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Towards an ethics of authentic practice.

Stuart J Murray1, Dave Holmes, Amélie Perron

  • 1Department of English, Faculty of Arts and School of Graduate Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. sjmurray@ryerson.ca

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice
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Developing an ethics of authentic practice requires questioning evidence-based medicine (EBM) authority without succumbing to antiauthoritarianism. Philosophers Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault offer insights into speaking truth to power and navigating authority in ethical practice.

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Published on: February 16, 2011

Area of Science:

  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Medicine
  • Medical Ethics

Background:

  • Critiques of evidence-based medicine (EBM) highlight the tension between theory and practice.
  • The concept of authentic practice necessitates a re-evaluation of ethical subjectivities.
  • Existing frameworks struggle to address the ethical implications of emerging biomedical technologies.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elaborate an ethics of authentic practice.
  • To define the relationship between ethics, the subject, and authoritative structures.
  • To propose a framework for ethical practice that accommodates new biomedical subjectivities.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical analysis, drawing on the works of Hannah Arendt and Michel Foucault.
  • Critique of evidence-based medicine (EBM) and its underlying assumptions.
  • Exploration of parrhesia (free speech) as a tool for ethical practice.

Main Results:

  • An ethical practice should critically engage with EBM without adopting dogmatic antiauthoritarianism.
  • Hannah Arendt's political philosophy provides tools for understanding authority in ethical practice.
  • Michel Foucault's concept of parrhesia emphasizes the importance of speaking truth to power.

Conclusions:

  • Emerging biotechnologies necessitate a re-evaluation of the ethical subject.
  • An ethics of authentic practice must be developed to align with new biomedical realities.
  • Navigating authority and power structures is central to ethical medical practice.