Moral Teachings from Unexpected Quarters: Lessons for Bioethics from the Social Sciences and Managed Care

On the usual account of moral reasoning, social science is often seen as able to provide “just the facts,” while philosophy attends to moral values and conceptual clarity and builds formally valid arguments. Yet disciplines are informed by epistemic values—and bioethics might do well to see social s...

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Main Author: Nelson, James Lindemann (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2000
In: The Hastings Center report
Year: 2000, Volume: 30, Issue: 1, Pages: 12-17
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Summary:On the usual account of moral reasoning, social science is often seen as able to provide “just the facts,” while philosophy attends to moral values and conceptual clarity and builds formally valid arguments. Yet disciplines are informed by epistemic values—and bioethics might do well to see social scientific practices and their attendant normative understandings about what is humanly important as a significant part of ethics generally.
ISSN:1552-146X
Contains:Enthalten in: Hastings Center, The Hastings Center report
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/3527989