The Controversy over Retrospective Moral Judgment

, The mandate of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments required that the Committee take a position on the validity of retrospective moral judgments. However, throughout its period of operation, the Committee remained divided on the question of whether sound judgments of individu...

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Main Author: Buchanan, Allen E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press 1996
In: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Year: 1996, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 245-250
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Summary:, The mandate of the U.S. Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments required that the Committee take a position on the validity of retrospective moral judgments. However, throughout its period of operation, the Committee remained divided on the question of whether sound judgments of individual culpability and wrongdoing should be included in its Final Report. This essay examines the arguments that various committee members marshalled to support their opposing views on retrospective moral judgment and explains the significance of the controversy.
ISSN:1086-3249
Contains:Enthalten in: Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1353/ken.1996.0023