Bioethics at century's turn: can normative ethics be retrieved?
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This article examines divergent opinions in the complex field of contemporary bioethics, focusing on the effect of postmodernist theory on absolute moral values. Topics addressed include philosophical methodology, justification, and moral responsibility.
Publication Name: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0360-5310
Year: 2000
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Reply to Strong on principlism and casuistry
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Carson Strong's critical arguments against specified principlism and for casuistry are discussed. Topics include the necessity of external assignments of priorities, specification versus casuistry, and casuistry as a distinctive method.
Publication Name: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0360-5310
Year: 2000
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Strong on specification
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The debate between Carson Strong and Henry Richardson on casuistry versus specified principlism is discussed. A moral case is compared to a painting.
Publication Name: The Journal of Medicine and Philosophy
Subject: Philosophy and religion
ISSN: 0360-5310
Year: 2000
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