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Part II - The Search for Alternative or Complementary Concepts Surrounding Autonomy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 September 2019

Edited by
David G. Kirchhoffer  and
Bernadette J. Richards
David G. Kirchhoffer
Affiliation:
Australian Catholic University
Bernadette J. Richards
Affiliation:
University of Adelaide
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Summary

What makes right actions right? According to the kind of ‘pluralism’ associated with W. D. Ross, answers to this question terminate in more than one foundation.1 There is no single master principle providing the sole foundation for morality. Instead, there is a plurality of different factors of fundamental moral importance, they have different strengths in different contexts and there is no general rule for telling us how to weigh their relative importance against each other.

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Beyond Autonomy
Limits and Alternatives to Informed Consent in Research Ethics and Law
 , pp. 79 - 150
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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