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Global bioethics and 'erroneous reason': fallacies across the bordersIn Matti Häyry (ed.), Arguments and analysis in bioethics, Rodopi. 2010.
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60Rationalising circumcision: from tradition to fashion, from public health to individual freedom--critical notes on cultural persistence of the practice of genital mutilationJournal of Medical Ethics 30 (3): 248-253. 2004.Despite global and local attempts to end genital mutilation, in their various forms, whether of males or females, the practice has persisted throughout human history in most parts of the world. Various medical, scientific, hygienic, aesthetic, religious, and cultural reasons have been used to justify it. In this symposium on circumcision, against the background of the other articles by Hutson, Short, and Viens, the practice is set by the author within a wider, global context by discussing a rang…Read more
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36Trust Me! My Hands Are Dirty AlsoProfessional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 11 (1): 55-81. 2003.
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1Hiv/Aids Epidemic, Human Rights and Global JusticeJournal of International Political Theory 1 197-206. 2005.
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7Cultural diversity and the limits of toleranceIn Michael Parker (ed.), Ethics and Community in the Health Care Professions, Routledge. pp. 112. 1999.
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28Women's rights and reproductive health care in a global perspectiveJournal of Social Philosophy 31 (4). 2000.
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4P. H. COETZEE and A. P. J. ROUX (eds.), The African Philosophy Reader, 2nd ed. London: Routledge 2003 (review)Theoria 72 (2): 154-161. 2008.
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1Leila Haaparanta and Ilkka Niiniluoto, eds., Analytic Philosophy in Finland Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 25 (2): 111-113. 2005.
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55Global bioethics: Utopia or reality?Developing World Bioethics 8 (2): 70-81. 2006.This article discusses what 'global bioethics' means today and what features make bioethical research 'global'. The article provides a historical view of the development of the field of 'bioethics', from medical ethics to the wider study of bioethics in a global context. It critically examines the particular problems that 'global bioethics' research faces across cultural and political borders and suggests some solutions on how to move towards a more balanced and culturally less biased dialogue i…Read more
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26Afro-Libertarianism and the Social Contract Framework in Post-Colonial AfricaThought and Practice: A Journal of the Philosophical Association of Kenya 1 (1): 127-150. 2009.This paper examines the shortcomings and possibilities of the social contract approach in relation to the Kenyan post 2007 elections political crisis. The authorapplies philosophical analysis to a practical situation, using Kenya as a case study in the context of the challenges of post-colonial nation-building. The author reflects on the “Afro-libertarian” politico-economic framework, in which communitarian and communal traditions with egoistic and profit-making individualist libertarian market …Read more
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3“Trust Me! My Hands Are Dirty Also”: Institutionalized Corruption and the Competing Codes of Public and Private EthicsProfessional Ethics, a Multidisciplinary Journal 11 (1): 55-81. 2003.
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32Human rights in Africa: From communitarian values to utilitarian practice (review)Human Rights Review 5 (2): 61-85. 2004.
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32Ethics: universal or global? The trends in studies of ethics in the context of globalizationJournal of Global Ethics 11 (1): 80-89. 2015.The article discusses how theory and practice in global ethics affect each other. First, the author explores how the study of ethics has changed in the era of globalization and ponders what the role of the field of study of global ethics is in this context. Second, she wants to show how the logical fallacies in widening study field of ethics produce false polarizations between facts and value judgements in social ethics made in various cultural contexts. She further elaborates how these false po…Read more
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26The conference of the International Society for Value Inquiry in HelsinkiJournal of Value Inquiry 30 (1-2): 297-301. 1996.
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48Review article: Global justice and the demand for global responsibilityJournal of Moral Philosophy 2 (3): 371-379. 2005.
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1Liberal identity and moral individualismIn Sirkku Hellsten, Marjaana Kopperi & Olli Loukola (eds.), Taking the Liberal Challenge Seriously: Essays on Contemporary Liberalism at the Turn of the 21st Century, Ashgate. pp. 105. 1997.
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Review Article: Global Justice and the Demand for Global ResponsibilityJournal of Moral Philosophy 2 (3): 371-379. 2005.
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University of HelsinkiDepartment of Philosophy (Theoretical Philosophy, Practical Philosophy, Philosophy in Swedish)Retired faculty