Moralist,technician, sophist,teacher/learner: Reflections on the ethicist in the clinical setting |
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| Authors: | Larry R. Churchill Alan W. Cross |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social and Administrative Medicine, Department of Religious Studies, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
2. Department of Social and Administrative Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, 27514, Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A.
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| Abstract: | The ethicist's role in the clinical context is not presently well defined. Ethicists can be thought of as moralists, technicians, Sophists, or as teachers and learners. Each of these roles is examined in turn. An argument is made for the ethicist as a teacher who must also learn a great deal about the clinical setting in order to encourage an effective critical examination of basic values. Four specific tasks of this teaching role are discussed: describing moral experience, eliciting assumptions, considering multiple alternatives and justifying choices. |
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