Ethics in Healthcare: A Philosophical Introduction

177 Pages·2018·1.147 MB·English

by  Ezio Di Nucci

Ethics in Healthcare
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Ethics in Healthcare
A Philosophical Introduction
Ezio Di Nucci
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Contents
Acknowledgements xi
ListofCaseStudies xiii
Introduction 1
Chapter1 MindandWorld:What’sthePointofPhilosophy
Anyway? 3
EmpiricalQuestionsAreNotAlltheQuestions
WorthAsking 4
NecessityandObjectivity 8
Subjectivity 13
Summary 16
Chapter2 RightandWrong:FromMoralObjectivityto
Relativism 19
TheOntologicalandtheEpistemological 21
ShowmetheMo...rals 23
Meta-ethics 28
MoralRelativism 32
Summary 37
Chapter3 MeansandEnds:KantianNormativeEthics 39
EthicalEgoism 41
CategoricalImperative 43
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NegativeandPositiveRightsandDuties 48
CounterexamplestoKant’sCategorical
Imperative 51
Summary 56
Chapter4 PainandPleasure:Utilitarianismand
Consequentialism 59
Partiality 60
Utilitarianism 62
FromTheorytoPractice 71
Summary 75
Chapter5 LifeandDeath:TheEthicsofDyinginHealthcare 77
TheAimsofHealthcare 77
TheEthicsofDying 82
TheWrongnessofKilling 85
AssistedSuicide 88
SuicideandAssistedSuicide 92
Summary 93
Chapter6 YesandNo:ConsentandPaternalism 95
WhatisConsent? 96
Paternalism 104
TheFourPrinciples 105
Summary 110
Chapter7 HealthandDisease:Health(care)Rightsandthe
ValueofHealth 113
TheRighttoHealth(care) 116
TheValueofHealth 123
HealthasaMeanstoLife’sEnds 126
Publicvs.PrivateHealthcare 129
Disability 132
Summary 134
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Chapter8 PraiseandBlame:ResponsibilityandLiabilityin
Healthcare 137
ConditionsforResponsibilityandMistakes 138
Justification,ExcuseandMitigating
Considerations 140
SpecialResponsibilityandtheHippocraticOath 146
Summary 152
Bibliography 155
Index 157
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