Two concepts of empirical ethics

Bioethics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 202-213

  Parker, Malcolm ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Empirical ethics; Expressivism; Fact value distinction; Naturalistic ethics; Principlism

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFLICT; EMOTION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; EUTHANASIA; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGIC; MEDICAL ETHICS; MORALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; EMOTIONS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICISM; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL RELATIVISM; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUTHANASIA; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; LOGIC; MORALS; PRINCIPLE-BASED ETHICS; SOCIAL VALUES; VIRTUES;

EID: 63449114497     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2009.01708.x     Document Type: Article

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