Autonomy and trust in bioethics / Onora O'Neill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Neill, Onora, 1941- author.

Series:

Gifford lectures ; 2001.

Gifford lectures ; 2001

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medical ethics.

Bioethics.

Bioethics--Philosophy.

Autonomy.

Trust.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xi, 213 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Autonomy & Trust in Bioethics

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Summary:

Why has autonomy been a leading idea in philosophical writing on bioethics, and why has trust been marginal? In this important book, Onora O'Neill suggests that the conceptions of individual autonomy so widely relied on in bioethics are philosophically and ethically inadequate, and that they undermine rather than support relations of trust. She shows how Kant's non-individualistic view of autonomy provides a stronger basis for an approach to medicine, science and biotechnology, and does not marginalize untrustworthiness, while also explaining why trustworthy individuals and institutions are often undeservingly mistrusted. Her arguments are illustrated with issues raised by practices such as the use of genetic information by the police or insurers, research using human tissues, uses of new reproductive technologies, and media practices for reporting on medicine, science and technology. Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics will appeal to a wide range of readers in ethics, bioethics and related disciplines.

Contents:

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; CHAPTER ONE Gaining autonomy and losing trust?; CHAPTER TWO Autonomy, individuality and consent; CHAPTER THREE Reproductive autonomy' and new technologies; CHAPTER FOUR Principled autonomy; CHAPTER FIVE Principled autonomy and genetic technologies; CHAPTER SIX The quest for trustworthiness; CHAPTER SEVEN Trust and the limits of consent; CHAPTER EIGHT Trust and communication: the media and bioethics; Bibliography; Institutional bibliography; Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-206) and index.

ISBN:

1-107-12598-7

0-511-17638-4

0-511-32955-5

0-511-60625-7

0-521-81540-1

0-511-15715-0

0-511-04577-8

9786610434213

1-280-43421-X

OCLC:

71332820