Engaging the world : the use of empirical research in bioethics / edited by Søren Holm and Monique F. Jonas.

Sadržaj: A defence of empirical bioethics / Søren Holm ; Health care 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 ; 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 ; An empirical study of the informed consent process of a clinical trial / Anne Gammelgaard ; Stimulating public debate in the ethical and social issues raised by the new genetics / Mairi Levitt, Kate Weiner, John Goodacre ; The use of computer simulation and artificial intelligence in the study of ethical components of medical decision-making / Peter Øhrstrøm, Jørgen Albretsen, Søren Holm ; Empirical research in bioethics : report for the European commission / Søren Holm and Louise Irving.