Practical Autonomy and Bioethics

1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-415-89056-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Format (B × H): 230 mm x 152 mm, Gewicht: 338 g

Reihe: Routledge Annals of Bioethics

This is the first volume in which an account of personal autonomy is developed that both captures the contours of this concept as it is used in social philosophy and bioethics, and is theoretically grounded in, and a part of, contemporary autonomy theory. James Stacey Taylor’s account is unique as it is explicitly a political one, recognizing that the attribution of autonomy to agents is dependent in part on their relationships with others and not merely upon their own mental states. The volume is distinctive in its examples, which touch on the ethics of using inducements to encourage persons to participate in medical research, the ethical issues associated with the use of antibiotics, and the ethical basis for both patient confidentiality and informed consent.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Taylor, James Stacey

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1: A Theory of Autonomy

Chapter 2: The Many Faces of Autonomy?

Chapter 3: Identification and Autonomy: A Tale of Two Concepts

Chapter 4: Decisive Identification

Chapter 5: Autonomy and Normativity

Chapter 6: Autonomy and Choice

Chapter 7: Autonomy and Constraint

Chapter 8: Autonomy, Privacy, and Patient Confidentiality

Chapter 9: Autonomy and Informed Consent

Chapter 10: The Value of Autonomy in Bioethics

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

James Stacey Taylor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He is the author of Stakes and Kidneys (Ashgate, 2005) and the editor of Personal Autonomy: New Essays (Cambridge, 2005).