Experimental Philosophy, Clinical Intentions, and Evaluative Judgment

Jansen et al. describe a study they conducted on intention ascription. Drawing on recent work in experimental philosophy, they investigated the possibility that the ascription of intentions to clinical actors in clinical settings is influenced by prior judgments about the goodness or badness of the...

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Published in:Cambridge quarterly of healthcare ethics 2013-04, Vol.22 (2), p.126-135
Main Authors: JANSEN, LYNN A., FOGEL, JESSICA S., BRUBAKER, MARK
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Action research
Adult
Aged
Ascription
Bioethics
Choice Behavior - ethics
Clinical medicine
Decision Making - ethics
Doctors
Double Effect Principle
Female
Humans
Intention
Judgment
Judgments
Male
Medical ethics
Middle Aged
New York City
Philosophy
Physicians
Physicians - ethics
Special Section: Open Forum
Surveys and Questionnaires
Uncertainty
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Summary:Jansen et al. describe a study they conducted on intention ascription. Drawing on recent work in experimental philosophy, they investigated the possibility that the ascription of intentions to clinical actors in clinical settings is influenced by prior judgments about the goodness or badness of the consequences of the action in question. They also investigated whether asymmetry in intention ascriptions was also present among physicians who were asked to ascribe intentions to clinical actors in certain well-defined clinical scenarios. Adapted from the source document.
ISSN:0963-1801
1469-2147
DOI:10.1017/S0963180112000503