Bioethics -- Philosophy

Bioethics and the posthumanities

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"This interdisciplinary volume explores how posthumanist approaches can illuminate current issues in bioethics and explores the relevance of these issues for the humanities, including questions of autonomy and authorship, and notions of ethical and juridical responsibility in th…

Potentiality: metaphysical and bioethical dimensions

by Lizza, John P.

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Incorporating cutting-edge research on the topic of potentiality, this thought-provoking collection will interest bioethicists, philosophers, health care professionals, attorneys engaged in medical and health issues, and hospital and governmental committees who advise on policy …

Uncertain bioethics. Moral risk and human dignity

by Napier, Stephen

fromRoutledge annals of bioethics

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Bioethics is a field of inquiry and as such is fundamentally an epistemic discipline. Knowing how we make moral judgments can bring into relief why certain arguments on various bioethical issues appear plausible to one side and obviously false to the other. Uncertain Bioethics m…

Uncertain Bioethics

by Napier, Stephen

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Uncertain Bioethics makes a significant and distinctive contribution to the bioethics literature by culling the insights from contemporary moral psychology to highlight the epistemic pitfalls and distorting influences on our apprehension of value. Stephen Napier also incorporate…

Uncertain bioethics: moral risk and human dignity

by Napier, Stephen E.

fromRoutledge annals of bioethics

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Uncertain Bioethics makes a significant and distinctive contribution to the bioethics literature by culling the insights from contemporary moral psychology to highlight the epistemic pitfalls and distorting influences on our apprehension of value. Stephen Napier also incorporate…

Uncertain Bioethics: human dignity and moral risk

by Napier, Stephen E.

fromRoutledge annals of bioethics

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Bioethics is a field of inquiry and as such is fundamentally an epistemic discipline. Knowing how we make moral judgments can bring into relief why certain arguments on various bioethical issues appear plausible to one side and obviously false to the other. Uncertain Bioethics m…

Autonomy and trust in bioethics

by O'Neill, Onora

fromGifford lectures

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Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy (so widely relied on in bioethics) are philosophically and ethically inadequate; they undermine rather than support relationships based on trust. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by such practices…

Autonomy and trust in bioethics

by O'Neill, Onora

fromGifford lectures

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In this important book, Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy so widely relied on in bioethics are philosophically and ethically inadequate, and that they undermine rather than support relations of trust. Her book will appeal to a wide range of reade…