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Empirical ethics as dialogical practice.

Guy Widdershoven¹, Tineke Abma, Bert Molewijk

¹The EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Medical Humanities, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. G.Widdershoven@vumc.nl

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This study introduces a dialogical approach to empirical ethics, integrating hermeneutic ethics and responsive evaluation. It emphasizes stakeholder involvement in developing practical ethical guidelines for improved care in psychiatry.

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Area of Science:

Ethics
Empirical Research
Psychiatry

Background:

Hermeneutic ethics views experience as the source of moral wisdom.
Dialogue is crucial for moral learning and developing normative conclusions.
Responsive evaluation structures dialogical learning processes.

Purpose of the Study:

To present a dialogical approach to empirical ethics.
To combine hermeneutic ethics and responsive evaluation.
To develop and implement normative guidelines for psychiatric practice.

Main Methods:

Eliciting participant stories and experiences.
Facilitated group dialogues (homogeneous and heterogeneous).
Collaborative reflection and analysis with stakeholders.

Main Results:

A theoretical and practical framework for empirical ethics was developed.
Stakeholders actively participated in ethical reflection and guideline development.
The approach addresses the role of the ethicist and ethical theory in practice.

Conclusions:

The dialogical approach effectively integrates stakeholders in empirical ethics.
It facilitates the development of practical, context-specific ethical guidelines.
This method enhances ethical practice in areas like coercion and compulsion in psychiatry.