Overview
- Contains all new essays that engage with a growing body of scholarly literature on moral expertise
- The first anthology on moral expertise since Lisa Rasmussen’s excellent 2005 collection, Ethics Expertise
- Brings together both academics and clinical ethicists on the contentious question of moral expertise
Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 129)
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Table of contents(17 chapters)
About this book
This collection addresses whether ethicists, like authorities in other fields, can speak as experts in their subject matter. Though ethics consultation is a growing practice in medical contexts, there remain difficult questions about the role of ethicists in professional decision-making. Contributors examine the nature and plausibility of moral expertise, the relationship between character and expertise, the nature and limits of moral authority, how one might become a moral expert, and the trustworthiness of moral testimony. This volume engages with the growing literature in these debates and offers new perspectives from both academics and practitioners. The readings will be of particular interest to bioethicists, clinicians, ethics committees, and students of social epistemology. These new essays promise to advance discussions in the professionalization and accreditation of ethics consultation.
Editors and Affiliations
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Department of Medical Humanities and Bioethics, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, USA
Jamie Carlin Watson, Laura K. Guidry-Grimes
About the editors
Jamie Carlin Watson, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a clinical ethicist at UAMS and Arkansas Children's Hospital. He is also a plain language writer with the Center for Health Literacy at UAMS. His primary research is in epistemology and applied ethics in the areas of epistemic authority and expertise. His current work is on role of clinical ethics consultants in medical decision-making and the scope of expert authority. He has co-written four textbooks on philosophy, ethics, and critical thinking, and he is the author of Winning Votes by Abusing Reason: Responsible Belief and Political Rhetoric (Lexington Press, 2017).
Laura K. Guidry-Grimes, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities and Bioethics at University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) and a clinical ethicist at UAMS and Arkansas Children's Hospital. She has a secondary appointment in Psychiatry and an affiliated position with the Center for Health Literacy at UAMS. She previously worked as a full-time clinical ethicist at MedStar Washington Hospital Center in Washington, DC. She uses her philosophy background and clinical experience to research the dimensions of vulnerability, the challenges of shared decision-making in mental health contexts, and quality standards for ethics consultation.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Moral Expertise
Book Subtitle: New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Bioethics
Editors: Jamie Carlin Watson, Laura K. Guidry-Grimes
Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92759-6
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-92758-9Published: 27 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06510-2Published: 03 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-92759-6Published: 16 August 2018
Series ISSN: 0376-7418
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VI, 304
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: Bioethics, Public Health