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Clinical Ethics and the Necessity of Stories pp 71–85Cite as

Bioethics Without Analogy

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Arguments by analogy are prominent features of bioethical literature. In the United States, dispositive analogies have greatly affected health policy and health law and, sometimes, bioethical reasoning itself. Analogical argument has deep roots and the effort to avoid its misapplication a long history. An alternative approach, exemplified by clinical-ethical practice in the Hippocratic and phenomenological traditions, is presented and recommended.

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    Annette C. Allen

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Sprinkle, R.H. (2011). Bioethics Without Analogy. In: Wiggins, O., Allen, A. (eds) Clinical Ethics and the Necessity of Stories. Philosophy and Medicine(), vol 997. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9190-1_6

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