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My comments on Father Hughes’ paper will focus on the following matters: (1) his crucial thesis regarding defensible pluralism in ethics, (2) the silence of this thesis with respect to the critically important issue of contradictory opposition between ethical theories, (3) his suggestion that one gather facts where there is an argument over their moral relevance, and (4) his handling of the question of personhood.
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Hughes, G. J.: 1988, ‘Is Ethics One or Many?’, in this volume, pp. 173–196.
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May, W.E. (1989). Can Ethics be Contradictory?: A Response to Gerard J. Hughes, S. J.. In: Pellegrino, E.D., Langan, J.P., Harvey, J.C. (eds) Catholic Perspectives on Medical Morals. Philosophy and Medicine, vol 34. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2538-0_15
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