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Liberal-democratic values and philosophers' beliefs about moral expertise
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Abstract In recent decades, the discipline of bioethics has grown rapidly, as has the practice of ethical consultation. Interestingly, this new recognition of the relevance of moral philosophy to our daily life has been accompanied by skepticism among philosophers regarding the existence of moral expertise o... mehr
In recent decades, the discipline of bioethics has grown rapidly, as has the practice of ethical consultation. Interestingly, this new recognition of the relevance of moral philosophy to our daily life has been accompanied by skepticism among philosophers regarding the existence of moral expertise or the benefits of philosophical training. In his recent article in Bioethics, William R. Smith suggested that this skepticism is rooted in philosophers' belief that moral expertise is inconsistent with liberal-democratic values, when in fact they are compatible. In this paper, we provide a unique opportunity to empirically examine Smith's observation by utilizing and extending global data on philosophers' beliefs about moral expertise, involving 4087 philosophers from 96 countries. Our findings support Smith's theoretical observation and show that societal levels of support for liberal-democratic values are associated with greater skepticism about moral expertise. We suggest that these findings might be explained by the cognitive process of motivated reasoning and an invalid inference of "is" from "ought." Consequently, the potential tension between moral expertise and liberal-democratic values is invalidly used for rejecting the existence of moral expertise, while its main and valid implication is for how moral expertise should be applied in liberal-democratic settings.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Ethik; Bioethik; Philosophie; Moral; kulturelle Differenz; interkultureller Vergleich; Demokratie; internationaler Vergleich; Motivation; Kognition; EVS
Klassifikation
Philosophie, Theologie
Freie Schlagwörter
experimental philosophy; liberal-democratic values; moral expertise; motivated reasoning; Joint EVS/WVS 2017-2022 Dataset (ZA7505 v1.0.0)
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 551-563
Zeitschriftentitel
Bioethics, 37 (2023) 6
Heftthema
Moral Expertise
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1111/bioe.13171
ISSN
0269-9702
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Creative Commons - Namensnennung, Nicht kommerz., Keine Bearbeitung 4.0