Abstract Morality, Concrete Cases
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14910799 |
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| Authors | Stephen R L Clark (0000-0001-9201-9013, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1987 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Pages | 35-53 |
| Publication date | 1987-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Royal Institute of Philosophy Lecture Series (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0957-042X • E-ISSN: 2051-1981 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0957042x00003655 |
| OpenAlex | W1771424790 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 13 |
Practitioners of disciplines whose problems are debated by moral philosophers regularly complain that the philosophers are engaged in abstract speculation, divorced from ‘real-life’ consequences and responsibilities, that it is the practitioners (doctor, research scientist, politician) who must take the decisions, and that they cannot (and should not) act in accordance with strict abstract logic
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| Highly cited | No |
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