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How to Be a ‘Good’ Collector: Some Ethical Reflections on the Private Collecting of Cultural Heritage (2024)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (2024). How to Be a ‘Good’ Collector: Some Ethical Reflections on the Private Collecting of Cultural Heritage. International Journal of Cultural Property, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0940739124000079

This paper discusses some of the major ethical issues that arise in connection with the widespread holding of cultural heritage by private collectors. If, as many people believe, and UNESCO has affirmed, cultural heritage is, in some morally signific... Read More about How to Be a ‘Good’ Collector: Some Ethical Reflections on the Private Collecting of Cultural Heritage.

Alkaline hydrolysis and respect for the dead: an ethical critique (2024)
Journal Article
Scarre, G. (online). Alkaline hydrolysis and respect for the dead: an ethical critique. Mortality, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/13576275.2024.2338284

Alkaline hydrolysis is an increasingly popular method of disposing of human corpses, which involves dissolving them into a solution of 95% water and 5% alkali, producing some bone residue and a liquid waste that can be flushed into the sewer system o... Read More about Alkaline hydrolysis and respect for the dead: an ethical critique.

Historical, Political, and Public Responses to Death, Loss, Memory, and Mourning in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1780-1914. (2024)
Book
Davies, D., McCullough, M., Sandy, M., Scarre, G., & Whitefield, R. (Eds.). Historical, Political, and Public Responses to Death, Loss, Memory, and Mourning in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1780-1914. Routledge

Intellectual and 'Disciplinary' Responses to Death, Loss, Memory, and Mourning in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1780-1914. (2024)
Book
Whitefield, R., & Scarre, G. (Eds.). Intellectual and 'Disciplinary' Responses to Death, Loss, Memory, and Mourning in the Long Nineteenth Century, 1780-1914. Routledge