The hedgehog and the Borg: Common morality in bioethics

Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-30

  Arras, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Beauchamp; Childress; Common morality; Duties to others; Gert; Moral change; Moral justification; Reflective equilibrium

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICAL ISSUES; BIOETHICS; CONCEPT FORMATION; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, CLINICAL; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MORAL OBLIGATIONS; MORALS; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL VALUES; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60749120530     PISSN: 13867415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11017-009-9093-5     Document Type: Note

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