Comparative Religious Ethics and the Politics of Christian Identity

I present a brief historical narrative of the legacy of Christian ethics in comparative religious ethics (CRE) that attempts to make sense of the tensions within the field from the perspective of the politics of identity with reference to its changing content and practices—its internal history—and what might be called the background conditions—its external history—that shaped not only the content and methods of CRE but also its self‐understanding. Given the politics of Christian identity and the historical development of religious ethics within the American academy, I recommend that scholars of CRE adopt a more confessional mode of inquiry that makes explicit their ultimate commitments.     

Dysfunctional Behavior among Sales Representatives: The Effect of Supervisory Trust,Participation, and Information Controls

This study investigates the efficacy of supervisory trust, participation, and information controls in curbing dysfunctional salesperson behavior so that salesperson actions are in line with organizational goals. Using a sample of 210 salespeople, we develop and test a model incorporating supervisory trust, participation, information controls (output information, activity information, and capability information), and dysfunctional behavior. Output and activity information controls directly affect dysfunctional behavior, whereas capability information controls work positively through trust in the supervisor to reduce dysfunctional behavior. Providing sales representatives with information about their capabilities appears to enhance the supervisor–salesperson trust relationship. Results also indicate that salespeople’s supervisory participation is an effective lever for reducing dysfunctional salesperson behavior through the intervening role of trust in the supervisor.     

幸福感的稳态与跃迁：一个新的整合视角

以往的实证和理论研究对幸福感稳定性与变化性问题持有不同观点。设定点理论认为幸福感通常保持在设定点位置, 动态平衡理论(及其变式——主观幸福感稳态理论)进一步强调幸福感在围绕设定点的某个范围内波动而呈动态平衡状态, 享乐适应理论在动态平衡理论基础上从情绪适应的角度分析了幸福感维持稳定的原因, 这三个理论均强调幸福感维持在某个平衡水平。相反, 持续幸福理论强调幸福感是可以提升的, 能发生长期的变化。这些理论观点的差异本质在于如何看待幸福感的稳定性与变化性, 我们借用生物学中的“稳态”“稳态应激”概念及物理学中的“跃迁”思想, 认为幸福感不仅存在稳态, 也会出现稳态应激, 并可由此引起幸福感稳态的跃升。这一整合视角为幸福感研究提供了新的解释框架, 也对幸福感的持续提升有启发意义。     

安宁疗护中社会支持相关理论的研究进展

阐述了福利多元论、社会支持论、社会角色论和社会网络论的起源、内涵、理论研究和实践的现状,旨在为构建更加完善的社会支持系统提供理论参考依据,以进一步提高安宁疗护服务质量。四种理论对构建社会支持系统的视角不同、结论不同,对社会支持实践指导意义亦各有差别。此外,虽然不同理论各有侧重,但仍不乏共同之处。我国安宁疗护社会支持系统发展不充分、不完善,因此在借鉴不同理论的同时,既应求同存异,又要博采众长,才能构建适应我国国情和区域发展实际的安宁疗护社会支持系统。     

恪守生命伦理的圭臬——读库尔特·拜尔茨《基因伦理学》有感

<基因伦理学>是德国哲学家库尔特·拜尔茨发表于1993年的专著,这本书的副标题为"人的繁殖技术化带来的问题".基因工程伦理学是当代生命伦理学的重大课题.有关基因工程伦理问题的研究早已超出了这一学科的狭窄范围,成为广大哲学家、特别是伦理学家共同的探讨、争论对象,因而也就成为当代伦理学最主要的前沿性课题之一.