Medical Ethics, Ordinary Concepts and Ordinary Lives: Ordinary Concepts, Ordinary Lives

ISBN-13: 9781349353187 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 204 str.

C. Cowley

Opis

Mainstream discussions of ethics oftensearch 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."

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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