PMID: 9549676Apr 29, 1998Paper

Against medical ethics: opening the can of worms

Journal of Medical Ethics
J Cassell

Abstract

In a controversial paper, David Seedhouse argues that medical ethics is not and cannot be a distinct discipline with it own field of study. He derives this claim from a characterization of ethics, which he states but does not defend. He claims further that the project of medical ethics as it exists and of moral philosophy do not overlap. I show that Seedhouse's views on ethics have wide implications which he does not declare, and in the light of this argue that Seedhouse owes us a defence of his characterization of ethics. Further, I show that his characterization of ethics, which he uses to attack medical ethics, is a committed position within moral philosophy. As a consequence of this, it does not allow the relation between moral philosophy and medical ethics to be discussed without prejudice to its outcome. Finally, I explore the relation between Seedhouse's position and naturalism, and its implications for medical epistemology. I argue that this shows us that Seedhouse's position, if it can be defended, is likely to lead to a fruitful and important line of inquiry which reconnects philosophy and medical ethics.

References

Jul 1, 1991·Medical Education·D Seedhouse
Sep 1, 1986·Journal of Medical Ethics·J J Haldane
Feb 1, 1995·Journal of Medical Ethics·D Seedhouse
Feb 1, 1995·Journal of Medical Ethics·Peter D Toon

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Oct 20, 2001·Journal of Medical Ethics·David Seedhouse
Jul 7, 2007·Australasian Psychiatry : Bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists·Leslie Drew, Fiona Delacy
Sep 2, 2004·The Annals of Pharmacotherapy·Jay S Cohen
Feb 16, 2008·Advances in Health Sciences Education : Theory and Practice·Matthew C Holtman
Jan 15, 2016·Journal of Helminthology·A A VázquezS Hurtrez-Boussès
Aug 1, 2006·Anthropology & Medicine·Chrystal JayeSarah Parker
Apr 8, 2019·Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology·Kafeel AhmadMuhammad Sher

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