Practical Autonomy and Bioethics (Routledge Annals of Bioethics) - Softcover

Taylor, James Stacey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 041589056X ISBN 13: 9780415890564

Publisher: Routledge, 2010

Synopsis

This is the first volume in which an account of personal autonomy is developed that both captures the contours of this concept as it is used in social philosophy and bioethics, and is theoretically grounded in, and a part of, contemporary autonomy theory. James Stacey Taylor’s account is unique as it is explicitly a political one, recognizing that the attribution of autonomy to agents is dependent in part on their relationships with others and not merely upon their own mental states. The volume is distinctive in its examples, which touch on the ethics of using inducements to encourage persons to participate in medical research, the ethical issues associated with the use of antibiotics, and the ethical basis for both patient confidentiality and informed consent.

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About the Author

James Stacey Taylor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey. He is the author of Stakes and Kidneys (Ashgate, 2005) and the editor of Personal Autonomy: New Essays (Cambridge, 2005).

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041589056X
• ISBN 13: 9780415890564
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 228