Coope C M
University of Leeds.
J Med Ethics. 1996 Feb;22(1):46-52. doi: 10.1136/jme.22.1.46.
Those who teach or are taught medical ethics with a heavy reliance on case studies should be warned first of all that the practice tends to exaggerate the degree to which morality is controversial. Secondly, they ought to realise that it is often quite unclear what problems count as moral problems. Thirdly, they will need to bear in mind that there may be -- and presumably are -- limits to what we may regard as open to discussion. It would be quite superficial to assume that ethics teachers, going along with what is generally accepted by their colleagues in this matter, would never tempt students to disregard these limits.
那些严重依赖案例研究来教授或学习医学伦理学的人首先应该得到警告，这种做法往往会夸大道德存在争议的程度。其次，他们应该意识到，通常很难明确哪些问题属于道德问题。第三，他们需要记住，对于我们可以视为可讨论的内容可能存在——而且大概确实存在——限制。认为伦理学教师会遵循同事们在此事上普遍接受的观点，永远不会诱使学生无视这些限制，这种想法是相当肤浅的。
