Practical autonomy and bioethics

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    • Taylor, James Stacey

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Practical autonomy and bioethics

James Stacey Taylor

(Routledge annals of bioethics / series editors, Mark J. Cherry, Ana Smith Iltis, v. 6)

Routledge, 2009

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"Transferred to digital printing 2010"--T.p. verso

"First published 2009"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-206) and index

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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.

Table of Contents

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

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