The late 1960s witnessed an unprecedented interest in the environment. One of the intellectual characteristics of this period was the rise of ecocentrism, a form of ecological reasoning that challenged the domination of anthropocentric environmental thinking and practice. The thesis briefly reviews the evolution of ecological forms of reason, and then poses two questions. The first question asks: "What is ecological reason and how does the literature conceptualise it?" This leads to a theoretical analysis of the forms of ecological reason discernable in the literature, and results in a 'matrix of ecological reason'. The three primary forms of ecological reason are described as 'Technocentric Ecology', 'Discursive Ecology' and 'Eco-social Ecology'. They differ in respect to different dimensions of ecological reason, the forms of communication employed (drawing here on Habermas), and the level of commitment to anthropocentrism or ecocentrism. This 'matrix' highlights the contested nature of ecological reason in the literature, and demonstrates that there is, yet, no clear agreement on what it means, or should mean. The second question examines the ecological rationality of environmental practice. The 'matrix' is employed in three case studies of environmental decisions that take place under the New Zealand Resource Management Act (RMA), and investigates the forms of ecological reason expressed in these decision processes. The results of this analysis show that Eco-social Ecology barely registers in these case studies, while the other two forms of ecological reason. Technocentric Ecology and Discursive Ecology are both highly visible in the rationality of the RMA, but with two important qualifiers. First, although there is a commitment to Discursive Ecology on the part of many professionals, there is also much concern that this form of reason undermines quality environmental decisions. Thus, there is significant ambiguity as to the role of the community (an important dimension of Discursive Ecology). This leads to the second qualifier. There is an uneasy relationship between these two forms of reason, at both the theoretical and practice level. This tension underpins the competing visions of the RMA as a scientifically driven process and as a community process. This thesis argues that this tension does not provide for a secure marriage of these two visions.

In this article, the authors describe how the International Financial Corporation of the World Bank, and the 77 global financial institutions that have signed on to the Equator Principles, have come to the conclusion that social conflict with indigenous communities needs to be resolved through the application of free, prior, informed and consent. While the requirement to obtain consent of an indigenous people would appear to make it more difficult for extractive industry projects to proceed, theories of dispute resolution developed by the Harvard Negotiation Project suggest that where consent is obtained, it is more likely thatc onflicts will be reduced.

OBJETIVO: Analisar a frequência da submissão do protocolo de pesquisa aos Comitês de Ética em Pesquisa e da aplicação do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido do projeto intitulado “Protocolo Brasileiro para o Tratamento de Pacientes com Tumores da Família de Sarcoma de Ewing”. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo transversal retrospectivo. Através das fichas clínicas dos pacientes foi realizada uma análise do trâmite regulatório, bem como, do processo de obtenção do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido de 180 pacientes de 16 instituições. RESULTADOS: Dez dos dezesseis centros submeteram o Protocolo ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa local. Em relação ao Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, 161 dos 180 pacientes e/ou seus representantes legais consentiram e assinaram o Termo aplicado pelo pesquisador. Destes, 123 assinaram o Termo de Consentimento específico do protocolo e 38 assinaram o Termo de Consentimento institucional. Em relação à data da assinatura do consentimento, 141 dos 161 pacientes assinaram o Termo de Consentimento após receberem as informações referentes ao estudo clínico e antes de iniciar o tratamento. CONCLUSÃO: A maioria das instituições participantes apresenta uma estrutura adaptada ao assistencialismo e não estavam familiarizadas com aspectos éticos, legais e regulatórios que envolvem um projeto desta natureza. / OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency of submission of the research protocol to the Institutional Research Board and application of Informed Consent Form related to a clinical trial entitled “Treatment of Patients with Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors: A study of the Brazilian Cooperative Group”. METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Through patient records were performed an analysis of the regulatory proceeding and the signing of the Informed Consent Form by 180 patients from 16 institutions. RESULTS: Ten of the sixteen centers submitted the Protocol to the local Institutional Review Board. Regarding the Informed Consent Form, 161 of 180 patients and/or their legal representatives consented and signed the Form applied by the researcher. Of these, 123 signed the consent form specific to the protocol and 38 signed an institutional form. Regarding the date the consent form was signed, 141 of 161 patients signed it after receiving information about the trial and before starting treatment. CONCLUSION: Most of the participating institutions had a structure adapted to welfare and were not familiar with the ethical, legal and regulatory systems involved in a project like this.

Virtue can be seen as a core construct of pastoral theology when it is understood as a relational dynamic which includes the experience of suffering and the pastoral response of compassion. This thesis probes the philosophical theology of Jonathan Edwards, who proposed that virtue is a form of beauty defined as "consent to being." Edwards' construct of virtue is examined from its inception in his pastoral work at Northampton parish. Although it was offered in the context of the 18th century debates in moral philosophy, it is argued that Edwards' idea of virtue is a unique theological contribution to our understanding of the nature of virtue. The implications of this conception of virtue are weighed against current discussions in ethics and moral philosophy on the theme of virtue. Edwards' idea of "consent to being" is expanded from a pastoral theological perspective to include the notion of compassion as an integrative motif. The structure of experience and how we speak about our experiences are explored in relation to this aesthetic understanding of virtue as a form of beauty. This leads to the notion of compassion as ontological consent. Since language is the vehicle by which our experiences are conveyed, the thesis probes the issue of how moral vision is expressed in "experience-near" language through parable, poem, and lament. Moral vision is articulated most adequately through such language, the formulation of which takes the form of a necessary quest. The thesis concludes with a constructive proposal concerning a mature pastoral theology of virtue. This may be seen as an expansion of Edwards' concept of "consent to being" from the vantage point of pastoral theology. It is argued that a dynamic vision of virtue requires some connection between the experience of suffering and the inward striving toward the greatest good. The essence of virtue can be best understood, from a pastoral theological perspective, as the relational dynamic of "suffering with" another human being. / Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology / D.Th. (Practical Theology)

[pt] O tema central da tese é o contrato de gestação de substituição. Sua análise está delimitada aos efeitos decorrentes da consideração do seu objeto, se lícito ou ilícito, à luz das regras de direito constitucional e civil do ordenamento brasileiro. O marco teórico é delineado pelas obras de Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda – notadamente as noções acerca dos planos do negócio jurídico – e Marcel Mauss – especificamente o Ensaio sobre a dádiva – e a escola de Direito Civil Constitucional – a partir da qual se construiu a análise das categorias que permeiam todo o estudo: dignidade da pessoa humana, autonomia privada e dicotomia entre coisa e pessoa. O objetivo geral foi investigar se o objeto do contrato de gestação de substituição suportaria o conceito de licitude à luz do sistema jurídico de regras e de princípios constitucionais. Consequentemente, três objetivos específicos foram traçados. O primeiro delimitou conceitualmente os termos objeto, licitude e ilicitude na doutrina e na jurisprudência brasileira e constatou que esses conceitos carregam um conteúdo que deve ser adequado com vistas a comportar a nova categoria de contrato – que incorpora aspectos patrimoniais e extrapatrimoniais. O segundo, ao investigar se tais contratos são levados à apreciação do Poder Judiciário, constatou ser afirmativa a indagação. Entretanto, expôs-se que a avaliação feita pelo Poder Judiciário se limita ao reconhecimento ou não da filiação. O terceiro objetivo específico identificou que o Poder Judiciário tem considerado o objeto do contrato de gestação de substituição como lícito, pois se baseia nas diretrizes estabelecidas pela Resolução n. 2.121/2015 do Conselho Federal de Medicina acerca da gestação de substituição gratuita. Diante da situação fática, constatou-se a relativização de conceitos delimitados pela regra jurídica para se alcançar esta ou aquela solução para casos delicados. Nenhuma outra consideração acerca da licitude ou ilicitude do objeto contratual pôde ser estabelecida diante dos casos analisados. / [en] The central theme of the thesis is gestational surrogacy contract. Theanalysis is bounded to the effects arising from the consideration of its object, whether lawful or unlawful according to the rules of constitutional and civil lawof the Brazilian legal system. The theoretical framework is outlined by the works of Francisco Cavalcanti Pontes de Miranda - especially the notions about the legal business plans - and Marcel Mauss - specifically the Essay on the gift - and the school of Constitutional Civil Law - from which it has built an analysis of categories that permeate the whole study: human dignity, personal autonomy and dichotomy between thing and person. The overall objective was to investigate whether the object gestational surrogacy contract would support the concept of legality according to the legal system and constitutional principles. As a result, three specific objectives were outlined. The first conceptually delimited the terms object, legality and illegality in doctrine and Brazilian jurisprudence and found that these concepts carry content that must be appropriate in order to support this new contract category - which incorporates patrimonial and non patrimonial rights. The second, while investigating whether such agreements are taken into account by the Judiciary, it was found an affirmative answer. However, it exposed that the analysis made by the judiciary is limited to the recognition of legitimate filiation. The third specific objective identified that the judiciary has considered the object of gestational surrogacy agreement as lawful contract because it is based on guidelines established by Resolution n. 2.121/2015 of Federal Council of Medicine about the altruistic surrogacy. On the factual situation, there was noted the relativism of concepts delimited by the legal rule in order to be put into perspective of delicate cases. No further consideration about the legality of contractual object could be established before the analysed cases.

Kvinnor har rätt till informerat samtycke och informerade val när det gäller undersökningar och behandlingar under graviditet och förlossning både utifrån FNs mänskliga rättigheter och utifrån svensk lagstiftning. Kvinnan har historiskt befunnit sig långt ned i den hierarkiska ordningen inom förlossningsvården. Det råder en riskkultur i det västerländska moderna samhället som även märks av i vården av gravida och födande kvinnor. Kvinnor genomgår många olika undersökningar och behandlingar under graviditet och förlossning av vilka några har oklar evidens. Barnmorskan har en viktig roll i att ge kvinnor möjlighet till informerat samtycke och informerade val när det gäller undersökningar och behandlingar under graviditet och förlossning. Det behövs mer kunskap om hur kvinnor i Sverige ges möjlighet till detta. Syftet med studien är att undersöka om kvinnor ges möjlighet till informerat samtycke och informerade val när det gäller undersökningar och behandlingar under graviditet och förlossning. Studien utfördes som en kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie och datainsamlingen gjordes med hjälp av enkäter. Det insamlade materialet analyserades med både deskriptiv och analytisk statistik. Resultatet antyder att kvinnor inte ges möjlighet till informerat samtycke och informerade val utifrån begreppens rätta bemärkelse när det gäller ett flertal specifika undersökningar och behandlingar under graviditet och förlossning förutom när det gäller rutinultraljudsundersökningen. Kvinnor uppfattar dock att de ges möjlighet vara delaktiga i beslut rörande undersökningar och behandlingar överlag under graviditet och förlossning. Hierarkiska ordningar och riskkulturen som råder i förlossningsvården är tidigare påvisade faktorer som kan utgöra hinder för kvinnors möjligheter till informerat samtycke och informerade val under graviditet och förlossning. Med en vård baserad på ett patientperspektiv kan kvinnors ställning samt autonomi stärkas. För en hållbar utveckling är kvinnors möjligheter at t göra informerade val angående sin sexuella och reproduktiva hälsa avgörande. / Women have the right to informed consent and informed choice with regard to examinations and treatment during pregnancy and childbirth on the basis of the human rights conducted by The United Nations, and according to Swedish law. Women have historically been far down in the hierarchical order in the birthing care system. There is a risk culture in Western modern society that is also noticeable in the care of pregnant women and women giving birth. Women undergo a variety of examinations and treatments during pregnancy and childbirth, some of which have unclear evidence. The midwife has an important role to give women the opportunity for informed consent and informed choices regarding examinations and treatments during pregnancy and childbirth. There is a need for more knowledge about how women in Sweden are given the opportunity to do so. The aim of the study is to investigate whether women are given the opportunity for informed consent and informed choices with regard to examinations and treatments during pregnancy and childbirth. The study was conducted as a quantitative cross-sectional study and questionnaires were used for data collection. The collected data was analysed with both descriptive and analytical statistics. The results suggest that women are not given opportunities for informed consent and informed choices based on their true sense when it comes to several specific examinations and treatments during pregnancy and childbirth except for the routine ultrasound examination. Nevertheless do women perceive that they are given opportunities to participate in decision making regarding examinations and treatments in general during pregnancy and childbirth. Hierarchical schemes and risk culture that prevails in the birthing care system is earlier identified factors that may pose obstacles to women's opportunities for informed consent and informed choice during pregnancy and childbirth. Through a care based on a patient perspective, the status of women and women's autonomy would be strengthened. For sustainable development, women's opportunities to make informed choices about their sexual and reproductive health are crucial.

OBJETIVO: Analisar a frequência da submissão do protocolo de pesquisa aos Comitês de Ética em Pesquisa e da aplicação do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido do projeto intitulado “Protocolo Brasileiro para o Tratamento de Pacientes com Tumores da Família de Sarcoma de Ewing”. MÉTODOS: Trata-se de estudo transversal retrospectivo. Através das fichas clínicas dos pacientes foi realizada uma análise do trâmite regulatório, bem como, do processo de obtenção do Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido de 180 pacientes de 16 instituições. RESULTADOS: Dez dos dezesseis centros submeteram o Protocolo ao Comitê de Ética em Pesquisa local. Em relação ao Termo de Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido, 161 dos 180 pacientes e/ou seus representantes legais consentiram e assinaram o Termo aplicado pelo pesquisador. Destes, 123 assinaram o Termo de Consentimento específico do protocolo e 38 assinaram o Termo de Consentimento institucional. Em relação à data da assinatura do consentimento, 141 dos 161 pacientes assinaram o Termo de Consentimento após receberem as informações referentes ao estudo clínico e antes de iniciar o tratamento. CONCLUSÃO: A maioria das instituições participantes apresenta uma estrutura adaptada ao assistencialismo e não estavam familiarizadas com aspectos éticos, legais e regulatórios que envolvem um projeto desta natureza. / OBJECTIVE: To analyze the frequency of submission of the research protocol to the Institutional Research Board and application of Informed Consent Form related to a clinical trial entitled “Treatment of Patients with Ewing Sarcoma Family of Tumors: A study of the Brazilian Cooperative Group”. METHODS: Retrospective cross-sectional study. Through patient records were performed an analysis of the regulatory proceeding and the signing of the Informed Consent Form by 180 patients from 16 institutions. RESULTS: Ten of the sixteen centers submitted the Protocol to the local Institutional Review Board. Regarding the Informed Consent Form, 161 of 180 patients and/or their legal representatives consented and signed the Form applied by the researcher. Of these, 123 signed the consent form specific to the protocol and 38 signed an institutional form. Regarding the date the consent form was signed, 141 of 161 patients signed it after receiving information about the trial and before starting treatment. CONCLUSION: Most of the participating institutions had a structure adapted to welfare and were not familiar with the ethical, legal and regulatory systems involved in a project like this.

In this paper, the author analyzes the alleged consent, stating their stance against it and proposing, instead, the alleged will, considering that the last is right for describe the legal fiction used to recreate the moment in which the legal holder knows the fact and have the possibility of providing consent to excute the ‘ilicit’ action. In this line, the author reviewed the theories that explain the legal nature of the alleged will, rejecting it as a noncriminal behavior and considering it an autonomous underlying justification. Also, the author describes the requirements of this alleged will, differentiating it from other situations as subrogation. Finally, the author makes a review of the two categories where the alleged will occurs: performances in foreign interest and actions on self-interest. / En el presente artículo, la autora analiza la figura jurídica del consentimiento presunto, señalando su postura contraria a dicha formulación y proponiendo, en su lugar, el término voluntad presunta, por considerarlo más exacto para describir la ficción jurídica utilizada para recrear el momento en el que el titular del bien jurídico habría consentido la actuación del autor, en caso de haber conocido el hecho y de haberse encontrado en la posibilidad de brindar su consentimiento. En dicha línea, la autora repasa las teorías doctrinarias formuladas para explicar la naturaleza jurídica de la voluntad presunta, descartando que se trate de una causa de atipicidad penal y optando por considerarla una causa de justificación autónoma. Asimismo, la autora describe los requisitos que deberá tener esta voluntad presunta para ser considerada válidamente como una causa de justificación autónoma, diferenciándola de otros supuestos como la subrogación. Finalmente, la autora hace una revisión de las dos categorías donde puede presentarse la voluntad presunta: las actuaciones en interés ajeno y las actuaciones en interés propio.

The Criminal Code exempts from criminal liabilityany person when they act with valid consent fromthe holder of the legal asset of free disposal. This exclusion of criminal responsibility raises multiplequestions.Which legal rights can be freely disposed? Is it that all individual legal rights are of free disposal? If that is the case, which legal basis justifies it? Does the holder’s consent means that the behavior is unlawful, or is it a non-criminal behavior?In this paper, the author answers all these questions, emphasizing that, according to the type of State we live in, the legal-criminal rights are protected to allow the self-realization of every person. Based on that, the author maintains that all criminal-legal rights are of free disposal, and that  the  holder’s  consent  is  a non-criminality cause. / El Código Penal exime de responsabilidad penal aquien actúa con consentimiento válido del titular del bien jurídico de libre disposición. Esta eximentetrae múltiples cuestionamientos.¿Qué  bienes  jurídicos  tienen  dicha  naturaleza? ¿Acaso todos los bienes jurídicos individuales sonde libre disposición? De ser ese el caso, ¿cuál sería el fundamento de ello? ¿El consentimiento deltitular implica que la conducta es antijurídica, o estaríamos ante una conducta atípica?En el presente artículo, la autora responde a estas interrogantes resaltando que, en el modelo de Estado en que vivimos, los bienes jurídico-penales se protegen porque se busca la autorrealización del individuo. Sobre la base de ello, la autora sostiene que todos los bienes jurídico-penales individuales son disponibles, siendo el consentimiento una causa de atipicidad de la conducta.

This article samples possible uses of psychoanalysis in law from the academic work of Joseph Goldstein and Jay Katz. Both start to recognize the importance of psychoanalysis to provide a serious and courageous attention to the non-rational dimensions of the human being, we should be aware in the world of law. Starting from this premise, the author explores two possible uses of psychoanalysis in law: one represented by Goldstein, focuses on using «psychoanalytic premises to resolve legal disputes», for example by providing psychoanalytic information to determine the best interests of the child in cases of custody, while the other, represented by Katz, who seeks to «create an awareness of conflict where all of the actors had previously been locked in a mutually reinforcing fantasy that no conflict existed», as it occurs in doctor-patient relationship, in order to rethink standards that had been set by law under an illusion of objectivity and rationality. The article explores these two approaches through examples, linking two perspectives adopted by Freud throughout his academic work and taking a preferred position by the position of Katz. / El presente artículo muestras los posibles usos del psicoanálisis en el derecho a partir del trabajo académico de Joseph Goldstein y Jay Katz. Ambos parten de reconocer la importancia del psicoanálisis para prestar una atención seria y valiente a las dimensiones no racionales del ser humano, de las que debemos ser conscientes en el mundo del derecho. Partiendo de dicha premisa, el autor explora dos posibles usos del psicoanálisis en el derecho. Uno, representado por Goldstein, se centra en utilizar «premisas psicoanalíticas para resolver conflictos jurídicos», como, por ejemplo, al aportar información psicoanalítica para determinar el interés superior del niño en casos de tenencia. Mientras tanto, el otro, representado por Katz, busca «concientizar acerca de un conflicto en casos donde los todos actores se habían dedicado a reforzar mutuamente su fantasía de que no existía conflicto alguno» entre sujetos de una relación, como ocurría en la relación médico-paciente, con la finalidad de repensar estándares que habían sido fijados por el derecho bajo una ilusión de objetividad y racionalidad. El artículo explora estas dos aproximaciones a través de ejemplos, vinculándolas a dos perspectivas adoptadas por Freud a lo largo de su trabajo académico y tomando una postura preferente por la mirada de Katz.