Book contents
- Empirical BioethicsTheoretical and Practical Perspectives
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Empirical Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Theoretical Perspectives
- 1 Theoretical Perspectives: An Introduction
- 2 Empirical Bioethics and the Fact/Value Distinction
- 3 Metaethics, Relativism and Empirical Bioethics
- 4 Empirical Bioethics and the Role of the Professional Ethicist in Policy-Making: Politics, Authority and Expertise
- 5 Evidence, Epistemology and Empirical Bioethics
- 6 Friends, Foes, Flatmates: On the Relationship between Law and (Empirical) Bioethics
- 7 Embracing Diversity in Empirical Bioethics
- Part II Practical Perspectives
- Index
- Books in the series
- References
3 - Metaethics, Relativism and Empirical Bioethics
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Book contents
- Empirical BioethicsTheoretical and Practical Perspectives
- Cambridge Bioethics and Law
- Empirical Bioethics
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part I Theoretical Perspectives
- 1 Theoretical Perspectives: An Introduction
- 2 Empirical Bioethics and the Fact/Value Distinction
- 3 Metaethics, Relativism and Empirical Bioethics
- 4 Empirical Bioethics and the Role of the Professional Ethicist in Policy-Making: Politics, Authority and Expertise
- 5 Evidence, Epistemology and Empirical Bioethics
- 6 Friends, Foes, Flatmates: On the Relationship between Law and (Empirical) Bioethics
- 7 Embracing Diversity in Empirical Bioethics
- Part II Practical Perspectives
- Index
- Books in the series
- References
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Empirical BioethicsTheoretical and Practical Perspectives, pp. 33 - 50Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2016
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