UNDERSTANDING DISAGREEMENT: THE NEED FOR MORAL PSYCHOLOGY IN BIOETHICS

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.

Grantor dc:publisher

Wake Forest University

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• Cardi, Michael

• bioethics

Language dc:language.iso

en

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10339/38528

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:wakespace.lib.wfu.edu:10339/38528