A Philosophical Disease - Bioethics, Culture, and Identity (Hardcover, annotated edition)

Drawing on the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and novelists such as Walker Percy, Paul Auster and Graham Greene, "A Philosophical Disease" brings to the bioethical discussion larger philosophical questions about the sense and significance of human life.
Carl Elliott moves beyond the standard menu of bioethical issues to explore the relationship of illness to identity, and of mental illness to spiritual illness. He also examines the treatment of children born with ambiguous genitalia, the claims of Deaf culture, and the morality of self-sacrifice. This book focuses on a different sensibility in bioethics; how we use concepts, and how they relate to our own particular social institutions.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Reflective Bioethics
Release date:	November 1998
First published:	1999
Authors:	Carl Elliott
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	224
Edition:	annotated edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-91939-5
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Bio-ethics Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Metaphysics & ontology
LSN:	0-415-91939-8
Barcode:	9780415919395

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