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Vulnerability is an important concern of moral philosophy,
political philosophy and many discussions in applied ethics. Yet
the concept itself-what it is and why it is morally salient-is
under-theorized. Vulnerability, Autonomy, and Applied Ethics brings
together theorists working on conceptualizing vulnerability as an
action-guiding principle in these discussions, as well as
bioethicists, medical ethicists and public policy theorists working
on instances of vulnerability in specific contexts. This volume
offers new and innovative work by Joel Anderson, Carla Bagnoli,
Samia Hurst, Catriona Mackenzie and Christine Straehle, who
together provide a discussion of the concept of vulnerability from
the perspective of individual autonomy. The exchanges among authors
will help show the heuristic value of vulnerability that is being
developed in the context of liberal political theory and moral
philosophy. The book also illustrates how applying the concept of
vulnerability to some of the most pressing moral questions in
applied ethics can assist us in making moral judgments. This highly
innovative and interdisciplinary approach will help those grappling
with questions of vulnerability in medical ethics-both theorists
and practitioners-by providing principles along which to decide
hard cases.
Vulnerability is an important concern of moral philosophy,
political philosophy and many discussions in applied ethics. Yet
the concept itself-what it is and why it is morally salient-is
under-theorized. Vulnerability, Autonomy, and Applied Ethics brings
together theorists working on conceptualizing vulnerability as an
action-guiding principle in these discussions, as well as
bioethicists, medical ethicists and public policy theorists working
on instances of vulnerability in specific contexts. This volume
offers new and innovative work by Joel Anderson, Carla Bagnoli,
Samia Hurst, Catriona Mackenzie and Christine Straehle, who
together provide a discussion of the concept of vulnerability from
the perspective of individual autonomy. The exchanges among authors
will help show the heuristic value of vulnerability that is being
developed in the context of liberal political theory and moral
philosophy. The book also illustrates how applying the concept of
vulnerability to some of the most pressing moral questions in
applied ethics can assist us in making moral judgments. This highly
innovative and interdisciplinary approach will help those grappling
with questions of vulnerability in medical ethics-both theorists
and practitioners-by providing principles along which to decide
hard cases.
How to assess and deal with the claims of millions of displaced
people to find refuge and asylum in safe and prosperous countries
is one of the most pressing issues of modern political philosophy.
In this timely volume, fresh insights are offered into the
political and moral implications of refugee crises and the
treatment of asylum seekers. The contributions illustrate the
widening of the debate over what is owed to refugees, and why it is
assumed that national state actors and the international community
owe special consideration and protection. Among the specific issues
discussed are refugees' rights and duties, refugee selection,
whether repatriation can be encouraged or required, and the ethics
of sanctuary policies.
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Debating Surrogacy
Anca Gheaus, Christine Straehle
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Surrogacy is the commissioning of a woman to gestate and give birth
to a child for another would-be parent. The practice raises several
ethical questions, such as the commodification of the surrogate and
of the baby, and the exploitation of the surrogate, issues which
have been extensively debated. This book offers a fresh take on
surrogacy, by concentrating on questions which bear on its
justifiability: Is providing gestational services a permissible way
of employing a woman's body? Indeed, is it a legitimate form of
work? Are the children born out of surrogacy in any way wronged by
surrogacy agreements? In the first part of the book, Christine
Straehle proposes an account of surrogacy work as legitimate work
for women, as a way to realize certain goals in women's lives
through the fruit of their labour. She defends a right to become a
surrogate as necessary to protect women's autonomy. Anca Gheaus
criticises surrogacy by arguing that it always wrongs
children—whether or not it also harms them—by disrespecting
them; therefore, gestational services are impermissible. In the
second part, Straehle responds to Gheaus, questioning that children
are wronged by the practice of surrogacy. Instead, she defends an
intentional model of parental rights, which indicates that having a
child through surrogacy should count as a ground to assign parental
rights. In her response, Gheaus objects that Straehle's view fails
to properly account for the interests of either surrogates or
children. However, she accepts that women may gestate without the
intention to have custody over the newborn, and is therefore open
to some kind of post-surrogacy practice that would radically
depart, in the allocation of legal parenthood, from any historical
or currently proposed form of surrogacy.
Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across
nations Contributors to this volume considers whether health
inequalities are a result of global distributive inequalities and
are therefore of concern to those promoting global redistributive
justice.Case studies include The migration of health care
practitioners from developing to developed nations The impact of
climate change The social determinants of health outcomes The
effects of pharmaceutical legislation--and international bad
practices more generally--on securing access to life-saving drugs
in the developing world The differential effect of these practices
on men and women, especially with respect to HIV/AIDS These cases
are explored alongside theoretical questions of definition,
responsibility and moral relevance to discover the scope of
responsibilities that developed nations have towards poor health in
developing nations.
Explores the moral dilemmas posed by disparities in health across
nations
Contributors to this volume considers whether health inequalities
are a result of global distributive inequalities and are therefore
of concern to those promoting global redistributive justice.
Case studies include
The migration of health care practitioners from developing to
developed nations
The impact of climate change
The social determinants of health outcomes
The effects of pharmaceutical legislation--and international bad
practices more generally--on securing access to life-saving drugs
in the developing world
The differential effect of these practices on men and women,
especially with respect to HIV/AIDS
These cases are explored alongside theoretical questions of
definition, responsibility and moral relevance to discover the
scope of responsibilities that developed nations have towards poor
health in developing nations.
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