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Nov 17, 2018 · Bradshaw recognizes the power of Engelhardt’s analysis to undermine purely rationalistic ethics but argues that Engelhardt needlessly minimizes the positive role that rightly directed philosophy can play in properly orienting persons toward human flourishing.
- Mark J Cherry
- 2018
Jun 8, 2017 · Pluralism is unsurpassable, or at least cannot be surpassed through the mere force of reason, claims Engelhardt. There are four means, in his view, to overcome controversies: (1) using force, (2) appealing to conversion, (3) persuasion by means of a correct rational argument, and lastly (4) agreement.
- Luca Savarino
- 2017
Dec 29, 2015 · The term “moral strangers” has been used in very different senses by different scholars in bioethics literature. In contrast to Engelhardt’s dichotomy of moral friends versus moral strangers, Toulmin ( 1981) uses ethics of strangers compared to the ethics of intimates.
- Shahram Ahmadi Nasab Emran
- sahmadin@slu.edu
- 2016
This essay will argue that Engelhardt is not a libertarian by choice but by default. His libertarian conclusions can only be understood in light of his arguments about the failure of the modern philosophical enterprise in ethics and the implications of the postmodern dilemma.
Then, I examine Engelhardt's view concerning the futility of attempts at justifying a content-full secular bioethics, and indicate how the assumptions have shaped Engelhardt's critique of the alternatives for the possibility of content-full secular bioethics.
On the other hand, since Engelhardt’s constructive project relies on morally thick assumptions at its core, its success would undermine his principled rejection of content-full bioethics and suggests that conclusions must be supported on the basis of substantive rather than procedural morality.
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Dec 31, 2018 · Engelhardt, Jr.’s many contributions, namely, his view that biomedical ethics (1) cannot offer a singular content-driven theoretical approach and (2) requires an appreciation of epistemologies...
