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  • Bioethics
  • Philosophy of Ethics
  • Moral Theory

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  • Growing skepticism questions the appropriateness and basis of bioethicists' roles.
  • Overlooking ethical expertise distorts the understanding of moral advising.
  • Concerns about elitism (intellectualist or authoritarian) fuel skepticism towards ethical expertise.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To challenge common skeptical arguments against ethical expertise in bioethics.
  • To propose an anti-elitist conception of ethical expertise.
  • To demonstrate the consistency of ethical expertise with common moral practice and democratic values.

Main Methods:

  • Philosophical argumentation
  • Conceptual analysis
  • Critique of anti-elitist arguments

Main Results:

  • Rejects intellectualist elitism by grounding bioethics expertise in common moral practice.
  • Refutes authoritarian elitism by showing ethical expertise does not violate autonomy or democracy.
  • Develops an anti-elitist framework for understanding ethical expertise.

Conclusions:

  • An anti-elitist conception of ethical expertise is compatible with bioethics and general moral practice.
  • This framework effectively addresses skeptical concerns about elitism, autonomy, and democracy in ethical advising.