De discussie over zelfdenkende technologie en de impact die dit heeft op ons dagelijkse leven, kent veel gezichten. Deze technologische ontwikkelingen brengen daarbij nieuwe, ethische vraagstukken met zich mee voor mensen, bedrijven en overheden. Dit whitepaper door Bart Wernaart biedt aanknopingspunten …

Digitalisering en nieuwe technologieontwikkeling staan volop in de aandacht en is zeker in Brabant een van de pijlers onder onze huidige en toekomstige economie en samenleving. Maar, technologie is niet neutraal en van zichzelf een ‘force for good’. Het komt met allerlei morele en ethische dilemma’s. …

National and international education policies acknowledge the importance of the quality of teachers. Research literature emphasises the teacher profession as an dynamic and extended profession, driven by a moral perspective and a collaborative identity across the profession. In this paper the question …

Militairen worden regelmatig geconfronteerd met morele dilemma’s, zowel tijdens uitzendingen als in Nederland. Een moreel dilemma definiëren wij als een situatie waarin een keuze moet worden gemaakt tussen verschillende elkaar uitsluitende handelingsalternatieven, waarbij waarden met elkaar in conflict …

The moral dimension of exit is closely related to the moral dimension of entry. Notably, when the entry is highly questioned from a moral perspective, by many different actors, there are bound to be moral problems with regard to exit as well. This point will be illustrated by a discussion of the situation …

As the author puts it, drone strikes have become the icon of the western post-modern style of warfare and they have been the subject of an ongoing debate. Paying due attention to the risk of drone warfare, moral disengagement and questionable legality included, as well as practicalities of the use of …

The central focus of this article is on the moral dilemmas that social servants face when applying the law. These moral dilemmas result from the professional’s discretionary space. Exploratory qualitative research shows that, in order to solve these dilemmas, professionals in some public organisations …

This article presents the findings of a study into the moral judgement of Dutch officers, officer-candidates and university students. The study was based on the Moral Judgement Test developed by Lind, which aims to analyze the moral skills of respondents in judging ethical dilemmas. In this quantitative …

In this article, the main question is whether and, if so, to what extent online journalism raises new moral issues and, if any, what kind of answers are preferable. Or do questions merely appear new, since they are really old ones in an electronic wrapping, old wine in new bottles? And how does journalism …