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The Value of Moral Theory for Addressing Ethical Questions When Reusing Qualitative Data

Content Provider	SAGE Publishing
Author	Bishop, Libby
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	In this paper, I explore two ethical questions that arise in reusing qualitative data. First, how should secondary researchers respond when they uncover research practices of primary researchers that appear to be ethical breaches? Second, does data sharing alter researchers' moral relationships with their participants? I begin by reviewing a contemporary debate in qualitative research ethics. In this debate, the general view embraces ethical frameworks that place specific situations and context at centre stage, and relegate broad ethical theories to the background. As a comparison, I present a synopsis of a very similar debate in bioethics between particularist and universalist ethical frameworks. I employ several case studies in an attempt to demonstrate the value of universalist moral frameworks for moral reasoning while still sustaining a keen awareness of and sensitivity to specifics of situation and context. My claim is that ethical debates about reusing qualitative data (and perhaps for social research more generally) can be best served by not limiting the focus of ethical concerns to particulars, situations, or even principles, but by engaging equally deeply with universalist moral theories.
Related Links	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.4256/mio.2013.012?download=true
Starting Page	36
Ending Page	51
Page Count	16
ISSN	20597991
Issue Number	2
Volume Number	8
Journal	Methodological Innovations Online (MIO)
e-ISSN	20597991
DOI	10.4256/mio.2013.012
Language	English
Publisher	Sage Publications UK
Publisher Date	2013-08-01
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© 2013 SAGE Publications Ltd, and Methodological Innovations
Rights License	Llicensed Under Creative Commons Licenses
Subject Keyword	research ethics bioethics secondary analysis reuse qualitative data
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Social Sciences

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