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It’s so encouraging to see community engagement becoming normalised across industries and sectors. Yet, it’s only meaningful of organisations do things differently in response to what they learn. Which organisations are taking the lead on transformation in this space, and how are they making a difference for the communities they exist to serve?

Cross-shore engagement on the ethics of war and conflict Nelson Mandela University’s Centre for Philosophy in Africa, in collaboration with Stockholm University’s Centre for the Ethics of War and Peace, recently hosted a workshop that grappled with the ethics of war and conflict. The two-day workshop on South Campus was conceived through engagements with colleagues from Sweden and the United Kingdom, to analyse conflict within the context of a democratic imagination. Different perspectives put forth by the researchers looked at how new iterations of conflicts emerge within democratic societies, and how these societies ought to respond to conflicts, given their own commitments. “I tried to make sense of the question regarding democratic peace; that is the assumption that democracies are more prone to maintain peace or to have a peaceful outlook towards other democracies,” said the principal organiser of the workshop, Professor Uchenna Okeja from Mandela University. He then demonstrated that the arguments, which mobilised to conclusions regarding the connection between democratic peace and the attainment of resilient societies, fail. Although the arguments do not provide robust justification of the claims made, the entire imagination of democratic peace is not useless. “We should approach the question of peace for democracies from a different paradigm, one that integrates the question of justice with the responsibility for trauma, especially traumas that result from deep conflicts,” said Prof Okeja. Among the workshop participants was Prof Dennis Masaka from the Great Zimbabwe University, who said that war is often taken as a consequence of injustice. He added that both at state and global level, there is this thinking that perhaps war could be a solution to injustice. Pictured: From left, Professor Dennis Masaka, Drs Todd Karhu and Christine Hobden, Professors Uchenna Okeja, Helen Frowe and Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi, and Karabo Maiyane Read the full story here: https://lnkd.in/dDCG4jvy

Insightful read on the Ethics in Scholarly Publishing. Plus Danny's comment on the interplay between ethics & integrity is also worth reading https://lnkd.in/gVXFPcMc

📚 #PublicationAlert: Exciting News from the "Journal of Islamic Ethics," published by Brill!🌐 The latest double-issue volume includes a thematic focus on "COVID-19 and Pandemic Ethics in the Islamic Tradition." The thematic issue commences with an introductory article titled “COVID-19 and Pandemic Ethics in the Islamic Tradition: An Introduction,” co-authored by Mutaz al-Khatib and me. The volume presents thought-provoking articles that delve into diverse topics, covering: 1️⃣ Can We Flee the Plague? Uncovering theological, moral, and practical perspectives from the Early Islamicate World. 2️⃣ Contagion and Preventive Measures: Navigating the theological ethics and conflicting values during a pandemic. 3️⃣ Islamic Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic: 4️⃣ Aligning Medical and Muslim Morality: An Islamic bioethical approach to life-sustaining ventilators during the pandemic era. Non-Thematic Research Articles ·      Mapping the Islamic Ethical Discourse on Prenatal Diagnosis and Termination of Pregnancy A comprehensive exploration of Islamic ethical perspectives on prenatal diagnosis and termination, shedding light on varied approaches within the Islamic tradition. ·      The Legal Ruling on Transferring Mitochondria by Drawing an Analogy with Breastfeeding and Determining Its Status in the Paradigm of the Higher Objectives of the Sharīʿa A contemporary legal analysis examining the transfer of mitochondria through analogy with breastfeeding, offering insights into its status within the broader framework of Sharīʿa's higher objectives. Book Reviews: ·      Wives and Work: Islamic Law and Ethics before Modernity, by Marion Holmes Katz Celene Ibrahim critically reviews Marion Holmes Katz's work, providing a nuanced understanding of Islamic law and ethics regarding wives and work before modern times. ·      Islamic Ethics as Educational Discourse: Thought and Impact of the Classical Muslim Thinker Miskawayh (d. 1030), edited by Sebastian Günther and Yassir El Jamouchi Janne Mattila offers insights into the educational discourse presented in this edited volume, exploring the impact of classical Muslim thinker Miskawayh. ·      Islam and Biomedicine, edited by Afifi al-Akiti and Aasim I. Padela Nasrin Rouzati critically examines the edited volume, delving into the intersection of Islam and biomedicine, offering a comprehensive review of the varied perspectives presented. ·      Possessed by the Right Hand: The Problem of Slavery in Islamic Law and Muslim Cultures, by Bernard K. Freamon Jonathan A.C. Brown provides a detailed review of Bernard K. Freamon's work, unraveling the complexities surrounding slavery in Islamic law and Muslim cultures. Explore these insightful discussions and more in the new issue. Let's continue fostering dialogue on ethics in challenging times. Due thanks to Abdurraouf Oueslati for his hard and meticulous work and to all contributing colleagues. 🌍 #IslamicEthics #PandemicEthics #Bioethics #JournalPublication

#Arts Rich Contribution to #Ethics by Paul Macneill This book is a collection of invited essays on Ethics and the Arts. Most of the chapters were written without each author being familiar with other chapters and there is (unsurprisingly) a range of different approaches taken. Nevertheless, there is also a considerable degree of coherence between the chapters, which I aim to bring out in this concluding chapter. My further aim is to examine the ways (in the particularities of each chapter) in which the arts can, and do, make a major contribution to ethics. As discussed briefly in the Introduction, I consider that the relationship between ethics and the arts is two-way. In this book, ethical concerns are discussed within the arts—but so too is ethics considered from thevantage point of the arts. In this chapter I take up this idea from both angles, in discussing the approaches taken by various authors toward ethics within their artform, as well as in drawing insights from the discussions of various ideas, art theories and practices, and a range of other disciplines, that may offer broader understandings of ethics. There are ethical issues that concern artists and a good many of them have been captured in chapters of this book. https://lnkd.in/epiHfz5V

Curious about research ethics? In a new series of articles, we highlight some key interplaying concepts of ethics and health research. To kick things off, the National Office team have put together a ‘rapid round’ A-Z of topics 👇👇 https://lnkd.in/eXHFY4Pk

Ethics In Scholarly Publishing Is More Than Following Guidelines - The Scholarly Kitchen Without understanding the dimensions of ethics in scholarly communications, our attempts at improving the system through tools and training may not be effective and sustainable. https://lnkd.in/gSXsS4cj

Our latest issue of Process Studies Supplement has just come out! Issue 29 features the piece "Hartshorne, Ethics, and the Journal Ethics" by Daniel A. Dombrowski. This article explores the topic of process ethics by focusing on thirty largely neglected publications-both articles and book reviews-by Charles Hartshorne that appeared between 1929 and 1974 in the premier journal in the field, Ethics, and its predecessor, International Journal of Ethics. Both of these journals were published at University of Chicago, where Hartshorne taught from 1928 until 1955. Process Studies Supplements (PSS) is a scholarly journal published in an electronic format. It is intended to make available to scholars long articles or short monographs that are too large for the journal Process Studies. Material submitted to PSS is peer reviewed in the traditional scholarly fashion, but the mode of delivery is in electronic form. You can read the latest issue and access all of the Process Studies Supplements here: https://buff.ly/3BfRPLS

Ethics In Scholarly Publishing Is More Than Following Guidelines - The Scholarly Kitchen Without understanding the dimensions of ethics in scholarly communications, our attempts at improving the system through tools and training may not be effective and sustainable. https://lnkd.in/gSXsS4cj