A DUBIOUS EXPORT: THE MORAL PERILS OF AMERICAN-STYLE ETHICS CONSULTATION

A dubious export: the moral perils of American-style ethics consultation.

What Is the Role of Ethics Consultation in the Moral Habitability of Health Care Environments?

Ethics consultation has traditionally focused on the provision of expert guidance to health care professionals when challenging quandaries arise in clinical cases. Its role, however, is expanding as demands on health care organizations are negatively impacting their moral habitability. A sign of this impact can be seen in the moral distress experienced by staff and administrators, such that som...

Emotion Versus Cognition in Moral Decision - Making : A Dubious Dichotomy

My goal in this essay is to explore some issues having to do with the contrast between “emotion” and “cognition” and the ways in which these figure in moral judgment and decision-making. I begin by sketching a view which I call the Rationalist Dichotomy (RD) position. This assumes a sharp dividing line between human “cognitive” (rational, conceptual) capacities and capacities labeled as “emotio...

john steinbeck: friend of the american common man

in his last years of life americans had almost forgotton steinbeck, and those who had not, occasionally criticized him for supporting and praising the u. s. military intervention in the vietnam war. althought ateinbeck incorporates different themes into his works, each one bears many signs of his concern and sympathy for america and the american common people in particular. steinbecks to a god ...

Ethics Consultation and Autonomy

Services of ethics consultants are nowadays commonly used in such various spheres of life as engineering, public administration, business, law, health care, journalism, and scientific research. It has however been maintained that use of ethics consultants is incompatible with personal autonomy; in moral matters individuals should be allowed to make their own decisions. The problem this criticis...