ISBN:
9783642383762
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VI, 201 p. 1 illus, digital)
Series Statement:
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics 10
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Druckausg. Adaptation and autonomy
Keywords:
Philosophy (General)
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Ethics
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Science Philosophy
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Medical ethics
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Philosophy
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Ethics
;
Science Philosophy
;
Medical ethics
;
Patient
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Autonomie
;
Medizinische Ethik
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Patient
;
Autonomie
;
Medizinische Ethik
Abstract:
This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context.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
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Introduction; References; Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and Extended Lives; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Adaptive Preferences; 2.3 Autonomous Preferences; 2.4 Bastard Origins; 2.5 Observations and Lessons; 2.6 Christman's More Recent View; 2.7 Another Ex Ante Standard for Autonomy; 2.8 Segue from Williams to Life-Extending Therapies; 2.9 The Problem of Preference Autonomy in Long Human Lives; 2.10 The Irrelevance of the Ex Ante Content Condition; 2.11 Another Questionable Preference; 2.12 Conclusion; References; Adaptation, Autonomy, and Authority; 3.1 Introduction
Description / Table of Contents:
3.2 Varieties of (the Lack of) Normative Authority3.3 Adaptation and Autonomy; 3.4 Autonomy and Autonomous Preferences; 3.5 HA1; 3.6 HA2; 3.7 HA39; 3.8 HA4, and a General Argument against Historical Accounts; 3.9 TA1-TA3; 3.10 TA4; 3.11 Conclusion; References; "It Won't Be as Bad as You Think:" Autonomy and Adaptation to Disability; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Adaptation to Disability; 4.3 Do Affective Forecasting Errors Compromise Autonomy?; 4.3.1 The Ignorance Argument; 4.3.2 The Appreciation Argument; 4.4 Affective Forecasting, Autonomy, and Well-Being; 4.5 When Are Adaptive Preferences Bad?
Description / Table of Contents:
4.6 ConclusionReferences; Autonomy and End of Life Decisions: A Paradox; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 The Conditions of Autonomy; 5.3 Decisions to Die; 5.4 The Circumstances of a Good Death; 5.5 Conclusion; References; Gendered Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and End of Life Decisions; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Higher-Order Normative Adaptive Preferences as Compatible With Coherentist Autonomy; 6.3 Why Focus on Coherentist Autonomy at the End of Life?; 6.4 When Coherentist Autonomy Justifies Intervention; References; Sour Clinical Trials: Autonomy and Adaptive Preferences in Experimental Medicine
Description / Table of Contents:
7.1 Introduction7.2 Terminal Clinical Trials and Adaptive Preferences; 7.3 Autonomy; 7.4 Respecting and Disrespecting Autonomy; 7.5 Respect and Adaptive Preferences in Terminal Disease Clinical Trials; 7.6 Conclusion; References; Preference Adaptation and Human Enhancement: Reflections on Autonomy and Well-Being; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Sour Grapes and Other Worries about Preference Adaptation; 8.2.1 Sour Grapes and Character Planning; 8.2.2 Adaptation and Well-Being; 8.2.3 Healthcare and the Disability Paradox; 8.2.4 The Fisherman's Wife: Upward Adaptation
Description / Table of Contents:
8.3 Human Enhancement and Adaptive Preferences8.3.1 Preferences Regarding Human Enhancement; 8.3.2 Are Enhancement Preferences Adaptive?; 8.4 Enhancement, Adaptation, and Autonomy; 8.4.1 How Does Adaptation Impact on Autonomy?; 8.4.2 Autonomy of Preferences Regarding Enhancement; 8.5 Adaptation, Well-Being and Enhancement; 8.6 Conclusion; References; Self-Deception, Adaptive Preferences, and Autonomy; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Intentional Self-Deception and Adaptive Preferences; 9.3 Unintentional Self-Deception and Adaptive Preferences; 9.4 Conclusion; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Adaptive Preferences and Self-Deception
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-642-38376-2
URL:
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