RELIGST 2C03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Universalizability, Distributive Justice, Inductivism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2C03
• Professor: Shannon Buckley

Document Summary

Moving forward in bioethical theory: theories, cases, & specified. Specific/ultimate norms are the final justification for all moral judgements: however, irrational if two or more moral judgments can be justified using different. "ultimate" norms: deductivism avoids this irrationality, deductivism is a failure because, not rationally necessary. Ethical theories are expected to have a valid justification process with a high level of generality and retain plausibility. Principlism: principlism theories obtain the highest level of generality and consists of a plurality of principles, degrazia states that with this theory he focuses on it as it is presented in the book principles of biomedical ethics* *note to reader: beauchamp & childress" book where the four principles [4p] Assigned reading: role of cases and structure of reflective equilibrium risk forming theories based on specific intuitive judgements. If done so by intuition, then discursive justification is forfeited. No unified theory for rules to follow. Therefore, must use generate rules in conflicting cases.