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MEDICAL ETHICS, ORDINARY CONCEPTS AND ORDINARY LIVES
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| By: |
Christopher Cowley |
| Format: |
Electronic book text |
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£64.63 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0230591566 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780230591561 |
| Publisher: |
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN |
| Pub. date: |
13 November, 2007 |
| Description: |
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. |
| Synopsis: |
The big issues of medical ethics are more in the news that ever before. And yet they remain as stubborn and often as incendiary as ever. This book claims that in an effort to deal with the issues, mainstream philosophers have arbitarily omitted many ethically relevant features in order to reduce them to more tractable technical puzzles. The most gratuitous omissions have been the patient's point of view on the problem, the patient's ordinary life that provides the wider context for his point of view, and the ordinary language and concepts by which the patient tries to make sense of the issue. In trying to rectify these omissions, the book is not offering an alternative theory that would generate policy-guiding solutions, but instead a nuanced examination of what it means to be human and to struggle with the mysteries of birth, life and death. |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Palgrave Macmillan |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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