Abstract:This article outlines a theoretical and conceptual account for the analysis of contemporary ethical or "bioethical" expertise. The substantive focus is on the academic discipline of bioethics-understood as a "practical" or "applied" ethics-and its relationship to medicine and medical ethics. I draw intellectual inspiration from the sociology of science and make use of research into the idea of "expertise" per se. In so doing, I am attempting to move the debate beyond the limitations placed upon it by philosoph… Show more
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