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How experience confronts ethics.

Barry Hoffmaster¹, Cliff Hooker

¹Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. choffmas@uwo.ca

|April 3, 2009

Summary

This study argues for a naturalist approach in bioethics, breaking from analytic moral philosophy. Empirical research can actively shape normative knowledge, not just describe it.

Area of Science:

Bioethics
Moral Philosophy
Philosophy of Science

Background:

Analytic moral philosophy creates a divide between empirical facts and normative principles.
This limits empirical research to merely applying norms, preventing it from challenging them.
Contemporary bioethics largely follows this analytic tradition.

Purpose of the Study:

To advocate for a significant shift in bioethics methodology.
To integrate empirical research beyond descriptive ethics.
To challenge the dominant analytic moral philosophy in bioethics.

Main Methods:

Critique of the prevailing "method of application" in bioethics and science.
Analysis of the underlying conception of rationality.
Introduction of naturalist and constructivist accounts of reason and normative knowledge.

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Main Results:

The dominant analytic approach restricts the role of empirical facts.
A naturalist approach liberates empirical work to contribute to normative knowledge.
An enlarged conception of rationality is necessary for this integration.

Conclusions:

Bioethics requires a break from analytic moral philosophy to truly incorporate empirical research.
Empirical work is essential and can actively contribute to normative knowledge in bioethics.
Naturalist and constructivist perspectives offer more productive frameworks for bioethics.