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This is a fascinating response from Dr. Miller, from whose work I've learned much over the years!
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I agree with Dr. Miller that the utility of ethicists in the #RoomWhereItHappens for public health emergency policy response ought not be assumed. That said, I strongly believe that an appropriately-trained ethicist can be helpful, at least in the following ways:
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(1) Trained ethicists often have facilitation skills, specifically as regards to complex normative and ethical problems unfolding in urgent or emergent contexts. Applied ethicists in practice almost never dictate or pronounce conclusion -- if they are practicing well IMO.
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It took me a day to react to this @barryfriedman1(because I had to go frantically read all of my opinions). Thank you for speaking up. Your Robert Cover reference -- that legal interpretation happens on a field of pain and death -- is the whole ballgame. A thread to a thread. 1/
People rarely come to court for happy occasions. (Few exceptions: weddings, adoptions.) In fact they are regularly at their most vulnerable, most broken moment when they come to hoping to get justice. Or mercy. And courts can be more like police stations or emergency rooms. 2/
We also know that people wants judges to be accountable and to make transparent decisions. (See @StateCourts multi-year survey data.) And that #proceduraljustice is critical to building public trust and and confidence in the court's decisions. (Hey @Judge_Leben and @JudgeKSB) 3/
