Rethinking Autonomy
A Critique of Principlism in Biomedical Ethics
Provides a critique of and alternative to the dominant paradigm used in biomedical ethics by exploring the Japanese concept of autonomy.This groundbreaking book offers a critical examination of the concept of autonomy, one with major implications for biomedical ethics. Working from the perspectives of ethnography and medical anthropology, John W. Traphagan argues that the notion of autonomy as a foundational principle of a common morality, the view dominant in North America, is inadequate as a universal moral category because culture deeply influences how people think about autonomy and the fundamental nature of being human. Drawing from fiel…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4384-4554-0
- EAN: 9781438445540
- Produktnummer: 35061216
- Verlag: State University of New York Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 173 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 1'817 KB
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