Get to the Point!: Philosophical Bioethics and the Struggle to Remain Relevant

This article argues that practicality is currently overemphasized in philosophical contributions to bioethics. The inclinations to aim at relevance, to ground normativity on common morality, and to involve many academic disciplines in ethical discussions is understandable, but they are all poorly fo...

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Main Author: Takala, Tuija (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2015
In: Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics
Year: 2015, Volume: 24, Issue: 2, Pages: 149-153
Further subjects:B Relevance
B Reflective Equilibrium
B Theory
B common morality
B Practice
B Multidisciplinarity
B Interdisciplinarity
B Bioethics
B reflexive balancing
B Philosophy
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