Table 2 List of domains and sample questions for the pre-meeting exercise
From: Standards of practice in empirical bioethics research: towards a consensus
Domain | Example question/topic |
|---|---|
Aims | What are appropriate aims for EB research? |
Questions | What kinds of questions can and should EB research answer? |
Research ethics | What distinctive ethical considerations should be foregrounded in the conduct of empirical bioethics research? |
Researcher characteristics/background | What kinds of researchers ought (not) to be undertaking EB research? |
Researcher training | What kinds of trainings/skills/experience ought an EB researcher to have? |
Nature of research team | Can/should EB research be practiced by a research team or by an individual, or by either? |
Methodology | How precisely should social scientific and ethical inquiry be integrated in order to draw normative conclusions? |
Methods | What are legitimate methods to use in EB research? |
Nature/scope of normative justification | What level of justification/support/ explication of normative argument are required in EB research? |
Conclusions | What kinds of conclusions are appropriate for EB research? |
Publishing | How should methodological approaches and methods be documented in papers submitted for academic publication? |