TY - JOUR
T1 - Design bioethics
T2 - a theoretical framework and argument for innovation in bioethics research
AU - Pavarini, Gabriela
AU - McMillan, Robyn
AU - Robinson, Abigail
AU - Singh, Ilina
N1 - Funding information:
This work was supported by the Wellcome Trust (104825/Z/14/Z); (104825/Z/14/B). IS is, in addition, supported by the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre (IS-BRC-1215-20005) and the Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, which is supported by core funding from the Wellcome Trust (203132/Z/16/Z).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021/6/3
Y1 - 2021/6/3
N2 - Empirical research in bioethics has developed rapidly over the past decade, but has largely eschewed the use of technology-driven methodologies. We propose "design bioethics" as an area of conjoined theoretical and methodological innovation in the field, working across bioethics, health sciences and human-centred technological design. We demonstrate the potential of digital tools, particularly purpose-built digital games, to align with theoretical frameworks in bioethics for empirical research, integrating context, narrative and embodiment in moral decision-making. Purpose-built digital tools can engender situated engagement with bioethical questions; can achieve such engagement at scale; and can access groups traditionally under-represented in bioethics research and theory. If developed and used with appropriate rigor, tools motivated by "design bioethics" could offer unique insights into new and familiar normative and empirical issues in the field.
AB - Empirical research in bioethics has developed rapidly over the past decade, but has largely eschewed the use of technology-driven methodologies. We propose "design bioethics" as an area of conjoined theoretical and methodological innovation in the field, working across bioethics, health sciences and human-centred technological design. We demonstrate the potential of digital tools, particularly purpose-built digital games, to align with theoretical frameworks in bioethics for empirical research, integrating context, narrative and embodiment in moral decision-making. Purpose-built digital tools can engender situated engagement with bioethical questions; can achieve such engagement at scale; and can access groups traditionally under-represented in bioethics research and theory. If developed and used with appropriate rigor, tools motivated by "design bioethics" could offer unique insights into new and familiar normative and empirical issues in the field.
U2 - 10.1080/15265161.2020.1863508
DO - 10.1080/15265161.2020.1863508
M3 - Article
C2 - 33502959
VL - 21
SP - 37
EP - 50
JO - American Journal of Bioethics
JF - American Journal of Bioethics
SN - 1526-5161
IS - 6
ER -
