From: The use of empirical research in bioethics: a survey of researchers in twelve European countries
All respondents (N = 200) | All empirical researchers (N = 175) | Integrators of Normative and Empirical (N = 62)b | Non-Integrators of Normative and Empirical (N = 113) | |||||
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n | % | N | % | n | % | n | % | |
I find it positive that empirical research is done in the field of bioethicsc | 189 | 94.5 | 170 | 97.1 | 62 | 100 | 108 | 95.6 |
Empirical research is valuable in describing the context of an ethical problem | 193 | 96.5 | 169 | 96.6 | 61 | 98.4 | 108 | 95.6 |
Empirical research is valuable for normative analysisc | 156 | 78.0 | 140 | 80.0 | 56 | 90.3 | 84 | 74.3* |
There is/are clear method(s) to integrate empirical findings into normative analysis | 57 | 28.5 | 50 | 28.6 | 16 | 25.8 | 34 | 30.1 |
I fear that the trend towards empirical research in bioethics is leading bioethics away from normative work | 48 | 24.0 | 39 | 22.3 | 11 | 17.7 | 28 | 24.8 |
Bioethics needs its own empirical research Methodologyc | 85 | 42.5 | 76 | 43.4 | 23 | 37.1 | 53 | 46.9 |
Researchers in the field of bioethics should have the skills to interpret empirical findings | 186 | 93.0 | 162 | 92.6 | 56 | 90.3 | 106 | 93.8 |
Researchers in the field of bioethics should have the skills to conduct their own empirical researchc | 110 | 55.0 | 100 | 57.1 | 30 | 48.4 | 70 | 61.9 |