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Ethics Expertise - History, Contemporary Perspectives, and Applications (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
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Ethics Expertise - History, Contemporary Perspectives, and Applications (Hardcover, 2005 ed.)
Series: Philosophy and Medicine, 87
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Section I examines historical philosophical understandings of
expertise in order to situate the current institution of bioethics.
Section II focuses on philosophical analyses of the concept of
expertise, asking, among other things, how it should be understood,
how it can be acquired, and what such expertise warrants. Finally,
section III addresses topics in bioethics and how ethics expertise
should or should not be brought to bear in these areas, including
expertise in the court room, in the hospital room, in the media,
and in making policy. 2. A GUIDED HISTORICAL TOUR As Scott LaBarge
points out, Plato's dialogues can be viewed as an extended
treatment of the concept of moral expertise, so it is fitting to
begin the volume with an examination of "Socrates and Moral
Expertise." Given Socrates' protestations (the Oracle at Delphi
notwithstanding) that he knows nothing, LaBarge observes that it
would be interesting to determine both what a Socratic theory of
moral expertise might be and whether Socrates qualified as such an
expert. Plato's model of moral expertise is what LaBarge calls
"demonstrable expertise," which is concerned mainly with the
ability to attain a goal and to explain how one did it. The problem
with this account is that when one tries to solve the various
problems in the model - for example, allowing that moral expertise
is not an all-or-nothing skill - then one is immediately faced with
the "credentials problem." As LaBarge puts it, ." . .
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Imprint: |
Springer-Verlag New York
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Philosophy and Medicine, 87 |
Release date: |
September 2005 |
First published: |
2005 |
Editors: |
Lisa Rasmussen
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Dimensions: |
232 x 156 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
279 |
Edition: |
2005 ed. |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4020-3819-8 |
Categories: |
Books >
Medicine >
General issues >
Medical ethics
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LSN: |
1-4020-3819-4 |
Barcode: |
9781402038198 |
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