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9780511552120
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We live in a liberal, democratic, multicultural society where ideally the values of personal liberty and autonomy are paramount. In such a society the state, through the law, should not be concerned with telling people how they should live their lives. In spite of this, many of the ethical stances taken in liberal societies are paternalistic and authoritarian. This readable and balanced book is an original discussion of contemporary issues in bioethics. Max Charlesworth argues that as there can be no public consensus on a set of core values – liberal societies accept a variety of religious, non-religious, political and moral stances - there should be a plurality of ethical stances as well. On this basis he discusses issues such as the ending of human life, the new reproductive technologies and ethical distribution of limited health-care resources, particularly hospital care
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Autonomy and the liberal ideal -- Idea of autonomy -- Liberal society -- Critics of the liberal ideal -- Ending life -- Ethics of suicide -- Moral right to die? -- Decriminalising suicide -- Multicultural attitudes to death and dying -- Choosing for those who cannot choose for themselves -- Quality of life -- Liberal society and the right to die -- Death and the hospital -- Beginning life -- New ways of birth and family formation -- Bearing a child for another -- Questions about surrogacy -- Consequences of surrogacy -- Feminist views on reproductive technology -- Third wave feminist views -- Social and legal implications -- Distributing health-care resources -- Problem of scarce resources -- Utilitarian approaches -- Health system in a liberal society -- Patient and physician -- Health-care resource allocations: four examples -- Reaching community consensus -- Two forms of community consultation -- Limits to planning -- Consensus in a liberal society -- Liberal idea and bioethical realities -- Ethical agreement in a multicultural society
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Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511552120
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