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Recording Behavioral Responses to Reflection in Crayfish

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Who's arguing? A call for reflexivity in bioethics.

Jonathan Ives¹, Michael Dunn

¹School of Health and Population Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK. j.c.ives@bham.ac.uk

|May 27, 2010

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This paper argues for a fundamental shift in bioethics practice. Philosophical bioethicists must adopt reflexive approaches, acknowledging bioethics as a socio-cultural practice influenced by individual intuitions and biases.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Philosophy of Science
Sociology of Knowledge

Background:

Bioethics is often perceived as a detached intellectual pursuit.
The socio-cultural embeddedness of bioethical reasoning is frequently overlooked.

Purpose of the Study:

To propose a fundamental change in the practice of bioethics.
To advocate for philosophical bioethicists to adopt reflexive practices.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of bioethical practice.
Argumentation for increased transparency in philosophical bioethics.

Main Results:

Bioethics is an embedded socio-cultural practice, not a detached endeavor.
Philosophical bioethicists' analyses are shaped by personal and cultural intuitions.

Conclusions:

Philosophical bioethicists should openly acknowledge the construction of their practices.
Explicitly addressing bias and conflicts of interest is crucial for robust bioethics.