High hopes and automatic escalators: a critique of some new arguments in bioethics

Holm, Soren and Takala, T. 2007. High hopes and automatic escalators: a critique of some new arguments in bioethics. Journal of Medical Ethics 33 (1) , pp. 1-4. 10.1136/jme.2006.016477

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Abstract

Two protechnology arguments, the “hopeful principle” and the “automatic escalator”, often used in bioethics, are identified and critically analysed in this paper. It is shown that the hopeful principle is closely related to the problematic precautionary principle, and the automatic escalator argument has close affinities to the often criticised empirical slippery slope argument. The hopeful principle is shown to be really hopeless as an argument, and automatic escalator arguments often lead nowhere when critically analysed. These arguments should therefore only be used with great caution.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Law
Subjects:	K Law > K Law (General)
Publisher:	BMJ Publishing Group
ISSN:	0306-6800
Last Modified:	31 Jan 2020 04:57
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/56979

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