Embracing complexity: theory, cases and the future of bioethics

Monash Bioethics Review

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 3-21

  Wilson, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Empirical bioethics; External validity; Ideal theory; Thought experiments; Translational research

Indexed keywords

BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL THEORY; ETHICS; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MORALITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; TRENDS;

BIOETHICS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; ETHICAL ANALYSIS; ETHICAL THEORY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MORALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84990943357     PISSN: 13212753     EISSN: 18366716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40592-014-0001-z     Document Type: Article

References (46)

1. M. Balconi S. Brusoni L. Orsenigo In defence of the linear model: An essay Research Policy 2010 39 1 13 10.1016/j.respol.2009.09.013
2. Bovens, L., and Cartwright, N. 2010. Measuring the impact of philosophy. Science and Technology Parliamentary Committee Papers on Research Funding Cuts. http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200910/cmselect/cmsctech/memo/spendingcuts/uc8302.htm.
3. British Philosophical Association. 2009. Impact in the research excellence framework. http://www.bpa.ac.uk/resources/uploads/2009/11/bpa-impact-position-paper-301109.pdf.
4. V. Bush Science: The endless frontier 1945 Washington United State Government Printing Office
5. A.L. Caplan Can applied ethics be effective in health care and should it strive to be? Ethics 1983 93 2 311 319 10.1086/292436
6. N. Cartwright Are RCTs the gold standard? BioSocieties 2007 2 1 11 20 10.1017/S1745855207005029
7. N. Cartwright Knowing what we are talking about: Why evidence doesn’t always travel Evidence & Policy: A Journal of Research, Debate and Practice 2013 9 1 97 112 10.1332/174426413X662581
8. G.A. Cohen Rescuing justice and equality 2008 Cambridge, Mass Harvard University Press
9. I. Cohen Transplant tourism: The ethics and regulation of international markets for organs The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics 2013 41 1 269 285
10. Cribb, A. 2010. Translational ethics? The theory–practice gap in medical ethics. Journal of medical ethics 36(4): 207–210.
11. Cribb, A. 2011. Beyond the classroom wall: Theorist-practitioner relationships and extra-mural ethics. Ethical theory and moral practice 14(4): 383–396.
12. N. Daniels Equity and population health: Toward a broader bioethics agenda The Hastings Center Report 2006 36 4 22 35 10.1353/hcr.2006.0058
13. B. Drolet N. Lorenzi Translational research: Understanding the continuum from bench to bedside Translational Research 2011 157 1 1 5 10.1016/j.trsl.2010.10.002
14. D.C. Dennett Higher-order truths about chmess Topoi 2006 25 39 41 10.1007/s11245-006-0005-2
15. Elster, J. 2011. How outlandish can imaginary cases be? Journal of applied philosophy 28(3): 241–258.
16. A. Fleming On the antibacterial action of cultures of a penicillium, with special reference to their use in the isolation of B. influenzae British Journal of Experimental Pathology 1929 10 3 226 236
17. Giubilini, A., and Minerva, F. 2012. An open letter from Giubilini and Minerva. http://blogs.bmj.com/medical-ethics/2012/03/02/an-open-letter-from-giubilini-and-minerva/.
18. A. Giubilini F. Minerva After-birth abortion: Why should the baby live? Journal of Medical Ethics 2013 39 261 263 10.1136/medethics-2011-100411
19. J. Glover It makes no difference whether or not I do it Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 1975 49 171 209
20. B. Godin The linear model of innovation: The historical construction of an analytical framework Science, Technology and Human Values 2006 31 6 639 667 10.1177/0162243906291865
21. S. Kagan The additive fallacy Ethics 1988 99 1 5 31 10.1086/293033
22. F. Kamm Morality, mortality volume I: Death and whom to save from it 1993 Oxford Oxford University Press
23. F. Kamm Intricate ethics 2006 Oxford Oxford University Press
24. P. Kitcher Science, truth and democracy 2001 Oxford Oxford University Press 10.1093/0195145836.001.0001
25. Kitcher, P. 2011. Philosophy inside out. Metaphilosophy 42(3): 248–260
26. S. Kline N. Rosenberg R. Landau N. Rosenberg An overview of innovation The positive sum strategy: Harnessing technology for economic growth 1986 Washington DC National Academies Press 275 306
27. G. Lakoff Moral politics: What conservatives know that liberals don’t 1996 Chicago University of Chicago Press
28. J. Le Fanu The rise and fall of modern medicine 2011 London Abacus
29. B. Ligon Penicillin: Its discovery and early development Seminars in Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2004 15 1 52 57 10.1053/j.spid.2004.02.001
30. Littmann, J. (2014). Antimicrobial resistance and distributive justice. PhD thesis, UCL.
31. A.C. MacIntyre After virtue: A study in moral theory 1981 London Duckworth
32. F.M. Marincola Translational medicine: A two-way road Journal of Translational Medicine 2003 1 1 1 10.1186/1479-5876-1-1
33. M. Millar Can antibiotic use be both just and sustainable… or only more or less so? Journal of Medical Ethics 2011 37 3 153 157 10.1136/jme.2010.038042
34. J. Montgomery Reflections on the nature of public ethics Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 2013 22 1 9 21 10.1017/S0963180112000345
35. R. Nozick Anarchy, state and Utopia 1975 New York Basic Books
36. Nuffield Council on Bioethics Novel techniques for the prevention of mitochondrial DNA disorders: An ethical review 2012 London Nuffield Council on Bioethics
37. D. Parfit Reasons and persons 1984 Oxford Oxford University Press
38. J. Rachels Active and passive euthanasia The New England Journal of Medicine 1975 292 2 78 80 10.1056/NEJM197501092920206
39. P. Rothwell External validity of randomised controlled trials: “To whom do the results of this trial apply?” The Lancet 2005 365 9453 82 93 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)17670-8
40. Schroeder, M. 2012. Value theory, the Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (Summer 2012 Edition). In ed. Edward N. Zalta. http://plato.stanford.edu/archives/sum2012/entries/value-theory/.
41. D.E. Stokes Pasteur’s quadrant: Basic science and technological innovation 1997 Washington DC Brookings Institution
42. D. Thacher The normative case study American Journal of Sociology 2006 111 6 1631 1676 10.1086/499913
43. D. Westen Political brain: The role of emotion in deciding the fate of the nation 2008 USA PublicAffairs
44. J. Wilson Towards a normative framework for public health ethics and policy Public Health Ethics 2009 2 2 184 194 10.1093/phe/php012
45. J. Wilson Why it’s time to stop worrying about paternalism in health policy Public Health Ethics 2011 4 3 269 279 10.1093/phe/phr028
46. J. Wolff Ethics and public policy: A philosophical inquiry 2012 London Routledge