Practical autonomy and bioethics
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Practical autonomy and bioethics
(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
Description and Table of Contents
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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