The ethics of ability and enhancement / Jessica Flanigan, Terry L. Price, editors.
| Other author | Flanigan, Jessica. |
| Other author | Price, Terry L., 1966- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, [2018] |
| Description | ix, 203 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Springer Books |
| Subjects |
| Series | Jepson studies in leadership Jepson studies in leadership. ^A765724 |
| Contents | Ability and enhancement -- Theorizing about human capacity: a view from the nineteenth century -- A more "inclusive" approach to enhancement and disability -- Disability and doing justice -- Disability, well-being, and (in)apt emotions -- Kantian ethics, well-being, and disability -- Dementia, advance directives, and the problem of temporal selfishness -- How old is old? Changing the conceptions of old age -- Why parents should enhance their children -- Cosmopolitan moral enhancement. |
| 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2017954436 |
| ISBN | 9781349953028 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1349953024 (alk. paper) |
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