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Item The de dicto account of moral worth(University of the Western Cape, 2025) Lerm, JessicaThe de re/de dicto debate takes as its starting point the observation that not all morally correct actions have moral worth; the agent has to act for the right reasons in order to be morally praiseworthy. According to the traditional de dicto view, the “right reason” is that the agent recognises that the action is the morally correct one, that it falls under the description “…is morally right”; whereas, according to the de re view that has recently supplanted it, the “right reason” is that the agent recognises the action’s right-making features, the reasons that make the action right in the first place. The de re view currently holds sway, with Nomy Arpaly being its main advocate. Many of the key arguments in the de re/de dicto literature appeal to thought experiments, such as Arpaly’s Huck Finn and Williams’ ‘one thought too many’. However, several experimental philosophers, such as Edouard Machery, have critiqued traditional analytic philosophy’s reliance on thought experiments. For this reason, I designed a simple study to empirically test our de re/de dicto intuitions. This is the first time this literature has been subjected to empirical testing. Over one hundred participants of a range of ages, races, genders and familiarity with formal Philosophy were polled randomly. The results are presented in this paper. As we will see, though the de re view continues to be the predominant one amongst contemporary philosophers, empirical testing reveals that there is more intuitive support for the de dicto view than the literature has assumed. I hope in this paper to show that the traditional, de dicto account of moral worth deserves a second chance.Item Participatory design partnerships for gender and health in low and middle-income countries: a scoping review(University of the Western Cape, 2025) Ulla Walmisley; Gabby Oliver; Tanya Jacobs; Anam Nyembezi; Olagoke Akintola; Asha GeorgeItem The association of periodontal disease and metabolic control of Type 1 adult patients with diabetes at Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town(University of the Western Cape - Main Library, 2025) Suliman, AhmedBackground: Periodontal disease is chronic inflammation of the periodontium. The inflammation can affect the gingival connective tissue or can progress, into the periodontal ligament and alveolar bone. Periodontal disease is a co-morbidity of diabetes and affects diabetics with poor control and suppressed immunity. Aim: This study compared the periodontal status of adults with Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) with their diabetic metabolic control. Method: This cross-sectional study was conducted in adult patients diagnosed with T1DM. PD was assessed using the AAP (American Academy Of Periodontology) as well as EFP (European Federation Of Periodontology) 2017 classification. Periodontal parameters (bleeding index, periodontal pocket depth and radiographical bone loss) were assessed and the periodontal health of the diabetic patient was compared to their glycemic control. Results: There were 120 adult participants, of whom 61.67% (74), were female, and 38.33 % (46) were male. The majority were non-smokers and less than 44 years of age. There were 78 (65%) participants with uncontrolled blood glucose (BG) and 42 (35%) with good control, HBA1C>=7%. The median HbA1C level was 8.75 [6.1 to 12.2]. The majority of the participants (94%) had periodontitis, and 97% of them showed uncontrolled blood glucose. Only 7 participants had gingivitis and only two showed poor metabolic control.Item Measuring fatigue in South African first responders: unidimensionality and psychometric evaluation of the chalder fatigue scale combining classical test theory and mokken scale analysis(University of the Western Cape, 2025) Pretorius, TyroneItem The relationship between intolerance of uncertainty and alcohol use in first responders: the direct, indirect and moderating role of generalized resistance resources(University of the Western Cape, 2025) Pretorius, TyroneItem Behind the scenes: The editor's experience(University of the Western Cape, 2018) Snyders, MarkItem Crossroads Series(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Benson, KoniItem The swimming lesson(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, KobusItem Olifantland(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Handspring Puppet companyItem The art of healing: A portrait of Lizette Chirrime(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Assubuji, RuiItem Liminal(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Kota, RezaItem I see you(University of the Western Cape, 2019) MongiwekhayaItem Middle Passage(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Amoros, Luis GimenezItem Athlone in mind(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Grunebaum, Heidi; Campbell, Kurt; Lalu, PremeshItem Extracts from a dispensable life(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, KobusItem Like father, like son(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Moolman, KobusItem Item Warona(University of the Western Cape, 2019) Ukwanda Puppet CompanyThe play sketches her life in the township, which is centred on a small social community around a local butchery. Warona has a friendship with the son of the butcher, a young man who deals in drugs. Warona becomes involved in experimental drug taking, and as a result, she watches her dreams disappear.Item The woman of the stone sea(University of the Western Cape, 2020) van der Merwe, MegThe Woman of the Stone Sea seeks to reinvent the archetypal Western literary trope of fisherman and mermaid, through my Coloured 'kreef' fisherman protagonist, Hendrik, and the mamlambo he finds washed up on a beach. Set within the Coloured fishing community of an unnamed West Coast fishing village, the story uses myth to expose our turbulent racial present and past whilst at the same time pushing the boundaries of magic realism within the South African literary canon. Indeed, for the majority of South Africa's indigeneous populations, the boundaries between what the post-Enlightenment Western world might call the 'real world' and the supposedly fictitious world of spirit and the supernatural, are less clear; less dogmatically defined and less absolute. Woman seeks to explore this through its form and magic real(ism) approach. At the same time it seeks to give voice to the Coloured fishing communities which have largely been excluded from the South African literary canon.Item Getting the Most out of HTC with Workflows(Universty of the Western Cape, 2018) van Heusden, Peter A.; Koch, Christina