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Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, cartea 10

Editat de Juha Räikkä, Jukka Varelius
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 29 mai 2013
This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context. The value of individual autonomy is a cornerstone of liberal societies. While there are different conceptions of the notion, it is arguable that on any plausible understanding of individual autonomy an autonomous agent needs to take into account the conditions that circumscribe its actions. Yet it has also been suggested that allowing one’s options to affect one’s preferences threatens autonomy. While this phenomenon has received some attention in other areas of moral philosophy, it has seldom been considered in bioethics. This book combines for the first time the topics of preference adaptation, individual autonomy, and choosing to die or to enhance human capacities in a unique and comprehensive volume, filling an important knowledge gap in the contemporary bioethics literature.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783642383755
ISBN-10: 3642383750
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: VI, 201 p.
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Ediția:2013
Editura: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
Colecția Springer
Seria Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics

Locul publicării:Berlin, Heidelberg, Germany

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Research

Cuprins

Introduction.- Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and Extended Lives.- Adaptation, Autonomy, and Authority.- “It Won’t Be as Bad as You Think:” Autonomy and Adaptation to Disability.- Autonomy and End of Life Decisions: A Paradox.- Gendered Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and End of Life Decisions.- Sour Clinical Trials: Autonomy and Adaptive Preferences in Experimental Medicine.

Recenzii

From the reviews:
“This is a collection of previously unpublished essays that consider whether adaptive preferences … undermine the autonomy of an individual in end-of-life decision-making. … It will appeal to those interested in decision-making capacity, autonomy, euthanasia, physician-assisted suicide, acquired disabilities, or human enhancement through biotechnology.” (Joseph T. Norris, Doody’s Book Reviews, February, 2014)

Textul de pe ultima copertă

This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context. The value of individual autonomy is a cornerstone of liberal societies. While there are different conceptions of the notion, it is arguable that on any plausible understanding of individual autonomy an autonomous agent needs to take into account the conditions that circumscribe its actions. Yet it has also been suggested that allowing one’s options to affect one’s preferences threatens autonomy. While this phenomenon has received some attention in other areas of moral philosophy, it has seldom been considered in bioethics. This book combines for the first time the topics of preference adaptation, individual autonomy, and choosing to die or to enhance human capacities in a unique and comprehensive volume, filling an important knowledge gap in the contemporary bioethics literature.

Caracteristici

Gathers together unpublished works from different authors focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context Assesses how, if at all, preference adaptation affects autonomy in connection with the choices we make as regards enhancing and ending human life Combines for the first time the topics of preference adaptation, individual autonomy, and that of choosing to die or to enhance human capacities in a unique and comprehensive publication, filling an important knowledge gap in the contemporary bioethics literature