The ethics of compromise: third party, public health and environmental perspectives
My invitation to respond to Lepora and Goodin may be the result of my work on complicity—in particular, the participation of health professionals in torture and aggressive interrogation in the so-called ‘war on terror’.1 ,2 However, instead of responding to the précis, I intend to address the sectio...
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| Language: | English |
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BMJ Publ.
2017
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2017, Volume: 43, Issue: 4, Pages: 267-268 |
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| Summary: | My invitation to respond to Lepora and Goodin may be the result of my work on complicity—in particular, the participation of health professionals in torture and aggressive interrogation in the so-called ‘war on terror’.1 ,2 However, instead of responding to the précis, I intend to address the section of the authors' book dealing with compromise and to explore the implications of their approach for some pressing public health issues.3 ,4In their chapter entitled ‘Compromise as a Template’, Lepora and Goodin contend that ‘[i]t is only when the intra-personal conflict forces an agent to choose among items of principled concern … to her that a compromise is genuinely involved’ (p. 19). The authors are right to emphasise the ethical significance of setting aside, forsaking or violating one's principles to reach an agreement. There may be serious implications for the integrity of an individual or an institution that makes such a compromise. But we should ensure that the intrapersonal focus does not lead to the neglect of other important ethical dimensions.A compromise may be problematic because of its impact on others who are affected by, but are not … |
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| ISSN: | 1473-4257 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of medical ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2015-103279 |