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A little toleration, please
  1. Christopher McKnight
  1. The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast

    Abstract

    Value pluralism does not imply relativism or subjectivism about values. What it does is allow respect for an at least limited toleration of values with which one may profoundly disagree. Thus a doctor can respect the autonomy of a patient whose values he does not share.

    • Pluralism
    • multiculturalism
    • relativism
    • subjectivism
    • patient autonomy

    https://doi.org/10.1136/jme.26.6.432

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      • Christopher McKnight is Lecturer in Philosopy, Department of Philosophy, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast.