Crossword clues for ethicist
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Ethicist \Eth"i*cist\ ([e^]th"[i^]*s[i^]st), n. One who is versed in ethics, or has written on ethics.
Wiktionary
n. 1 A person, especially a philosopher, who studies ethics (principles governing right and wrong conduct). 2 A person who advocates a particular set of principles governing right and wrong conduct.
WordNet
n. a philosopher who specializes in ethics [syn: ethician]
Wikipedia
An ethicist is one whose judgment on ethics and ethical codes has come to be trusted by a specific community, and (importantly) is expressed in some way that makes it possible for others to mimic or approximate that judgment. Following the advice of ethicists is one means of acquiring knowledge (see argument, argument from authority).
The term jurist describes an ethicist whose judgment on law becomes part of a legal code, or otherwise has force of law. This may be due to formal ( de jure) state sanction.
Some jurists have less formal ( de facto) backing by an ethical community, e.g. a religious community. In Islamic Law, for instance, such a community following ( taqlid) a specific jurisprudence ( fiqh) of shariah mimics judgment of a prior jurist. Catholic Canon Law has a similar structure. Such a jurist may be a theologian or simply a prominent teacher. To those outside this tradition, the jurist is simply an ethicist who they may more freely disagree with, and whose input on any issue is advisory. However, they may find it hard to avoid a fatwa or excommunication or other such shunning by the religious community, so it may be hard advice to ignore.
Outside the legal professions and spiritual traditions, ethicists are usually considered to be either philosophers or mediators of disputes.
The list of ethicists demonstrates the extreme range of people who have made, or contributed to, ethical debates.
Usage examples of "ethicist".
Jeffrey Kahn, an ethicist at the University of Minnesota, where there was much debate about the decisions of the transplant team at the hospital next door.
He went on to say that after consulting with a Yale University ethicist he had decided he could go ahead.
Richard, shuddering at the prospect of being subjected to an inquisition by the most pugnacious ethicist and quality assurance expert that New York City Hospital ever had.
DNA, to start just such a research program, but that everybody from religious groups to medical and biological ethicists and even TV had risen up with visions of Frankensteins and pretty well killed the idea politically.
An alliance of government and industry, unfettered by so-called ethicists and alleged Luddites, who want to push the envelope on all facets of creation.
But I can assure you that it was all what we ethicists call victimless crime.
Beyond the many Gods, of course, the Phansuris believed in a single, unified ethical system which ruled the universe, but this was of interest mostly to ethicists and philosophers.
As most ethicists agree, no philosophy is superior to that of any other.
One day our great universities will be required to redeem themselves from the shame of having honored and promulgated ethicists who would excuse and facilitate the killing of the disabled, the weak, and the elderly.
Human colonies grew apace, exotic-human relations continued to be cordial, and human philosophers and ethicists noodled away at the concept of Unity, making it more and more acceptable to the majority of operant Earthlings.
His alternative: Fellow ethicists should assign numerical “quality of life” measurements to people and parcel out health care based upon scores.
When challenged by ethicists who see the stalking horse of the extensive eugenics program and other Nazi medical experiments meant to create an unblemished master Aryan race, the smiling, suited thugs say, "Our moral responsibility is also to take care of our jobs and well-being.
None of the ethicists at Dartmouth had the foggiest notion of what I was talking about.