ENGAGING THE WORLD: THE USE OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH IN BIOETHICS AND THE REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

Abstract

Preface -- Sect. 1. What role can empirical research play in bioethics? -- A Defence of empirical bioethics / Soren Holm -- Healthcare and the Habermasian public sphere / Andrew Edgar -- Putting empirical studies in their place / John Harris -- Can there be moral experts? / Louise Irving and Nina Hallowell -- Sect. 2. Empirical bioethics considered: critiquing the use of empirical research -- What should we do about it? Implications of the empirical evidence in relation to comprehension and acceptability of randomisation / Angus Dawson -- Use and abuse of empirical knowledge in contemporary bioethics: a critical analysis of empirical arguments employed in the controversy surrounding stem cell research / Jan Helge Solbakk -- Carol Gilligan and her different voice / Heta Aleksandra Gylling -- Who should decide and why? The futility of philosophy, sociology and law in institutionalised bioethics and the unwarrantability of ethics committees / Tuija Takala -- Empirical investigations of moral development / Michael Norup -- Theory and methodology of empirical- ethical research / Lieke Van der Scheer, Ghislaine Van Thiel, Johannes Van Delden and Guy Widdershoven -- Sect. 3. Empirical bioethics in practice -- An empirical study of the informed consent process of a clinical trial / Anne Gammelgaard -- Stimulating public debate on the ethical and social issues raised by the new genetics / Mairi Levitt, Kate Weiner and John Goodacre -- The use of computer simulation and artificial intelligence in the study of ethical components of medical decision-making / Peter Ohrstrom, Jorgen Albretsen and Soren Holm -- Conclusion -- Empirical research in bioethics: report for the European Commission / Soren Holm and Louise Irving -- Author index