Stephen Napier

Gebundenes Buch

Uncertain Bioethics

Moral Risk and Human Dignity

Beschreibung

This book aims to make a significant contribution to the bioethics literature by culling the insights from contemporary moral psychology to highlight the epistemic pitfalls and distorting influences on our apprehension of value.

Autor

Stephen Napier is an associate professor of philosophy at Villanova University. His previous publications include Virtue Epistemology: Motivation and Knowledge, and he edited Persons, Moral Worth, and Embryos. His interests include epistemology, bioethics, and the metaphysics of persons.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 571g
• ISBN-13: 9780815372981
• ISBN-10: 0815372981
• Artikelnr.: 57383149

Rezensionen

"Stephen Napier argues with verve and subtlety for a cautious and restrained approach to acts of killing in bioethics; central to his argument is the difficulty of being sure that active interventions are permissible. This book intriguingly combines insights from a wide variety of different recent philosophical literatures to offer an important and interesting contribution to numerous current debates." - Sophie-Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at Open University, UK

"Stephen Napier argues with verve and subtlety for a cautious and restrained approach to acts of killing in bioethics; central to his argument is the difficulty of being sure that active interventions are permissible. This book intriguingly combines insights from a wide variety of different recent philosophical literatures to offer an important and interesting contribution to numerous current debates." - Sophie-Grace Chappell is Professor of Philosophy at Open University, UK