Literature DB >> 11643219

Is ethics consultation dangerous?

Donnie J Self.   

Abstract

Scofield's article is an extremely important paper that is well-written, carefully and articulately argued, but fundamentally wrong, i.e., philosophically wrong. His position ultimately leads to pure subjectivism of values or a radical relativism of values where anyone's judgment about values is just as good as anyone else's judgment. He holds that in matters of ethical decision making there is no moral expertise. That is, when it comes to value judgments you cannot get them right and you cannot get them wrong. This position undermines the very possibility of ethics -- at least normative ethics, which is what Scofield objects to ethics consultants doing. But common sense tells us that some value judgments are better than others.

Keywords:  Bioethics and Professional Ethics

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Year:  1993        PMID: 11643219

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Camb Q Healthc Ethics        ISSN: 0963-1801            Impact factor:   1.284


  3 in total

1.  Health Care Ethics Committees: The Next Generation, by J.W. Ross, et al.

Authors:  Giles R Scofield
Journal:  HEC Forum       Date:  1994-05

2.  Should a medical/surgical specialist with formal training in bioethics provide health care ethics consultation in his/her own area of speciality?

Authors:  Mark Bernstein; Kerry Bowman
Journal:  HEC Forum       Date:  2003-09

3.  Quality attestation for clinical ethics consultants: a two-step model from the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities.

Authors:  Eric Kodish; Joseph J Fins; Clarence Braddock; Felicia Cohn; Nancy Neveloff Dubler; Marion Danis; Arthur R Derse; Robert A Pearlman; Martin Smith; Anita Tarzian; Stuart Youngner; Mark G Kuczewski
Journal:  Hastings Cent Rep       Date:  2013 Sep-Oct       Impact factor: 2.683

  3 in total

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