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Read full paper at： http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=51168#.VFgp2WfHRK0 Author(s) Archimedes C. Articulo Affiliation(s) College of Arts and Sciences, Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City, Philippines . ABSTRACT This paper deals with the ethical issues concerning living organ donor transplantation in the context of Immanuel Kant’s Ethical Theory. It primarily aims to refute the common perception about Kant’s categorical opposition to organ transplantation as violative to his concept of duty of self-preservation (transplantation as a form of mutilation or partial suicide). In this paper we will argue that: 1) Kantian concept of mutilation, or partial self-murder, should be perc...

Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=50552#.VECTs1fHRK0 Author(s)    Gundula Hübner 1,2* , Anja Mohs 1 , Lars Eric Petersen 1 Affiliation(s) 1 Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany . 2 MSH Medical School Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany . ABSTRACT Explicit attitude measures seem to be rather poor predictors of organ donation behaviour. This study examined whether implicit attitude measures acted as better predictors. Special attention was paid to the moderating role played by attitude strength in predicting deliberate donation behaviour. In this study (N = 78), explicit and implicit measures of attitudes towards organ donation, as well as behavioural commitment, were assessed....