The Moral Acquaintances Methodology in Bioethics
- Notre Dame University of Notre Dame Press 2000
- 214p
includes index and biblioraphy
Methodology and Bioethics PART ONE Moral Friends, Moral Strangers, and Methodology Bioethics and Moral Acquaintances The Emergence of Bioethics Moral Acquaintances and Moral Pluralism Procedures and Morality Foundational Methods A Survey of Foundational Theories in Bioethics The Limits of Foundations: Form and Matter Ecumenism in Bioethics: The Appeal to Middle-Level Principles The Method of Middle-Level Principles The Standard Criticisms Postmodernity and Principles Principles, Cases, and the Moral Point of View After Paradigms: The Crisis of Secular Casuistry Jonsen and Toulmin and the Renaissance of Casuistry The Context of Casuistry Secular Casuistry: The Paradox of Trolleys and Transplants Conclusions for Bioethics PART TWO Moral Acquaintances and Methodology Communitarian Bioethics Particularity, Humanity, and Community The Shapes of Moral Communities Friends, Strangers, and Acquaintances The Genealogy of Agreement and Consensus Pluralism and Consensus The Geography of Moral Judgment: A Spectrum of Agreement and Disagreement A Sociology of Agreement Agreement between Friends, Strangers,and Acquaintances Moral Acquaintances: Proceduralism and Organizational Ethics Moral Acquaintances and Procedural Bioethics Bioethics, Moral Acquaintances, and the Common Morality of Proceduralism Organizational Ethics