@article {Emmerich884, author = {Nathan Emmerich}, title = {Where the ethical action also is: a response to Hardman and Hutchinson}, volume = {48}, number = {11}, pages = {884--886}, year = {2022}, doi = {10.1136/medethics-2022-108135}, publisher = {Institute of Medical Ethics}, abstract = {In Where the ethical action is, Hardman and Hutchinson make some interesting and compelling points about the way in which {\textquoteleft}the ethical{\textquoteright}{\textemdash}various values and various kinds of values{\textemdash}are embedded in everyday life, including the everyday life one finds in clinical interactions, understood as scientific or scientifically informed activities. However, even when one considers {\textquoteleft}the ethical{\textquoteright} from within the horizon of understanding adopted in their essay, they neglect several important features of healthcare and medical education. In this rejoinder, I argue that a fuller understanding would go some way to indicating the complexity of ethics and {\textquoteleft}ethical action{\textquoteright} in the clinic, as well as the nature of and need for {\textquoteleft}expert{\textquoteright} analysis and philosophical reflection on the ethical questions that modern healthcare continues to engender.}, issn = {0306-6800}, URL = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/11/884}, eprint = {https://jme.bmj.com/content/48/11/884.full.pdf}, journal = {Journal of Medical Ethics} }