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Ethics Expertise
Lisa . Ed(S): Rasmussen
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Description for Ethics Expertise
Hardback. Experts in a variety of fields offer advice and solutions. But where professional expertise often involves mastering certain facts, ethics expertise is distinct. Including applications of ethics expertise in such areas as bioethics consultation, expert witnessing and policy making, this book examines philosophical conceptions of ethics expertise. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Lisa. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 566.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
279
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781402038198
SKU
V9781402038198
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Ethics Expertise
From the reviews: "The essays in this collection represent both a summary of the debate about expertise in medical ethics and also take the argument a little further. ... Ethics Expertise is a solid contribution to the literature in this area. It is an important topic and these papers help to advance the debate." (Christian ... Read more