Bioconservatism, Bioliberalism, and the Wisdom of Reflecting on Repugnance

Monash Bioethics Review

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-21

  Roache, Rebecca ^a   Clarke, Steve ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human Nature; Modafinil; Monash Bioethic Review; Moral Intuition; Reflective Equilibrium

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; ETHICS; FEAR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMANISM; INTUITION; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MORALITY; PHILOSOPHY; POLITICS; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL ENHANCEMENT; DISSENT AND DISPUTES; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; FEAR; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANISM; HUMANS; INTUITION; JUDGMENT; MORALS; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLITICS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL VALUES; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; THINKING; VIRTUES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79958163133     PISSN: 13212753     EISSN: 18366716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03351306     Document Type: Article

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