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Methods in bioethics : the way we reason now / by John Arras ; edited by James Childress and Matthew Adams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Arras, John D., 1945-2015, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bioethics--Methodology.
- Bioethics.
- Bioethics--Philosophy.
- Bioethical Issues.
- Ethics, Clinical.
- Medical Subjects:
- Bioethical Issues.
- Ethics, Clinical.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvii, 224 pages)
- Other Title:
- Way we reason now
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Summary:
- This work provides an overview and critical discussion of the main philosophical methods that have dominated the field of bioethics.
- Contents:
- Principlism : the Borg of bioethics
- A common morality for hedgehogs : Bernard Gert
- Getting down to cases : the revival of casuistry in bioethics
- Nice story but so what : narrative and justification in ethics
- Dewey and Rorty's pragmatism and bioethics
- Freestanding pragmatism in bioethics and law
- A method in search of a purpose : the internal morality of medicine
- Method to rule them all? Reflective equilibrium in bioethics
- Concluding reflections : method in bioethics : the very idea.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2017.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2017).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-066600-5
- 0-19-066601-3
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