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Moral experience: a framework for bioethics research.

Matthew R Hunt¹, Franco A Carnevale

¹Centre de Recherche en Éthique (CRÉUM), University of Montreal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montreal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. 1matthew.hunt@gmail.com

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This study introduces a new bioethics framework focusing on subjective moral experience in everyday life, moving beyond just ethical dilemmas. It offers a broader lens for understanding values and their realization or thwarting in daily encounters.

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Area of Science:

Bioethics
Moral Philosophy
Anthropology

Background:

Traditional bioethics often centers on ethical dilemmas and decision-making.
There's a growing call for a broader scope in bioethics scholarship to include everyday experiences.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an alternative framework for bioethical inquiry.
To examine the broader spectrum of how morality is experienced in daily life.
To conceptualize moral experience as subjective and hermeneutic.

Main Methods:

Drawing on anthropological and phenomenological sources.
Defining moral experience as the realization or thwarting of valued principles in everyday life.
Adopting a subjective and hermeneutic approach to understanding moral experience.

Main Results:

Moral experience encompasses more than just ethically troubling situations.
Mundane and everyday settings are crucial arenas for moral experience.
The proposed framework extends beyond evaluating dilemmas, justification, and distress.

Conclusions:

The conceptualization of moral experience offers a richer understanding of what is ethically at stake for individuals and communities.
This framework provides new opportunities for empirical bioethics research.
It encourages a more inclusive and comprehensive approach to bioethical scholarship.