ISBN:
9781402062605
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Philosophy and Medicine 94
Series Statement:
Philosophy and medicine
DDC:
174.2
Keywords:
Brody, Baruch A
;
medicine Medical ethics
;
Philosophy (General)
;
Medical ethics
;
Ethics, Medical
;
Bioethics
;
Casuistry
;
Aufsatzsammlung
;
Kasuistik
Abstract:
This volume presents a sustained philosophical analysis of Brody's contributions to biomedical ethics. The book combines methodological, philosophical considerations with applied chapters, and each contributor carefully and critically explores Brody's writings in biomedical ethics and the philosophy of medicine. The volume includes a response by Baruch Brody that critically engages the contributions to the volume.
Abstract:
Baruch A. Brody has been one of the most important voices in bioethics over the last several decades, asking new and challenging questions about a range of problems, examining recalcitrant issues in novel ways, always with the goal of offering practical solutions to complex problems. This volume presents a sustained philosophical analysis of Brody s contributions to biomedical ethics. The essays in this volume compass epistemological, methodological, and topical contributions to bioethics, including both application and criticism of Brody s normative moral theory pluralistic casuistry Jewish medical ethics, human embryo transfer, medical futility, life and death decisions in pediatrics, euthanasia and end-of-life decision-making, the obligations of clinical researchers toward study participants, and professional integrity. Done well, philosophical work can clarify complex issues, facilitate creative problem solving, and lead to real-world solutions to difficult situations. Each contributor carefully and critically explores Brody s writings in biomedical ethics and the philosophy of medicine, illustrating his appreciation that thorough and critical scientific research and philosophical analysis are central to reining in the untutored human desire to ameliorate pain and suffering so that medical treatments and health care policy do more good than harm.
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Matter; Moral Casuistry, Medical Research, and Innovation, and Rabbinical Decision-Making; Notes Toward a Pluralistic Professional Medical Ethics; Ethics and Deep Moral Ambiguity; Moral Judgment and the Ideal Intuitor: Dealing with Moral Confusion and Moral Disagreement; Casuistry Naturalized; Intuitionism, Divine Commands, and Natural Law; In Case: Contingency and Particularity in Bioethics; The Euthyphro's Dilemma Reconsidered: A Variation on a Theme from Brody on Halakhic Method
Description / Table of Contents:
The Good (Philosophy), the Bad (Public Policy) and the Ugliness of Blaming Families for Ineffectual TreatmentsA Matter of Obligation: Physicians Versus Clinical Investigators; Is Withholding Artificial Nutrition and Hydration from PVS Patients Active Euthanasia?; The Virtue of Integrity in Baruch Brody's Moral Framework; Paradigms, Practices and Politics: Ethics and the Language of Human Embryo Transfer/Donation/Rescue/Adoption; Brody on Passive and Active Euthanasia; Comments on the Essays; Back Matter
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4020-6260-5
URL:
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