TY - JOUR
T1 - An anthropological exploration of contemporary bioethics
T2 - The varieties of common sense
AU - Turner, Leigh
PY - 1998/4
Y1 - 1998/4
N2 - Patients and physicians can inhabit distinctive social worlds where they are guided by diverse understandings of moral practice. Despite the contemporary presence of multiple moral traditions, religious communities and ethnic backgrounds, two of the major methodological approaches in bioethics, casuistry and principlism, rely upon the notion of a common morality. However, the heterogeneity of ethnic, moral, and religious traditions raises questions concerning the singularity of common sense. Indeed, it might be more appropriate to consider plural traditions of moral reasoning. This poses a considerable challenge for bioethicists because the existence plural moral traditioons can lead to difficulties regarding 'closure' in moral reasoning. The topics of truth-telling, informed consent, euthanasia, and brain death and organ transplantation reveal the presence of different understandings of common sense. With regard to these subjects, plural accounts of 'commonsense' moral reasoning exist.
AB - Patients and physicians can inhabit distinctive social worlds where they are guided by diverse understandings of moral practice. Despite the contemporary presence of multiple moral traditions, religious communities and ethnic backgrounds, two of the major methodological approaches in bioethics, casuistry and principlism, rely upon the notion of a common morality. However, the heterogeneity of ethnic, moral, and religious traditions raises questions concerning the singularity of common sense. Indeed, it might be more appropriate to consider plural traditions of moral reasoning. This poses a considerable challenge for bioethicists because the existence plural moral traditioons can lead to difficulties regarding 'closure' in moral reasoning. The topics of truth-telling, informed consent, euthanasia, and brain death and organ transplantation reveal the presence of different understandings of common sense. With regard to these subjects, plural accounts of 'commonsense' moral reasoning exist.
KW - Anthropology
KW - Bioethics
KW - Casuistry
KW - Diversity
KW - Pluralism
KW - Principlism
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U2 - 10.1136/jme.24.2.127
DO - 10.1136/jme.24.2.127
M3 - Review article
C2 - 9603001
AN - SCOPUS:0348202969
SN - 0306-6800
VL - 24
SP - 127
EP - 133
JO - Journal of Medical Ethics
JF - Journal of Medical Ethics
IS - 2
ER -