Format:
xv, 204 S.
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23 cm
ISBN:
0230506909
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9780230506909
Content:
"The big issues of medical ethics are more in the news than ever before. And yet they remain as stubborn and often as incendiary as ever. This book claims that in an effort to deal with the issues, mainstream philosophers have arbitrarily omitted many ethically relevant features in order to reduce the central problems to more tractable technical puzzles. The most gratuitous omissions have been the patient's point of view on the problem; the patient's ordinary life, which provides the wider context for his point of view; and the ordinary language and concepts by which the patient tries to make sense of the problem
Content:
In trying to rectify these omissions, the book is offering not an alternative theory that would generate policy-guiding solutions, but instead a nuanced examination of what it means to be human and to struggle with the mysteries of birth, life and death."--Jacket
Note:
Bibliography S. 198 - 200
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Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- pt. 1. A critique of mainstream medical ethics -- 1. Technical language and ordinary language -- Fearless thinkers and monstrous thoughts -- Standing behind one's words -- Conceptual revision -- 2. Ways of seeing -- The vegetarian and the carnivore -- Conscientious objection -- The limits to a philosopher's authority -- pt. 2. Matters of birth and life -- 3. The place of pregnancy and birth in human lives -- Creation and flesh -- The problem with descriptions -- Learning to love -- 4. The clash of perspectives -- Individuals and uniqueness -- Responses to Warnock, Harris and Glover -- The paradox of non-directive counselling -- Resource allocation and the clash of perspectives -- 5. The abortion debates -- Arbitrariness and potential -- Women and mothers -- Attitudes to life -- Proximity and authority -- 6. The shape of a life -- Dialogue -- Momentous decisions -- The change in the person -- Old age as the last chapter in the story -- pt. 3. Matters of life and death -- 7. The problem of suicide -- Horror and pity -- Diane Pretty -- The ethics of palliative care -- 8. Making sense of dementia -- The problem of personal identity -- Fear, pity and mockery -- 9. Human bodies -- The Alder Hey scandal -- The post mortem -- 10. The euthanasia debates -- Futility, best interests and arbitrariness -- Implications of Keown's position -- The symbolic and the regulatory role of the law -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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A critique of mainstream medical ethics -- Technical language and ordinary language -- Fearless thinkers and monstrous thoughts -- Standing behind one's words -- Conceptual revision -- Ethical reasoning and perception -- The vegetarian and the carnivore -- Conscientious objection -- The limits to a philosopher's authority -- Matters of birth and life -- The place of pregnancy and birth in human lives -- Creation and flesh -- The problem with descriptions -- Learning to love -- The clash of perspectives -- Individuals and uniqueness -- Responses to Warnock, Harris and Glover -- The paradox of non-directive counselling -- Resource allocation and the clash of perspectives -- The abortion debates -- Arbitrariness and potential -- Women and mothers -- Attitudes to life -- Proximity and authority -- The shape of a life -- Dialogicality -- Momentous decisions -- The change in the person -- Old age as the last chapter in the story -- Matters of life and death -- The problem of suicide -- Horror and pity -- Diane pretty -- The ethics of palliative care -- Making sense of dementia -- The problem of personal identity -- Fear, pity and mockery -- Human bodies -- The Alder Hey scandal -- The post mortem -- The euthanasia debates -- Futility, best interests, and arbitrariness -- Implications of Keown's position -- The symbolic and the regulatory role of the law
Language:
English
Keywords:
Medizinische Ethik
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052501-d.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052501-t.html
URL:
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007052501-b.html
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