Controversial views and moral realism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21702320 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Henrik Rydenfelt (0000-0003-3739-4712, University of Helsinki, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 44 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 165-176 |
| Publication date | 2023-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Metamedicine (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0166-2031 • E-ISSN: 1573-1200 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11017-023-09616-4 |
| PMID | 36867309 |
| OpenAlex | W3197525085 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
It is argued that the emergence of controversial views in discussions of theoretical medicine and bioethics is best explained by the assumption of moral realism within those discursive practices. Neither of the main alternatives of realism in contemporary meta-ethics — moral expressivism and anti-realism — can account for the rise of controversies in the bioethical debate. This argument draws from the contemporary expressivist or anti-representationalist pragmatism as advanced by Richard Rorty and Huw Price, as well as the pragmatist scientific realism and fallibilism of the founder of pragmatism, Charles S. Peirce. In accordance with the fallibilist view, it is proposed that presenting controversial positions may serve epistemic purposes within bioethical debates, providing opportunities for inquiry by pointing towards problems to be solved and arguments and evidence for and against to be put forward
Alternative medicine · Environmental ethics · Epistemology · History of medicine · Moral philosophy · Moral psychology · Moral realism · Philosophy of medicine · Psychiatry · Realism · Sociology · Ethics in medical practice · Medicine · Philosophical Ethics and Theory · Philosophy · Political Philosophy and Ethics · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |