Beyond ethical post-mortems

Abstract:After WWII ethics has gone through a process of professionalization, developing approaches to ethical case deliberation as well as methods of practicing ethics in research and innovation (R&I). This process is described as having advantages and disadvantages. In addition, it is pointed out that foresight has been incorporated into ethical case deliberation with relative ease, whilst the incorporation of foresight in methods of practicing ethics in (R&I) has turned out to be more challenging. It is finally stressed that in a world with fast changing emerging technologies, ethicists ? to remain relevant - will have to further improve their foresight analysis skills in relation to (R&I).
Source: Medicine, Health Care and Philosophy - Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research