Table of contents:
Chapter 1. Theoretical perspectives : an introduction
Chapter 2. Empirical bioethics and the fact/value distinction
Chapter 3. Metaethics, relativism, and empirical bioethics
Chapter 4. Empirical bioethics and the role of the professional ethicist in policy making : politics, authority, and expertise
Chapter 5. Evidence, epistemology, and empirical bioethics
Chapter 6. Friends, foes, flatmates : on the relationship between law and (empirical) bioethics
Chapter 7. Embracing diversity in empirical bioethics
Chapter 8. Practical perspectives : an introduction
Chapter 9. Moral improvement through interactive research : a practice example of dialogical empirical bioethics
Chapter 10. Reflective equilibrium as a normative empirical model : the case of Ashley X.
Chapter 11. Theory and practice of democratic deliberation in bioethics research
Chapter 12. Feminist empirical bioethics
Chapter 13. Lessons from experience : establishing and running interdisciplinary mixed method bioethics research
Chapter 14. Publishing research in empirical bioethics : quality, disciplines, and expertise

Includes index.

This volume brings together key researchers in empirical bioethics, presenting a range of theoretical and practical perspectives on methodology.