Philosophy of Science Can Prevent Manslaughter

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry - 2022
Andreas De Block1, Pierre Delaere2, Kristien Hens3
1Centre for Logic and Philosophy of Science, Kardinaal Mercierplein 2 - box 3200, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
2Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium
3Department of Philosophy, Rodestraat 14, 2000, Antwerpen, Belgium

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AbstractIn September 2020, the surgeon Paulo Macchiarini, who used stem cell technology to enable the transplants of artificial and donor trachea, was charged with aggravated assault in Sweden. In this comment, we argue that the Ethics Council of the Karolinska Institute should have considered issues from philosophy of science when they were brought to their attention, rather than dismiss them as irrelevant to research ethics. We demonstrate how conceptual issues of a philosophy-of-science-kind about clinical research and medical practice should be integral to research ethics.

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