Ethics needs principles—four can encompass the rest—and respect for autonomy should be “first among equals”

It is hypothesised and argued that “the four principles of medical ethics” can explain and justify, alone or in combination, all the substantive and universalisable claims of medical ethics and probably of ethics more generally. A request is renewed for falsification of this hypothesis showing reaso...

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Main Author: Gillon, R. (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: BMJ Publ. 2003
In: Journal of medical ethics
Year: 2003, Volume: 29, Issue: 5, Pages: 307-312
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