professionals on various topics related to health conscientious objection, which was circulated to all the doctors and nurses, care primary and specialized sector of the eastern province of Huesca. The results emphasize that the vast majority of health familiar with the right to conscientious objection health and believe that its regulation is necessary even though about half had never been seen in situations to conscientious objection. Physicians and primary care professionals had been in a position to make objection twice as much as nurses and the health care specialist respectively. The highest percentage of cases in which they had failed to do was objection by cowardice and not knowing how. The situation in which most health had objected was prescribing the pill the next day. The approach of conscientious objection on topics related to the value of human life, such as abortion, embryo research, euthanasia, assisted suicide and the pill the day after they are significantly associated with the level of religious practice. The health than younger women and physicians are those who have most influenced the issues of conscience to choose or avoid a specialty or service.

Author: PÉREZ RIESTRA ESTELA MARÍA.
Year: 2005.
University: COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID [More theses of this university] [www.ucm.es].
Place of defense: FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA.
Place of preparation: FACULTAD DE FILOSOFÍA.

Summary: The thrust of the thesis is to approach the emergence and evolution of cooperation and contribution of this global movement, as outlined in the Puerto Rican cooperative and industrial cooperatives as a proposal for business development and community of Puerto Rico. The author explains the importance which represents the cooperative model and its possibilities for the solution of problems affecting the country's sustainable development. The first chapter provides an overview of the emergence of cooperation, input from its main precursors outstanding cooperative models they succeeded and a slight outline of its development in other countries. The second chapter discusses general considerations about the cooperative identity. The third chapter focuses on the development of the cooperative movement in Puerto Rico, since its inception in the nineteenth century through the early years of the twenty-first century. The fourth chapter examines the legal framework that applies to workers' cooperatives in the industrial sector, the processes for the organization and incorporation of these and analysis of each cooperative industrial existete in Puerto Rico. The fifth chapter presents the profile of the industrial sector with the interpretation of data, strengths, needs and suggested courses of action. Ends with the overall findings of the investigation. The appendices include him questionnaire interviews, charts of cooperative institutions and correspondence with government institutions and cooperatives. This paper provides an innovative integration of a historical perspective of cooperation at the international and national levels, and conceptual aspects and the first analysis of existing industrial cooperatives in Puerto Rico.