Pluralistic Casuistry

Author : Mark J. Cherry,Ana Smith Iltis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007-08-19
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781402062605

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Pluralistic Casuistry by Mark J. Cherry,Ana Smith Iltis Pdf

This volume presents a sustained philosophical analysis of Brody’s contributions to biomedical ethics. The book combines methodological, philosophical considerations with applied chapters, and each contributor carefully and critically explores Brody’s writings in biomedical ethics and the philosophy of medicine. The volume includes a response by Baruch Brody that critically engages the contributions to the volume.

Author : Baruch A. Brody
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004-06
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1589010337

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Taking Issue by Baruch A. Brody Pdf

A pioneer in the theory of pluralistic casuistry, the idea that there are almost as many facets to moral choices as there are cases that call for choices, Baruch Brody takes issue with conventional bioethical wisdom and challenges the rigid principalism of contemporary bioethics. His views have been seen as controversial, but they are firmly held, and convincingly argued--all of which have led him to be one of the most widely discussed and highly admired bioethicists of our time. He argues for the fundamental distinction between active and passive euthanasia, for a need to reconceptualize approaches to brain death, and for the right of providers to unilaterally discontinue life support. He shows support for the waiving of the requirement of informed consent for some research, for the widespread use of animals in research, and for the use of placebos in many international clinical trials. When it comes to morality as it is practiced in medicine, Brody makes clear that the ethical issues are never as simple as black and white--that there are myriad factors and fine nuances that can and should challenge decision making as it is commonly practiced in difficult medical cases. In this collection, delving thoughtfully and systematically into methodology, research ethics, clinical ethics, and Jewish medical ethics, he tackles thorny life-and-death questions head-on and fearlessly. He casts a light into all the corners of end-of-life decisions--a field in which he has exemplary credentials--while illuminating a new understanding of morality and ethics. The introduction outlines Brody's approach, defines the terminology used, and contrasts his ethical positions with much of the competing literature. Taking Issue will be invaluable to students and scholars in medical ethics, bioethics, and philosophy of medicine.

Author : Stephen S. Hanson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789048125081

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Moral Acquaintances and Moral Decisions by Stephen S. Hanson Pdf

The potential of modern medicine in a pluralistic world leads to the potential for moral conflict. The most prevalent bioethical theories often either overestimate or underestimate the amount of shared moral belief that can be used to address those conflicts. This work presents a means for taking seriously the pluralism in the modern world while recognizing the likelihood of moral “acquaintance” between persons with differing views. It criticizes moral theories that overstate the extent of the problem of pluralism as well as those that imply too much agreement between reasonable moral persons, yet it locates a means for the resolution of many moral conflicts in moral acquaintanceship. Drawing from the work of H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr., casuists and principle-based theorists, and Erich Loewy and Kevin W. Wildes’s initial development of the concept of moral acquaintanceship, Moral Acquaintances and Moral Decisions is philosophically indepth work with direct applications for decisionmaking in real medical settings. A work in moral theory as well as a source of real world guidance, clinically oriented bioethics professionals as well as students of bioethical theory should find the theory of moral acquaintanceship provided here important to their work.

Author : Baruch A. Brody
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Medical
ISBN : 0195090071

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The Ethics of Biomedical Research by Baruch A. Brody Pdf

Examines the many ethical issues related to biomedical research, including the use of animals in research, research on human subjects, clinical trials, international research ethics policies, and other related topics.

Author : Hillel D. Braude
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780226071664

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Intuition in Medicine by Hillel D. Braude Pdf

Intuition is central to discussions about the nature of scientific and philosophical reasoning and what it means to be human. In this bold and timely book, Hillel D. Braude marshals his dual training as a physician and philosopher to examine the place of intuition in medicine. Rather than defining and using a single concept of intuition—philosophical, practical, or neuroscientific—Braude here examines intuition as it occurs at different levels and in different contexts of clinical reasoning. He argues that not only does intuition provide the bridge between medical reasoning and moral reasoning, but that it also links the epistemological, ontological, and ethical foundations of clinical decision making. In presenting his case, Braude takes readers on a journey through Aristotle’s Ethics—highlighting the significance of practical reasoning in relation to theoretical reasoning and the potential bridge between them—then through current debates between regulators and clinicians on evidence-based medicine, and finally applies the philosophical perspectives of Reichenbach, Popper, and Peirce to analyze the intuitive support for clinical equipoise, a key concept in research ethics. Through his phenomenological study of intuition Braude aims to demonstrate that ethical responsibility for the other lies at the heart of clinical judgment. Braude’s original approach advances medical ethics by using philosophical rigor and history to analyze the tacit underpinnings of clinical reasoning and to introduce clear conceptual distinctions that simultaneously affirm and exacerbate the tension between ethical theory and practice. His study will be welcomed not only by philosophers but also by clinicians eager to justify how they use moral intuitions, and anyone interested in medical decision making.

Author : Anders Nordgren
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 213 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789042028043

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For Our Children by Anders Nordgren Pdf

Values in Bioethics (ViB), co-sponsored by the International Association of Bioethics, makes available original philosophical books in all areas of bioethics, including medical and nursing ethics, health care ethics, research ethics, environmental ethics, and global bioethics. --

Author : Renée van de Vall,Vivian van Saaze
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-31
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783031423574

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Conservation of Contemporary Art by Renée van de Vall,Vivian van Saaze Pdf

This open access book investigates whether and how theoretical findings and insights in contemporary art conservation can be translated into the daily work practices of conservators or, vice versa, whether and how the problems and dilemmas encountered in conservation practice can inform broader research questions and projects. For several decades now, the conservation of contemporary art has been a dynamic field of research and reflection. Because of contemporary art’s variable constitution, its care and management calls for a fundamental rethinking of the overall research landscape of museums, heritage institutions, private-sector organizations and universities. At first, this research was primarily pursued by conservation professionals working in or with museums and other heritage organizations, but increasingly academic researchers and universities became involved, for instance through collaborative projects. This book is the result of such collaboration. It sets out to bridge the “gap” between theory and practice by investigating conservation practices as a form of reflection and reflection as a form of practice.

Author : Norbert Paulo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781137557346

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The Confluence of Philosophy and Law in Applied Ethics by Norbert Paulo Pdf

The law serves a function that is not often taken seriously enough by ethicists, namely practicability. A consequence of practicability is that law requires elaborated and explicit methodologies that determine how to do things with norms. This consequence forms the core idea behind this book, which employs methods from legal theory to inform and examine debates on methodology in applied ethics, particularly bioethics. It is argued that almost all legal methods have counterparts in applied ethics, which indicates that much can be gained from comparative study of the two. The author first outlines methods as used in legal theory, focusing on deductive reasoning with statutes as well as analogical reasoning with precedent cases. He then examines three representative kinds of contemporary ethical theories, Beauchamp and Childress’s principlism, Jonsen and Toulmin’s casuistry, and two versions of consequentialism—Singer’s preference utilitarianism and Hooker’s rule-consequentialism—with regards to their methods. These examinations lead to the Morisprudence Model for methods in applied ethics.

Author : A. Nordgren
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-14
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789401597418

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Responsible Genetics by A. Nordgren Pdf

This book addresses well-known issues - the ethical, legal, and social implications of human genetics - but does so from an unusual perspective: the perspective of the scientific community itself. In distinction to what is common in the ELSI literature, the book also discusses bioethical method. A new kind of casuistry is developed on the basis of the empirical findings of cognitive semantics. It will be of interest to philosophers, bioethicists, geneticists, and policymakers.

Author : Martin Calkins
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-05-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401787246

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Developing a Virtue-Imbued Casuistry for Business Ethics by Martin Calkins Pdf

Casuistry, Virtue and Business Ethics brings together three important processes for business ethics: casuistry, virtue ethics and the business case method. In doing so, it considers the overlap and synergy of casuistry and virtue ethics, the similarities and differences of casuistry and the business case method and the relationships between emerging and well-established cases. The goal of the book is twofold: to provide a distinctly practical method for moral decision-making within the context of business and to illustrate how contemporary vexing issues are similar to those of the past and how they might be resolved satisfactorily.

Author : James F. Keenan, SJ,Thomas A. Shannon
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1995-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1589014332

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The Context of Casuistry by James F. Keenan, SJ,Thomas A. Shannon Pdf

Author : H. ten Have,Michèle Jean
Publisher : UNESCO
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2009-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789231040887

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The UNESCO Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights by H. ten Have,Michèle Jean Pdf

In October 2005, UNESCO Member States adopted by acclamation the Universal Declaration on Bioethics and Human Rights. For the first time in the history of bioethics, some 190 countries committed themselves and the international community to respect and apply fundamental ethical principles related to medicine, the life sciences and associated technologies. This publication provides a new impetus to the dissemination of the Declaration, and is part of the organisation's continuous effort to contribute to the understanding of its principles worldwide. The authors, who were almost all involved in the elaboration of the text of the Declaration, were asked to respond on each article: Why was it included? What does it mean? How can it be applied? Their responses shed light on the historical background of the text and its evolution throughout the drafting process. They also provide a reflection on its relevance to previous declarations and bioethical literature, and its potential interpretation and application in challenging and complex bioethical debates.

Author : Mark G. Kuczewski
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-06-29
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1589013247

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Fragmentation and Consensus by Mark G. Kuczewski Pdf

Both communitarianism and casuistry have sought to restore ethics as a practical science—the former by incorporating various traditions into a shared definition of the common good, the latter by considering the circumstances of each situation through critical reasoning. Mark G. Kuczewski analyzes the origins and methods of these two approaches and forges from them a new unified approach. This approach takes the communitarian notion of the person as its starting point but also relies upon the narrative and analogical tools of case-based reasoning. He separates out the rhetoric that is incongruent with the Aristotelian aspirations of each method to show that the two are complementary, and that consensus can emerge from fragmentation. He then applies his resulting method to three major problems in bioethics: the difficulties that the issue of personal identity poses for advance directives, the role of the family in medical decision making, and the refusal of treatment because of religious beliefs. He analyzes the need to assume a communitarian notion of the person as a starting point for the application of casuistic insights. Combining theoretical, practical, and scholarly insights, this book will be of interest to philosophers, political and social scientists, and bioethicists.

Author : Thomas R. Cole,Nathan S. Carlin,Ronald A. Carson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 463 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2014-10-31
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107015623

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Medical Humanities by Thomas R. Cole,Nathan S. Carlin,Ronald A. Carson Pdf

This textbook uses concepts and methods of the humanities to enhance understanding of medicine and health care.

Author : Laurence B. McCullough
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781538114292

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Historical Dictionary of Medical Ethics by Laurence B. McCullough Pdf

Medical ethics is the disciplined study of medical morality, with two goals: critically appraising current medical morality and identifying how it should be improved. Medical morality has three components. Physicians, patients, communities, and policy makers have beliefs about what is good and bad character, and right and wrong behavior, in patient care, biomedical research, medical education, and health policy. On the basis of these beliefs, physicians, patients, communities, and policy makers make judgments about how physicians ought to conduct themselves in patient care, research, education, and the formation and implementation of health policy. They then act on their judgments. This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Medical Ethics contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1,000 cross-referenced entries on ethical reasoning and its key components; medical ethics, professional medical ethics, and bioethics; and topics in clinical ethics, research ethics, and healthcare policy ethics. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about medical ethics.