Overview

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.

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Author:   Christine Straehle (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.430kg
ISBN:  

9781138125551

ISBN 10:   1138125555
Pages:   216
Publication Date:   01 November 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Christine Straehle Part I: Vulnerability, Individual Agency and Social Justice Chapter 1: Vulnerability and the Incompleteness of Practical Reason Carla Bagnoli Chapter 2: Vulnerability, Autonomy and Sense of Self Christine Straehle Chapter 3: Precarious autonomy, hazardous circumstances, and the injustice of imposed infeasibility Joel Anderson Chapter 4: Ordinary Vulnerability, Institutional Androgyny and Gender Justice Naïma Hamrouni Chapter 5: Vulnerability, Needs and Moral Obligation Catrion Mackenzie Chapter 6: Vulnerability, Health Care and Need Vida Panitch and Chad Horne Part II: Vulnerability in Applied Ethics Chapter 7: The most vulnerable patients in health care Samia Hurst Chapter 8: Vulnerability in Genetic Counseling and the Ground of Nondirectiveness‬ Michael Deem Chapter 9: On the Relationship between Vulnerability and Trust Claudia Wiesemann Chapter 10: Doctrinal Vulnerability and the Authority of Children’s Voices Colin Macleod Chapter 11: Children’s Vulnerability in Clinical Trials Bobbie Farsides

Reviews

'This volume is the best book on vulnerability since Robert Goodin's now 30-year-old volume. Its applications of the concept of vulnerability in the areas of research on children, the care of the elderly and prospective parents are very useful and innovatively conceived.' - Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

`This volume is the best book on vulnerability since Robert Goodin's now 30-year-old volume. Its applications of the concept of vulnerability in the areas of research on children, the care of the elderly and prospective parents are very useful and innovatively conceived.' - Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

"""This volume is the best book on vulnerability since Robert Goodin’s now 30-year-old volume. Its applications of the concept of vulnerability in the areas of research on children, the care of the elderly and prospective parents are very useful and innovatively conceived."" – Rosemarie Tong, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA"

Author Information

Christine Straehle is Associate Professor in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs and the Department of Philosophy at the University of Ottawa, Canada

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