比较视阈的中美医学伦理学教学——以武汉大学与芝加哥大学为例

中美两国都很重视医者人文素质的培养, 都重视医学伦理学教学。在与芝加哥大学的交流活动中, 武汉大学积极总结经验, 锐意改革, 取得了若干成果。其值得推广的经验包括:注重医学伦理教育的持续性, 构建长效教育机制;注重医学基础课程的道德教化功能, 形成隐性的医德渗透机制;注重临床医生的参与, 确立理论与实践的融通机制;审视中国传统文化特色与医疗现状, 培育域外教学方法的本土化机制;重视医学伦理学学科建设, 建立生命伦理学与医学伦理学的整合机制。     

Immigration and Democratic Principles: On Carens’ Ethics of Immigration

Carens has done more than any other political theorist or philosopher to develop the normative perspective of prospective migrants from within the liberal democratic tradition, but he has not sufficiently engaged with the other side of the argument – in particular, with the value of political community and the principle of collective self‐determination. What is at stake for the immigrant‐receiving country that might justify its claim to control immigration? I first examine Carens’ theory of social membership and its connection to political community. I then discuss his method of ‘political theory from the ground up’ and his interpretation of democratic principles. I conclude with a discussion of the principle of collective self‐determination.     

Peat Bogs,Sperm, and Family Values: Teaching Naturalism Charitably

Introductory courses dealing with sex, gender and sexuality often assign excerpts from Thomas Aquinas as an exemplar of the naturalist view. Given that most novice students tend to side against such naturalism uncritically, they need to be exposed to a more charitable account of the biological considerations motivating a stance like Aquinas.’ With that in mind, this article presents accessible arguments aimed at restoring deliberative balance in the classroom.     

On Adjoint and Brain Functors

There is some consensus among orthodox category theorists that the concept of adjoint functors is the most important concept contributed to mathematics by category theory. We give a heterodox treatment of adjoints using heteromorphisms (object-to-object morphisms between objects of different categories) that parses an adjunction into two separate parts (left and right representations of heteromorphisms). Then these separate parts can be recombined in a new way to define a cognate concept, the brain functor, to abstractly model the functions of perception and action of a brain. The treatment uses relatively simple category theory and is focused on the interpretation and application of the mathematical concepts.