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Practical Autonomy and Bioethics (Routledge Annals of Bioethics)

By James Stacey Taylor

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2009
ISBN
0203873998, 0415997402, 9780203873991, 9780415997409
LCC
BF575.A88 T39 2009
Open Library ID
OL23079159M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (1588486 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
228\228
Topic
Biology Biophysics
Scanned
yes
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

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.

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