Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Räikkä, Juha (Επιμελητής έκδοσης), Varelius, Jukka (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Σειρά: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 10
• Θέματα: Philosophy.; Ethics.; Philosophy and science.; Medical ethics.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Philosophy of Science.

This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context.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...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction
• Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and Extended Lives
• Adaptation, Autonomy, and Authority
• “It Won’t Be as Bad as You Think:” Autonomy and Adaptation to Disability
• Autonomy and End of Life Decisions: A Paradox
• Gendered Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and End of Life Decisions
• Sour Clinical Trials: Autonomy and Adaptive Preferences in Experimental Medicine.