http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/services/Feed ${session.getAttribute("locale")} 5 What empirical research can do for bioethics http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:7100 That sound moral decision-making has to be grounded in a solid understanding of facts has long been a central tenet of bioethics. In addition, that there is a sharp distinction between facts and values, between ‘is’ and ‘ought’, and a concomitant sharp division of labor between empirical inquiries that establish facts and normative inquiries that establish values and norms has long been a central tenet of what Kon (2009) calls the “classical philosophical methods” that comprise the “ethical framework” of bioethics. 2012-01-30T05:04:29.740Z ]]>