Wildes K W
Kennedy Institute of Ethics, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., 20057, USA.
J Med Philos. 1997 Aug;22(4):365-71. doi: 10.1093/jmp/22.4.365.
The role of an expert witness in ethics, as part of a legal proceeding, is examined in this essay. The essay argues that the use of such expertise rests on confusions about normative and non-normative ethics compounded by misunderstandings about the challenges of moral argument in secular, morally pluralistic societies.
本文探讨了专家证人在伦理道德方面作为法律程序一部分所起的作用。文章认为,此类专业知识的运用基于对规范性和非规范性伦理的混淆,再加上对世俗、道德多元社会中道德论证挑战的误解。