In-prison treatment for sexual offenders in Taiwan

The present study was designed to investigate the current status of mandated treatment in prison for sexual offenders in Taiwan. The information-gathering methods were composed of two parts: questionnaires and interviews. The results showed the difficulties of mandated treatment in prison, including poor client adherence, the lack of consistent disciplines for the therapists, a standardized algorithm, and explicit laws and rules, the safety concerns of the therapists, and a shortage of staff. The development of mandated treatment in prison of sexual offenders in Taiwan is still in its early stage, and the treatment models have not yet been integrated. A cooperative and collaborative center for the mandated treatment in prison of sexual offenders and an integrated rule and treatment model should be set up in the future.     

道德赏罚:社会公正的必然要求

道德赏罚是加强道德监督、实现社会道德调控最直接、最有力的武器,也是社会公正的必然要求。长期以来,人们往往只注重教育在发挥道德功能中的作用而很少把道德与赏罚联系起来,影响了道德作用的充分发挥,也影响了社会公正的实现。基于道德赏罚的重要性,文章试图对道德赏罚的内涵、依据、必要性及其具体措施进行探析。     

滑坡论证:质疑安乐死立法的伦理论证

近年来,安乐死立法成为生命伦理学领域内争论激烈的国际性道德话题,也因此成为滑坡论证质疑其道德可能性的对象。安乐死立法的滑坡论证主要有3种基本类型:1.逻辑滑坡论证是在多种可能性中选择一种可能性,然后把这种可能性当做现实性,因此很难得出可信结论;2.实证滑坡论证具有最大可信度,但实证的路径以明确的经验数据表明,立法安乐死和非自愿安乐死之间并没有必然的因果联系;3.价值滑坡论证的要害在于以生命权否定死亡权。其实,生命包含生存和死亡两个基本要素,尊重生命权要求同时尊重生存权和死亡权。尽管滑坡论证并不足以构成否定安乐死立法的有力论据,我们却不能否认滑坡论证对安乐死立法的质疑所具有的重要价值。     

加强党的先进性建设解决好“两大历史性课题”

“两大历史性课题”与党的先进性建设命题的产生,标志着党的建设新的伟大工程总体框架的基本形成;党的先进性建设是解决好“两大历史性课题”的根本条件与关键所在,解决好“两大历史性课题”是党的先进性建设的基本内容与必然要求;必须坚持以“三个代表”重要思想为指导,不断加强党的先进性建设,切实解决好“两大历史性课题”,把党的先进性建设与“两大历史性课题”的解决统一于党的建设新的伟大工程之中。     

Politics of on-demand food delivery: Policy design and the power of algorithms

In this article, we examine the politics of on-demand food delivery using insights from the theory of social construction and policy design. On-demand food delivery is a service built on algorithm-based technology known for its precarity and physical risks for couriers. We compare how the on-demand food delivery sector is regulated and its observable effects in two Asia-Pacific cities with contrasting food courier profiles: Melbourne, Australia (international students), and Singapore (citizens, permanent residents). We show how the social construction of food couriers in other policy subsystems (migration, higher education, citizenship) affects debates of their fair treatment in the on-demand food delivery sector. By interrogating the politics of digitally enabled versions of reality, we argue for embracing a design perspective to identify how reforms could be introduced in change-resistant sectors.     

Trajectories of Peer Social Influences as Long-term Predictors of Drug Use from Early Through Late Adolescence

The present study analyzed the long-term effects of perceived friend use and perceived peer use on adolescents’ own cigarette, alcohol and marijuana use as a series of parallel growth curves that were estimated in two developmental pieces, representing middle and high school (N = 1,040). Data were drawn from a large drug abuse prevention trial, the Midwestern Prevention Project (MPP). Results showed that both perceived peer and friend cigarette use predicted own cigarette use within and across the adolescent years. For own alcohol and marijuana use, peer and friend influences were limited primarily to middle school. The findings suggest that strategies for counteracting peer and friend influences should receive early emphasis in prevention programs that are targeted to middle school. The findings also raise the question of whether cigarette use may represent a symbol of peer group identity that is unlike other drug use, and once formed, may have lasting adverse effects through the adolescent years.

Does public participation matter? Inclusive growth in East Asia

Inclusiveness in economic development has lately emerged as a critical factor for development. This paper adopts an analytical concept of inclusive growth to evaluate East Asia’s economic success. It contests the Western conceptualization of the critical role of public participation in development, and argues that it has played a limited role in terms of inclusive growth in East Asia. Several factors have influenced the outcome of research in this area including the choice of methodology adopted, the challenge of defining and measuring inclusive growth, and the unclear mode and impact of public participation in the process.     

宗教领域的人权问题

宗教和人权的冲突使人类陷入纠缠不清的道德困境,也因此成为重大的国际伦理问题.事实上,宗教只不过是人的创造物,宗教的普遍性价值形式正是人的普遍性价值形式.由于人权是人人应当享有的普遍性道德权利,因此人权就是宗教的价值基准:任何践踏人权的教义和宗教行为都是恶,任何尊重人权、保障人权的宗教行为都是善.这就是宗教领域的人权的基本要求,其底线伦理是:人人应当享有祛除苦难的权利.它具体展开为尊重平等的伦理精神,并把这种伦理精神一以贯之地融入商谈理解的基本程序之中,切实依靠以伦理责任为要义的法律制度,以有效保障其具体实践和应用.