RISK AND MID-LEVEL MORAL PRINCIPLES

We discuss ethical aspects of risk-taking with special focus on principlism and mid-level moral principles. A new distinction between the strength of an obligation and the degree to which it is valid is proposed. We then use this distinction for arguing that, in cases where mid-level moral principle...

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Authors: Espinoza, Nicolas (Author) ; Peterson, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2012
In: Bioethics
Year: 2012, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-14
Further subjects:B Incomparability
B moral indeterminacy
B Risk
B degree of rightness
B mid-level principle
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