| Medical ethics' appropriation of moral philosophy: the case of the sympathetic and the unsympathetic physician. | |
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PMID: 17849660 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Philosophy textbooks typically treat bioethics as a form of "applied ethics"-i.e., an attempt to apply a moral theory, like utilitarianism, to controversial ethical issues in biology and medicine. Historians, however, can find virtually no cases in which applied philosophical moral theory influenced ethical practice in biology or medicine. In light of the absence of historical evidence, the authors of this paper advance an alternative model of the historical relationship between philosophical ethics and medical ethics, the appropriation model. They offer two historical case studies to illustrate the ways in which physicians have "appropriated" concepts and theory fragments from philosophers, and demonstrate how appropriated moral philosophy profoundly influenced the way medical morality was conceived and practiced. |
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Authors:
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Robert Baker; Laurence McCullough |
Publication Detail:
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Type: Historical Article; Journal Article; Review |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Kennedy Institute of Ethics journal Volume: 17 ISSN: 1054-6863 ISO Abbreviation: Kennedy Inst Ethics J Publication Date: 2007 Mar |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-09-13 Completed Date: 2007-10-05 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9109135 Medline TA: Kennedy Inst Ethics J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 3-22 Citation Subset: E; IM |
Affiliation:
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Center for Bioethics & Clinical Leadership, Union Graduate College, Schenectady, NY, USA. |
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Bioethics
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history* Ethics, Medical / history* Euthanasia / ethics, history* Germany History, 18th Century History, 20th Century Humans Moral Obligations Morals* National Socialism / history Physician-Patient Relations* |
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Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):65-7
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17849665
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Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):55-64 [PMID: 17849664 ] Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):43-54 [PMID: 17849663 ] Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):31-42 [PMID: 17849662 ] Kennedy Inst Ethics J. 2007 Mar;17(1):23-30 [PMID: 17849661 ] |
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