Plain Vanilla Ethics at MercatorNet

At MercatorNet, I critique Dr. Linda Harris's essay on conscience in healthcare. Topics covered include moral ambiguity, conscience formation, and "ethical tension."

For those interested in an alternative solution to the problem of controversial care and conscience protection in a liberal society, I would suggest Professor David Oderberg’s article, “Should There Be Freedom of Dissociation?” There Prof. Oderberg describes the freedoms of association and dissociation and defends dissociation as a reasonable solution to the growing pressures against conscience. Perhaps Dr. Harris would view dissociation as divisive too. This would be an error, as the dissociation solution is trying to solve already pre-existing division in ethical worldviews that arise in liberal societies.