Why Is the Common Morality Better Suited to Play a Vital

question 33

Multiple Choice

Why is the common morality better suited to play a vital role in biomedical ethics than other theories discussed by Beauchamp and Childress?

• A) The common morality presents a comprehensive ethical theory.
• B) The common morality captures a pretheoretical moral point of view and gives us a way to test our moral claims against this point of view.
• C) The specified moral norms brought to light by a common morality theory never change.
• D) The common morality is consistent with all customary moralities of various groups.

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