On the Possibility of a Pragmatic Discourse Bioethics: Putnam, Habermas, and the Normative Logic of Bioethical Inquiry

Journal of Medicine and Philosophy

Volumn 28, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 635-653

  Cooke, Elizabeth F ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Discourse ethics; Inquiry; Language; Pragmatism

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; PHYSICS; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE;

BIOETHICS AND PROFESSIONAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH;

BIOETHICS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347867350     PISSN: 03605310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jmep.28.5.635.18816     Document Type: Review

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