Vilhjálmur Árnason (politician)
Vilhjálmur Árnason (born in Neskaupstaður, Iceland 1953) is professor of philosophy at the University of Iceland. Internationally, he is best known for his research on ethical aspects of controversial genetic research in Iceland by deCODE Genetics. Books *''Hugsmíðar: Um siðferði, stjórnmál og samfélag'' [Fantasies: On Ethics, Politics and Sociecty], 2014 *With Ástríður Stefánsdóttir ''Sjálfræði og aldraðir í ljósi íslenskra aðstæðna'' [Autonomy and Senior Citizens in Light of their Situation in Icelandic], (2004) *''Broddflugur: Siðferðilegar ádeilur og samfélagsgagnrýni'' [Gadflies: Moral and Social Criticisms], (1997) *''Siðfræði lífs og dauða'' [Ethics of Life and Death], (1993, 2nd ed. 2003. German transl. 2005: ''Dialog und Menschenwürde. Ethik im Gesundheitswesen) *''Þættir úr sögu siðfræðinnar'' [Themes From the History of Moral Philosophy], (1990) *''Siðfræði heilbrigðisþjónustu'' [Ethics in Health Care], (1990) Sources
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Neskaupstaður
Neskaupstaður () is a town located on the fjord Norðfjörður on the eastern side of Iceland. It is part of the municipality of Fjarðabyggð and, as of 2016, it has a population of 1,481. Neskaupstaður is the third largest town in Eastern Region. The town was originally built on a farm called "Nes", settled by Egill rauði ("the red"). The town was nicknamed "Little Moscow" in the 20th century due its strong socialist background. History Until 1949, the town was only accessible by boat. Then it was connected through a 626-meter long single-lane tunnel that passed through the Oddskard mountains called Oddskarðsgöng. Oddskarðsgöng was 632 meters above the sea level and was built between 1974-1977. Oddskarđsgöng is now closed. The town is now connected with a new 7.542-meter 2-lane tunnel called Norðfjarðargöng which was constructed between 2013-2017. The building of an aluminum smelter and a new hydroelectric power-plant in East Iceland in 2003 reinvigorated the loc ...
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