Philosophy 3730F/G Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Informed Consent, Equipoise Horse, Belmont Report

• School: Western University
• Department: Philosophy
• Course: Philosophy 3730F/G
• Professor: C. Weijer

Document Summary

Discussion forum (questions posted sunday for the rest of the week) Principle of justice is there harm from excluding people from research. It broad enough though that the concepts are still applicable. Confusing element: the belmont report has 3 principles and the main principles of biomedical ethics has 4. Principles are abstract high-level moral statements: what we need to do morally stated at the most general, normative level. Rules that come out are not deductive, they are sort of built: principle of respect for persons is not all encompassing (logic will not tell us what to specifically, common cultural tradition. Views principles as coming from long-standing traditions in addition to broader traditions that existed at the time. Principles are specific to a domain of activity, draw from traditions and beliefs, and are meant to form a framework for that activity: meant to cover all the main stuff.