The ethics of ability and enhancement / Jessica Flanigan and Terry L. Price, editors.

Other author Flanigan, Jessica, editor.
Other author Price, Terry L., 1966- editor.
Format Electronic
PublicationNew York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018]
Copyright Date©2018
Description1 online resource (ix, 203 pages) : illustrations.
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SeriesJepson studies in leadership
Jepson studies in leadership. ^A765724
Contents Ability and enhancement / Jessica Flannigan -- Part I. Ability in perspective ; Theorizing about human capacity : a view from the nineteenth century / Sandra J. Peart and David M. Levy -- A more "inclusive" approach to enhancement and disability / David Wasserman and Stephen M. Campbell -- Part II. Disability ; Disability and doing justice / Christopher A. Riddle -- Disability, well-being, and (in)apt emotions / Dana Howard -- Kantian ethics, well-being, and disability / Jessica Flanigan -- Part III. Aging ; Dementia, advance directives, and the problem of temporal selfishness / Ryan W. Davis -- How old is old? changing conceptions of old age / Christine Overall -- Part IV. Enhancement ; Why parents should enhance their children / Christopher Freiman -- Cosmopolitan moral enhancement / Javier Hidalgo.
Abstract This book explores our ethical responsibilities regarding health in general and disabilities in particular. Disability studies and human enhancement stand out as two emerging areas of research in medical ethics, prompting debates into ethical questions of identity, embodiment, discrimination, and accommodation, as well as questions concerning distributive justice and limitations on people's medical rights. Edited by two ethicist philosophers, this book combines their mastery of the theoretical debates surrounding disability and human enhancement with attention to real world questions that health workers and patients may face. By including a wide range of high-quality voices and perspectives, the book provides an invaluable resource for scholars who are working on this important and emerging area of leadership and health care ethics.
Bibliography noteIncludes chapter notes and bibliographical references at chapter ends, and index.
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