The birth of ethics : phenomenological reflections on life's beginnings / Michael van Manen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Van Manen, Michael.

Series:

Phenomenology of practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bioethics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (139 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.

Summary:

From the time of conception, through the gestation of pregnancy, to the birth of a newborn child exists an extraordinary, emergent ethics. How does this ethics come into being when a child is conceived? How does the appearance of ethics in pregnancy differ from its emergence after birth? How does the original meaning of ethics relate to modern morality in decision making? In this book, Michael van Manen explores these ethical moral complexities and conceptualizations of life's beginnings. He delves into perennial and contemporary aspects of conception, pregnancy, and birth to present ethics as a fundamental phenomenon in the experiential encounter between parent and child. Even in the context of neonatal-perinatal medicine, where all manner of medical technologies and illnesses may potentially complicate the developing relation of parent and child, ethics is always already present yet also enigmatic in its origin. And yet, to approach ethical moral questions, we need to understand the inception of ethics. The Birth of Ethics: Phenomenological Reflections on Life's Beginnings is an essential text not only for health professionals and researchers but also for parents, family members, and others who care and take responsibility for newborns in need of medical care.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Title Page

Copyright page

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Section I: Before a Child is Born

Conceiving Ethics

Pregnant with Child

Ultrasound Imaging and Virtual Presence

Nascent Expectations and Hope

Meaningful Outcomes

Section II: In the Cradle of the Newborn Intensive Care Unit

Newborn Encounters

Technics of Touch

Skin-to-Skin Togetherness

Imaging the Child

Attachment and Responsibility

Section III: Ethics and Decisions

Situating Decisions

Decisions Without Choices

Looking for Ways Out of Decisions

Thinking and Feeling Through Decisions

Decisions and Indecisions

Falling into Decisions

Conclusion and Beginnings

Ethical Moral Perspectives

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-00-311059-2

1-003-11059-2

1-000-22643-3

1-000-22645-X

9781003110590

OCLC:

1196839712