Pragmatic bioethics / edited by Glenn McGee.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Basic bioethics.
Other Authors: McGee, Glenn, 1967-
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, 2003.
Edition:Second edition.
Series:Basic bioethics.
Subjects:
Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Medicine > Philosophy.
Pragmatism.
Ethics, Medical.
Philosophy, Medical.
Physical Description:xvi, 293 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • [Pt.] I. The pragmatic method in bioethics. Bioethics is a naturalism / Jonathan D. Moreno
  • Pragmatic method and bioethics / Glenn McGee
  • Clinical pragmatism: a method of moral problem solving / Joseph J. Fins, Matthew D. Bacchetta, and Franklin G. Miller
  • Habits of healing / D. Micah Hester
  • Freestanding pragmatism in law and bioethics / John D. Arras
  • [pt.] II. Current debates and American philosophers. Medical covenant: a Roycean perspective / C. Griffin Trotter
  • On "tame" and "untamed" death: Jamesian reflections / William J. Gavin
  • On helping people to die: a pragmatic account / Mary B. Mahowald
  • Significance at the end of life / D. Micah Hester
  • William James, Black Elk, and the healing act / Bruce Wilshire
  • Dg [pt.] III. Pragmatism and specific issues in bioethics. Mental illness: rights, competence, and communication / Beth J. Singer
  • Genetics and pragmatism / Herman J. Saatkamp, Jr.
  • "Expert bioethics" as professional discourse: the case of stem cells / Paul Root Wolpe and Glenn McGee
  • Pragmatism and the determination of death / Martin Benjamin
  • Dying old as a social problem / John Lachs
  • Community, autonomy, and managed care / Jacquelyn Ann K. Kegley.