Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Räikkä, Juha (Editor), Varelius, Jukka (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 10
• Subjects: 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This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context.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...