Moral acquaintances : methodology in bioethics /
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| Author / Creator: | Wildes, Kevin Wm. (Kevin William), 1954- |
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| Imprint: | Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, c2000. |
| Description: | x, 214 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4334801 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Introduction: Methodology and Bioethics
- Part 1. Moral Friends, Moral Strangers, and Methodology
- 1.. Bioethics and Moral Acquaintances
- The Emergence of Bioethics
- Moral Acquaintances and Moral Pluralism
- Procedures and Morality
- Summary
- 2.. Foundational Methods
- A Survey of Foundational Theories in Bioethics
- The Limits of Foundations: Form and Matter
- 3.. Ecumenism in Bioethics: The Appeal to Middle-Level Principles
- The Method of Middle-Level Principles
- The Standard Criticisms
- Postmodernity and Principles
- Principles, Cases, and the Moral Point of View
- 4.. After Paradigms: The Crisis of Secular Casuistry
- Jonsen and Toulmin and the Renaissance of Casuistry
- The Context of Casuistry
- Secular Casuistry: The Paradox of Trolleys and Transplants
- Conclusions for Bioethics
- Part 2. Moral Acquaintances and Methodology
- 5.. Communitarian Bioethics
- Particularity, Humanity, and Community
- The Shapes of Moral Communities
- Friends, Strangers, and Acquaintances
- Summary
- 6.. The Genealogy of Agreement and Consensus
- Pluralism and Consensus
- The Geography of Moral Judgment: A Spectrum of Agreement and Disagreement
- A Sociology of Agreement
- Agreement between Friends, Strangers, and Acquaintances
- Summary
- 7.. Moral Acquaintances: Proceduralism and Organizational Ethics
- Moral Acquaintances and Procedural Bioethics
- Bioethics, Moral Acquaintances, and the Common Morality of Proceduralism
- Organizational Ethics
- Summary
- Conclusions
- Notes
- Index
