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The Elimination of Morality - Reflections on Utilitarianism and Bioethics (Hardcover, New) Loot Price: R4,467
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The Elimination of Morality - Reflections on Utilitarianism and Bioethics (Hardcover, New): Anne Maclean

The Elimination of Morality - Reflections on Utilitarianism and Bioethics (Hardcover, New)

Anne Maclean

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"The Elimination of Morality" strikes at the root of the dominant conception of what medical ethics involves. It addresses the fundamental and timely question of the "kind" of contribution philosophers can make to the discussion of medico-moral issues and the work of health care professionals. It has two main objectives. The first is to establish the futility of bioethics. Anne Maclean challenges the conception of reason in ethics which is integral to the utilitarian tradition and which underlies the whole bioethical enterprise. She argues that the enterprise is philosophically misguided - philosophers do not possess moral expertise and have no special authority to pronounce upon moral issues. In particular, she shows that judgments about the morality of killing cannot be founded on a prior philosophical theory of "the value of life". The final chapter demolishes the "medical model" of illness and health which give exaggerated powers to the doctor, and proposes a role for the philosopher in medical education which deprofessionalizes life and death decisions. The second objective is to expose the inadequacy of a utilitarian account of moral reasoning and moral life.

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Imprint: Routledge
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: September 1993
First published: 1993
Authors: Anne Maclean
Dimensions: 216 x 138 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 230
Edition: New
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-01081-8
Categories: Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General
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LSN: 0-415-01081-0
Barcode: 9780415010818

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