Philosophical Perspectives on Bioethics.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (308 pages)
- Toronto Studies in Philosophy Series .
- Toronto Studies in Philosophy Series .
Cover -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- Professional Morality: Can an Examined Life Be Lived? -- Methods of Bioethics: Some Defective Proposals -- Morally Appreciated Circumstances: A Theoretical Problem for Casuistry -- Moral Philosophy and Bioethics: Contextualism versus the Paradigm Theory -- The Role of Principles in Practical Ethics -- Wide Reflective Equilibrium in Practice -- Bioethics through the Back Door: Phenomenology, Narratives, and Insights into Infertility -- Good Bioethics Must Be Feminist Bioethics -- Reflections of a Sceptical Bioethicist -- Theory versus Practice in Ethics: A Feminist Perspective on Justice in Health Care -- Gender Rites and Rights: The Biopolitics of Beauty and Fertility -- Moral Philosophy and Public Policy: The Case of New Reproductive Technologies -- Public Moral Discourse -- CONTRIBUTORS.
The contributors to the volume discuss various approaches to bioethical thinking and the political and institutional contexts of bioethics, addressing underlying concerns about the purposes of its practice.