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Zinvol leidinggeven: het meesterschap van de rechterhersenhelft in de wereld van economie en techniek
No full textGathering data on meaning-in-life among older people:Two explorative approaches
No full textWander van der Vaart and Pien Bos conclude this volume with a methodological reflection on research into meaningful aging. Using Derkx’s seven needs framework, they explore two methodological approaches toward collecting data on “meaning in life”: a sociological, semi-structured, basically deductive approach and an anthropological, unstructured, inductive approach. The first approach involved semi-structured (focus group) interviews with residents, health care staff, and clients’/residents’ councils of two long-term care organizations for older adults. The second approach involved analyzing life histories that were collected among religious, rural community dwellers. Van der Vaart and Bos discuss possible explanations of the contradictory outcomes, focusing on study design and population differences. Lessons are drawn about tailoring methods to vulnerable, older people aiming to obtain valid data on their perceptions and experiences of meaning in life. They describe the advantages and disadvantages of the two approaches and conclude that, even when tailoring data collection to a particular population or setting, each approach defines what may count as valid data on meaning in life
Blurring the Lines between Imitation and Emulation in Moral Development
No full textThis article investigates the roles of imitation and emulation in the development of virtue by questioning the way these learning mechanisms are distinguished in the literature. Conventional views distinguish a deliberate kind of emulation, necessary for the acquisition of practical wisdom and virtue, from the unconscious and automatic imitation of virtuous actions. In this article, this binary is challenged through an analysis of two (autobiographical) novels by the French author Edouard Louis. Eddy, the main character in both novels, adopts behaviours from his friends and teachers on purpose, driven by personal goals rather than the models’ virtuous motives. The novels help us to imagine a new category of moral learning, called ‘deliberate imitation’: it is goal-driven but not fully aligned with the virtuous intentions of the role models. This type of imitation blurs the distinction between imitation and emulation and may serve as a transitional phase. The article ends with a discussion of the implications this type of imitation may have for moral education. It is suggested that teachers may have less control over which of their actions students take to be exemplary and which ones not
D2.2. Report on the results of the BEYOND public consultation.
No full textTo explore and integrate public and stakeholder views on research ethics, research integrity and research misconduct, BEYOND organised a bottom-up and solution-oriented public consultation on research ethics/ research integrity needs, knowledge, perspectives and real-life experiences of research misconduct and on the efficacy of RE/RI interventions. The results of the public consultation will be used for co-creation of a best practice manual, guidelines to supplement standard operating procedures, and roadmap to 2030
Euthanasia in advanced dementia
No full textIn dit artikel wordt ingegaan op de casus van mevrouw S. Zij heeft een schriftelijke euthanasieverklaring ingevuld, omdat zij euthanasie wil op het moment dat zij haar kinderen niet meer herkent. Dat moment is aangebroken. Moet de euthanasie nu worden uitgevoerd
Shared responsibility in open door policy
No full textHet opendeurenbeleid van instellingen kan leiden tot vragen over de veiligheid van en verantwoordelijkheid voor cliënten die zelfstandig naar buiten gaan. Wie is er eigenlijk verantwoordelijk voor de cliënt die zelfstandig naar buiten gaat? En welke mogelijkheden zijn er om de veiligheid te vergroten? Deze vragen komen aan de orde in de casus van mevrouw Terzeer in dit artikel
Holocaust, Colonialism, Slavery: Entangled Histories of a Benin Bronze from a Jewish Collection
No full textThe article examines the history of a Benin Bronze which was looted by Nazis in 1934 and sold in 2018. It explores the broader debates surrounding the restitution of Benin Bronzes while situating the Benin Bronze within the contexts of the Holocaust, colonialism, and slavery, highlighting the complexities of restitution and transitional justice
Victimization as transformative experience:A phenomenological perspective
No full textDominant approaches to victimization define it in terms of (psychological) suffering and norm transgression. A critical approach endorses more-inclusive examinations of harm and turns to victims to hear and learn from their experiences. In this article, we illustrate how a phenomenological approach contributes to this endeavour and can illuminate often neglected aspects of victimization. We engage in a close reading of Susan Brison's Aftermath and other autobiographical works of severe victimization, integrating key phenomenological understandings of being and death by Martin Heidegger and Emmanuel Levinas in our analysis. We consider the implications of understanding victimization as an experience of a collapse of a meaningful world through the other's exploitation of victims’ existence
Between structure and mystery:Exploring the spiritual dimension of mild to moderate dementia care
Get PDFFinding One's Way Through the Gender Expanse:Examining the Use of Metaphors in Gender-Affirming Care as a Step Toward More Inclusive Spiritual Care Practices
No full textChaplains can play a unique role in providing care for trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people by addressing their spiritual needs. However, spiritual care for TGD individuals may fail to be inclusive in at least three ways: spiritual care may focus solely on religious TGD people, on a limited part of the whole range of gender identities, or on a specific route toward gender affirmation. In this article, the aim is to develop an inclusive perspective on spiritual care for TGD people. To that end, inspired by work by Susan Sontag, we examine spiritual care for TGD individuals through the philosophical lens of social imaginaries, focussing particularly on metaphors, tracing how metaphors used in care for TGD people have changed over time. We elaborate on the potential of the metaphor of “orientation in gender-expansive space,” based on queer theory and literature about worldview-inclusive chaplaincy, for envisioning an inclusive approach to gender-affirming spiritual care