Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives

Ordinary Concepts, Ordinary Lives

Christopher Cowley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

204 Seiten

2008 | 1st ed. 2008
Palgrave Macmillan (Verlag)
978-1-349-35318-7 (ISBN)

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Mainstream discussions of ethics often search for a problem-solving theory or explore ontological status. This book argues instead that the proper starting point should be the words and deeds of ordinary people in ordinary disagreements - the ethical concepts in play can only derive full meaning within the context of ordinary human lives.

Christopher Cowley is Lecturer in Philosophy at University College Dublin, Ireland.

Introduction PART I: A CRITIQUE OF MAINSTREAM MEDICAL ETHICS Technical Language and Ordinary Language? Ethical Reasoning and Perception PART II - MATTERS OF BIRTH AND LIFE The Place of Pregnancy and Birth in Human Lives The Clash of Perspectives The Abortion Debates The Shape of Life PART III: MATTERS OF LIFE AND DEATH The Problem of Suicide Making Sense of Dementia Human Bodies The Euthanasia Debates The Euthanasia Debate(s) Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum	26.05.2016
Zusatzinfo	XV, 204 p.
Verlagsort	Basingstoke
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Medizinethik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie
Schlagworte	ethics • euthanasia • Medical Ethics
ISBN-10	1-349-35318-3 / 1349353183
ISBN-13	978-1-349-35318-7 / 9781349353187
Zustand	Neuware