应用伦理学的程序共识论者根本否认应用伦理学提供伦理专门知识的可能性,但西方伦理学家认为,应用伦理学可提供关于道德推理的专门知识,应用伦理学家可通过伦理委员会等制度化的机构而发挥专家的作用。但应用伦理学更重要的作用在于通过哲学反思和社会批判而昭示一种正当的生活方式。 Procedural consensusators of applied ethics simply deny the possibility that applied ethics provide ethical expertise, but western ethicists believe that applied ethics can provide expertise on moral reasoning that applied ethics to institutions such as ethics committees The role of experts in the organization. However, the more important role of applied ethics lies in showing a proper way of life through philosophical reflection and social criticism.