Beyond the principles of bioethics: facing the consequences of fundamental moral disagreement

Given intractable secular moral pluralism, the force and significance of the four principles (autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence, and justice) of Tom Beauchamp and James Childress must be critically re-considered. This essay examines the history of the articulation of these four principles of bi...

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Main Author: H. Tristram Engelhardt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2012-08-01
Series:Ethic@: an International Journal for Moral Philosophy
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Online Access:https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/ethic/article/view/26086