Deciding Together : Bioethics and Moral Consensus

Although still a young field, bioethics has become an influential part of our society's health care debates.

It has helped to frame issues about moral values as part of an effort to find consensus about some of the most perplexing questions of our time.

But why is it thought that a moral consensus is important, or that it deserves respect?

This study tackles these questions from philosophical, historical and social scientific viewpoints.