Debating Ethical Expertise

This paper explores the relevance of the debate about ethical expertise for the practice of clinical ethics. We present definitions, explain three theories of ethical expertise, and identify arguments that have been brought up to either support the concept of ethical expertise or call it into questi...

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Auteurs: Steinkamp, Norbert L. 1960- (Auteur) ; Gordijn, Bert (Auteur) ; ten Have, Henk A. M. J. (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 2008
Dans: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Année: 2008, Volume: 18, Numéro: 2, Pages: 173-192
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Résumé:This paper explores the relevance of the debate about ethical expertise for the practice of clinical ethics. We present definitions, explain three theories of ethical expertise, and identify arguments that have been brought up to either support the concept of ethical expertise or call it into question. Finally, we discuss four theses: the debate is relevant for the practice of clinical ethics in that it (1) improves and specifies clinical ethicists' perception of their expertise; (2) contributes to improving the perception of moral competence of non-ethicists; (3) gives insight into complementary styles of argumentation of ethicists and non-ethicists; and (4) contributes to the awareness of the problem of profession-building of (clinical) ethicists.
ISSN:1086-3249
Contient:Enthalten in: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/ken.0.0010