Moral Expertise
New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Bioethics
Editors: Watson, Jamie Carlin, Guidry-Grimes, Laura K. (Eds.)
Free Preview- 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
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- About this book
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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.
- About the authors
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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.
- Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-33
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Moral Expertise: A Comparative Philosophical Approach
Pages 35-52
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Ethics Expertise: What It Is, How to Get It, and What to Do with It
Pages 53-70
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Why Moral Expertise Needs Moral Theory
Pages 71-86
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Moral Experts, Deference & Disagreement
Pages 87-105
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Table of contents (17 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Moral Expertise
- Book Subtitle
- New Essays from Theoretical and Clinical Bioethics
- Editors
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- Jamie Carlin Watson
- Laura K. Guidry-Grimes
- Series Title
- Philosophy and Medicine
- Series Volume
- 129
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing
- Copyright Holder
- Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-92759-6
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-92759-6
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-92758-9
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-06510-2
- Series ISSN
- 0376-7418
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- VI, 304
- Number of Illustrations
- 2 b/w illustrations
- Topics
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