Medical ethics and more: ideal theories, non-ideal theories and conscientious objection
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Medical ethics and more: ideal theories, non-ideal theories and conscientious objection.
Doing 'good medical ethics' requires acknowledgment that it is often practised in non-ideal circumstances! In this article I present the distinction between ideal theory (IT) and non-ideal theory (NIT). I show how IT may not be the best solution to tackle problems in non-ideal contexts. I sketch a NIT framework as a useful tool for bioethics and medical ethics and explain how NITs can contribut...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0306-6800,1473-4257
DOI: 10.1136/medethics-2014-102295