Revisiting Equipoise: A Response to Gifford
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2007
Source
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Journal
Volume
17
Issue
3
First Page
227
Last Page
246
Abstract
The authors respond to objections Fred Gifford has raised against their paper "Rehabilitating Equipoise." They situate this exchange in the wider context of recent debate over equipoise, highlighting substantial points of agreement between themselves and Gifford. The authors offer a brief restatement of "Rehabilitating Equipoise" in which they amplify some of its core arguments. They then assess Gifford's objections. Finding each to be unfounded, they argue that there is no justification for "pulling the plug" on clinical equipoise.
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