Moral Authority, Moral Standing, and Moral Controversy  

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Wildes, Kevin Wm.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy vol. 18 no. 4 (Aug. 1993), page 347-350.
Topik: Moral Controversy

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: MM80.1 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Bioethics, as an intellectual discipline, has been conceived in moral controversies. It has evolved from the need to bring moral order to the chaos of disputes regarding proper biological research and medical practice (Jonsen, 1991). There are a number of ways by which moral controversies can be resolved. One way is to appeal to a commonly shared moral point of view. When such views are shared, controversies can reach closure by “sound argument” (Beauchamp, pp. 19—30). However, as Beauchamp notes, closure in this form is almost never achieved in areas of controversial moral or public policy debates (Beauchamp, p. 29). Another way to resolve moral controversies is to achieve a procedural closure. That is, controversies may be resolved, not by appeal to a shared set of moral reasons but by appeal to who has proper moral authority. Such procedural resolutions have become crucial, the resolution of moral controversies in bioethics. The practices of free and informed consent, advanced directives, and prior warning are procedural means to forestall and settle moral controversies.

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