Evolutionary ethics: can values change
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Evolutionary ethics: can values change.
The hypothesis that values change and evolve is examined by this paper. The discussion is based on a series of examples where, over a period of a few decades, new ethical issues have arisen and values have changed. From this analysis it is suggested that there are a series of core values around which most people would agree. These are unlikely to change over long time periods. There are then a ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Medical Ethics
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0306-6800
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2002.003582