Research Ethics all the Way Down

Bibliographic Data

ID20053348
AuthorsKristien Hens (0000-0003-1062-7918, corresponding author)
Year2022
Pages17-24
Publication date2022-12-09
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueChance encounters (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherOpen Book Publishers (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.11647/obp.0320.03
OpenAlexW4311974698
ISBN9781800648494
LanguageEN
References cited133

In this chapter, I suggest a rapprochement of bioethics and the philosophy of science, specifically philosophy of biology. I describe the case of Paolo Macchiarini and what we can learn about research ethics. I use the ideas of Mary Midgley about philosophical plumbing to argue that getting the concepts right in science and helping scientists get the context right is the first ethical step in science. Hence, the practices of philosophers of science and bioethics are not so different, although there seems to be a wide gap between these disciplines

Bioethics · Biology · Engineering ethics · Epistemology · Philosophy of science · Political science · Research ethics · Social science · Sociology · Engineering · Ethics in medical practice · Law · Neuroethics, Human Enhancement, Biomedical Innovations · Philosophy · Race, Genetics, and Society

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