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title

UNDERSTANDING DISAGREEMENT: THE NEED FOR MORAL PSYCHOLOGY IN BIOETHICS

author

Cardi, Michael

abstract

For many questions in bioethics, there are no right answers. Beauchamp and Childress point out: "Conscientious and reasonable moral agents understandably disagree over moral priorities in circumstances of a contingent conflict of norms." These disagreements are sometimes contentious; and without cooperation, or at least tolerance, deliberations involving bioethics issues become ineffectual. Knowledge of moral psychology may facilitate agreement, or at a minimum encourage respect for opposing beliefs, by helping those who work with bioethics issues to understand how they form and reinforce their beliefs. Accordingly, this paper advocates for a greater inclusion of certain aspects of moral psychology in bioethics education and practice.

subject

bioethics

moral psychology

contributor

King, Nancy M. P. (committee chair)

Hall, Mark (committee member)

Iltis, Ana (committee member)

date

2013-06-06T21:19:25Z (accessioned)

2014-06-06T08:30:09Z (available)

2013 (issued)

degree

Bioethics (discipline)

embargo

2014-06-06 (terms)

identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/38528 (uri)

language

en (iso)

publisher

Wake Forest University

type

Thesis