Living Ethics in Theory and Practice

Foreword
On My Mind: Foreword to Living Ethics in Theory and Practice Judy Illes

Introduction
1. An Introduction to Living Ethics in Theory and Practice Eric Racine, Bénédicte D’Anjou, Caroline Favron-Godbout, Giulia Inguaggiato, Suzanne Metselaar, and Gabriel Saso-Baudaux

Part 1: Living Ethics Ideas
2. Ethics as a Way of Life: Reconnecting Bioethics with Everyday Moral Life Suzanne Metselaar
3. Is Living Ethics a Learning Ethics? Eric Racine and Arthur Filleul
4. A Pragmatist Professional Ethics: Living Ethics and Moral Reasoning in Health Care and Research Giulia Inguaggiato
5. What Sorts of Ethical Capacities Can Support a Living Ethics Approach and How Can These Capacities be Fostered? Matthew Hunt, Julien Déry, Manisha Pahwa, and Anne Hudon
6. Epistemic Humility in Living Ethics Research Manisha Pahwa and Gabriel Saso-Baudaux
7. Quantitative and Mixed Methods Research for Living Ethics Sebastian Sattler and Manisha Pahwa

Part 2: Living Ethics Practices
8. Drawing Upon Living Ethics to Navigate Deep Disagreements in a Polarized Healthcare Environment Micaela Forte, Lauren R. Sankary, Daniel Z. Buchman, and Georgina Morley
9. A Living Ethics Stance for Substance Use Neuroethics Research Quinn Boyle and Thomas Kerr
10. The Ethicist as Architect of Dialogical Spaces for Ethical Reflection Giulia Inguaggiato and Suzanne Metselaar
11. Canada’s Public Service: Towards a Living Ethics for Policymaking Gabriel Saso-Baudaux, Anne-Sophie Guernon, Michèle Stanton-Jean, and Sophie Ji
12. How to Integrate Living Ethics in Healthcare Institutions? Illustration with a Collaborative Research Project in Palliative Care Grégory Aiguier, Rozenn Le Berre, and Chloé Prod’Homme
13. Living Ethics in Autism Research and Practice M. Ariel Cascio and Abdou Simon Senghor
14. Living Ethics of Aging Félix Pageau, Mohamed Amine Bouchlaghem, Emmanuelle Dorion, Andréanne Talbot, Edeltraut Kröger, Michèle Morin, and Vincent Couture

Part 3: Living Ethics Futures
15. Imagine a Living Research Ethics Katja Kuehlmeyer and M. Ariel Cascio
16. Living Ethics in an International Context: A Dialogical Post-Colonial Approach to Health Ethics Abdou Simon Senghor and Eric Racine
17. Making Ethics Live in Difficult and Uncertain Political Times: Learning from the Past as We Look Forward Eric Racine and Arthur Filleul
18. Living Ethics: From Concepts to Practices to Benefits: A reflection on ways to facilitate and accelerate the deployment of concepts and tools developed by living ethics labs Richard Mayrand

Conclusion
19. Conclusion: Imagining the Future of Living Ethics Eric Racine, Bénédicte D’Anjou, Caroline Favron-Godbout, Giulia Inguaggiato, Suzanne Metselaar, and Gabriel Saso-Baudaux

Biography

Eric Racine is a Canadian bioethicist and professor at IRCM and Université de Montréal, Canada, leader of projects and initiatives to further the development of living ethics.

Bénédicte D’Anjou holds the position of research coordinator at the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit, where she supports and conducts various living ethics initiatives with patients and healthcare professionals. Concurrently, she is pursuing a PhD in Information Studies at McGill University, Canada, focusing on women’s experiences with reproductive health information.

Caroline Favron-Godbout is a PhD candidate in bioethics at the Université de Montréal, Canada. With a background in biology, neuroscience, and a professional master’s degree in bioethics, she conducted her doctoral research at the Pragmatic Health Ethics Research Unit. Her work aims to make ethics accessible and meaningful in daily life.

Giulia Inguaggiato is an assistant professor at the Department of Ethics Law and Humanities of the Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands. She has a background in philosophy and bioethics, with a primary research interest in ethics support and ethics education.

Suzanne Metselaar is an associate professor and medical ethicist at the Department of Ethics, Law and Humanities of Amsterdam UMC, the Netherlands, and leads a research program on ethics of palliative and end of life care, studying moral challenges in palliative care. She also researches the theoretical foundations and methodologies of clinical ethics.

Gabriel Saso-Baudaux is a PhD student in practical philosophy at the University of Sherbrooke, Canada. His research looks at the norms of scientific advice to governments. Broadly speaking, he is interested in political epistemology and the philosophy of social sciences and expertise.

“In a time of growing awareness of the need of joint ethical approaches to current global challenges, this book proposes a novel framework of ‘living ethics’ to better understand, analyse and address everyday ethical challenges in various settings such as healthcare, education, and politics.”

Ruth Horn, University of Oxford, UK and University of Augsburg, Germany