What Do You Think of Philosophical Bioethics?
This article provides an overview of approaches to bioethics—practical and theoretical, philosophical and nonphilosophical. It is argued that those who yearn for pragmatism and real-life relevance would do well to concentrate on politics, legislation, social policy, and lobbying. Those, on the other...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2015
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Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 139-148 |
| Further subjects: | B
Interpretation of
B Evaluation B Description B Presuppositions B Theory B Practice B Bioethics B approaches B Philosophy |
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| Summary: | This article provides an overview of approaches to bioethics—practical and theoretical, philosophical and nonphilosophical. It is argued that those who yearn for pragmatism and real-life relevance would do well to concentrate on politics, legislation, social policy, and lobbying. Those, on the other hand, who seek knowledge about our moral thought might be interested in philosophical bioethics—in the explication of concepts, arguments, views, and normative statements. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-2147 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0963180114000449 |