Value pluralism and coherentist justification of ethical advice

Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-97

  Forsberg, Ellen Marie ^a  

^a The National Committees for Research Ethics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Coherentism; Ethical matrix; Ethical tools; Intuitionist balancing; Justification; Prima facie principles; Value pluralism

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; MODELING; MORALITY;

EID: 33847014842     PISSN: 11877863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10806-006-9017-6     Document Type: Article

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