Radical moral disagreement in contemporary health care: a Roman Catholic perspective.
This paper addresses the moral challenges presented by the existence of radical moral disagreement in contemporary health care. I argue that there is no neutral moral perspective for understanding and resolving these challenges, but that they must be formulated and resolved from within the various perspectives that generate the disagreement. I then explore the natural law tradition's approach to these issues as a test case for my thesis.
Boyle
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Office of the Principal, St. Michael's College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
D001290:Attitude; D026688:Bioethical Issues; D002410:Catholicism; D028661:Complicity; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D003242:Conscience; D032921:Consensus; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D034462:Dissent and Disputes; D034723:Double Effect Principle; D004989:Ethics; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D006126:Group Processes; D006291:Health Policy; D006296:Health Services / Q000592:standards*; D006806:Human Rights; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007600:Judgment; D009014:Morals; D010684:Philosophy; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012941:Social Responsibility; D012945:Social Values