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Area of Science:

  • Biomedical Ethics
  • Moral Philosophy

Background:

  • Common morality is a foundational concept in influential biomedical ethics theories.
  • Beauchamp and Childress's models in Principles of Biomedical Ethics prominently feature common morality.
  • Beauchamp's recent revisions also address the role of common morality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze the concept of common morality as presented in Beauchamp and Childress's works.
  • To evaluate the empirical significance and normative role of common morality in ethical theory construction.
  • To propose an alternative, more modest account of common morality.

Main Methods:

  • Critical analysis of Beauchamp and Childress's models of common morality.
  • Examination of the coherence theory of moral justification in relation to common morality.
  • Evaluation of Beauchamp's recent revisions to his common morality theory.

Main Results:

  • The existence and empirical significance of common morality are partially defended.
  • The normative role of common morality as a moral foundation is criticized.
  • Common morality is found to be incompatible with standard coherentist justification.
  • Beauchamp's latest proposal suggests a move towards a more modest account.

Conclusions:

  • The foundational account of common morality is not convincing.
  • A more modest view of common morality as a resource of validated moral insights is suggested.
  • Beauchamp's recent work may signal a shift away from his original common-morality theory.