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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Ellen K. FederPublisher: Indiana University Press Imprint: Indiana University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.358kg ISBN: 9780253012289ISBN 10: 0253012287 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 24 April 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction. Disciplinary Limits: Philosophy, Bioethics, and the Medical Management of Atypical Sex 1. The Trouble with Intersex: History Lessons 2. ""In Their Best Interests"": Parents' Experience of Atypical Sex Anatomy in Children 3. Tilting the Ethical Lens: Shame, Disgust, and the Body in Question 4. Reassigning Ambiguity: Parental Decisions and the Matter of Harm 5. A Question of Ethics as/or a Question of Culture: The Problem of What Is and What Ought to Be 6. Neutralizing Morality: Nondirective Counseling of Parents of Children with Intersex Conditions, 2006- 7. Practicing Virtue: A Parental Duty 8. Protecting Vulnerability: An Imperative of Care Conclusion. Lessons from Physicians Notes References IndexReviewsLinking the problems raised by treatment of the intersexed to problems that are endemic to the field of bioethics, Feder argues that, in seeing itself charged with the task of solving specific case problems, bioethics has abandoned its philosophical mission of examining the ways that these case problems are framed and neglected its philosophical obligation to critique the context within which bioethics is asked to operate. A controversial and radical conclusion, yes, but one that is skillfully defended. --Debra Bergoffen, author of Contesting the Politics of Genocidal Rape: Affirming the Dignity of the Vulnerable Body--Debra Bergoffen, author of Contesting the Politics of Genocidal Rape: Affirming the Dignity of the Vulnerable Body Linking the problems raised by treatment of the intersexed to problems that are endemic to the field of bioethics, Feder argues that, in seeing itself charged with the task of solving specific case problems, bioethics has abandoned its philosophical mission of examining the ways that these case problems are framed and neglected its philosophical obligation to critique the context within which bioethics is asked to operate. A controversial and radical conclusion, yes, but one that is skillfully defended. - Debra Bergoffen, author of Contesting the Politics of Genocidal Rape: Affirming the Dignity of the Vulnerable Body An important book for bioethics as well as theories of gender and sexuality. A gripping narrative with clarity of purpose and ease with major philosophical approaches to ethics and sexuality. - Cynthia Willett, Emory University Author InformationEllen K. Feder teaches philosophy at American University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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