DESCRIPTION: We come across an era of strong and even more unusual individual claims, while the solution to often conflicting demands becomes increasingly elusive and parochial. One of the most intriguing philosophical questions is how to link human responsibility to those consequences of action which no one can fully foresee but, nevertheless, which no one can afford to neglect. Many biotechnological challenges are of this nature. This book is meant to give some insights in the mutual justification which ought to regulate the space between autonomy and responsibility by taking up a stance on some dilemmatic issues in the medical field. Get FREE Paperback copies by contacting Bogdan Olaru at Note: This book was funded by CNCSIS, under the research project “Biopolitics” (193/2006-07). To read more about this project please visit the webpage: http://www.romanian-philosophy.ro/person/Bogdan.Olaru or write to: bogdan.olaru@phenomenology.ro NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS FOREWORD 1. AUTONOMY AND EMBODIMENT. THE WAY BACK TO THE UNAVAILABILITY OF THE BODY Autonomy: as Self-determination against, or as Self-transcendence to Others? Anthropological Reflections on the Background of Bioethics Regine Kather, Freiburg University (Germany) Why the Way we Consider the Body Matters: Reflections on four Bioethical Perspectives on the Human Body Silke Schicktanz, University Medical Center Göttingen (Germany) 2. AUTONOMY AND CARE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF END-OF-LIFE DECISION-MAKING Autonomie als Selbstbestimmung und Fürsorge: aufgezeigt am Beispiel der Sterbehilfe Karl-Wilhelm Merks, Tilburg University (Netherlands) Autonomie und Fürsorge.Die Perspektive des Rechts Volker Lipp, Göttingen University (Germany) 3. PECULIAR FORMS OF RESPONSIBILITY? The Limits of Discourse Ethics Concerning the Responsibility toward Nature, Nonhuman Animals, and Future Generations Nicolae Morar, Purdue University (USA) Toward an Ethics of Species.Is there a Responsibility to Preserve the Integrity of (Human) Species? Bogdan Olaru, Jassy Institute for Economic and Social Research (Romania) The Principle of Responsibility for Illness and its Application in the Allocation of Health Care: A Critical Analysis Eugen Huzum, Jassy Institute for Economic and Social Research (Romania) Index of Concepts Index of Names |
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