Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 447 g
Reihe: Social Ethics and Policy
Buch, Englisch, 218 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 447 g
Reihe: Social Ethics and Policy
ISBN: 978-0-415-06320-3
Verlag: Routledge
The Limits of Medical Paternalism defines and morally assesses paternalistic interventions, especially in the context of modern medicine and health care, particular emphasis is given to the analysis of the conceptual background of the paternalism issue. In this book an anti-paternalistic view is presented and defended.
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Preface, 1. THE PROBLEM OF PATERNALISM IN MODERN MEDICINE AND HEALTH CARE, 2. FREEDOM, CONSTRAINT AND THE VALUE OF AUTONOMY, 3. PATERNALISM, COERCION AND CONSTRAINT, 4. THE UTILITARIAN CASE FOR STRONG PATERNALISM, 5. MORALS AND SOCIETY, 6. APPEALS TO RATIONALITY: THE VARIETIES OF PRUDENTIALISM, 7. THE LIMITS OF MEDICAL PATERNALISM, Notes, Bibliography, Name index




