Medicine and Morals in the Enlightenment

John Gregory, Thomas Percival and Benjamin Rush
Erscheinungsjahr 1997
ISBN: 978-90-420-0208-1
Verlag: Brill | Rodopi

Buch, Englisch, Band 44, 247 Seiten, Format (B × H): 16 mm x 23 mm

Reihe: Clio Medica

Modern medical ethics in the English-speaking world is commonly thought to derive from the medical philosophy of the Scotsman John Gregory (1725-1773) and his younger associates, the English Dissenter Thomas Percival (1740-1804) and the American Benjamin Rush (1745-1813). This book is the first extensive study of this suggestion. Dr Haakonssen shows how the three thinkers combined Francis Bacon's and the Scottish Enlightenment's ideas of the science of morals and the morals of science. She demonstrates how their medical ethics was a successful adaptation of traditional moral ideas to the dramatically changing medical world especially the voluntary hospital. In accounting for the dynamics of this process, she rejects the anachronism that modern medical ethics was a new paradigm.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Haakonssen, Lisbeth

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Geschichte der Medizin
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements. 1. Interpreting Eighteenth-Century Medical Ethics. Etiquette and Monopoly. Sympathy and Contract. A New Interpretation. 2. John Gregory: Medical Ethics and Common Sense. Personality and Profession. The Art and Science of Medicine. Duties of a Polite Profession. 3. Thomas Percival: The Duty of Public Office. Character and Context. Medical Ethics and Medical Practice. 4. Benjamin Rush: Medical Ethics for a New Republic. Character and Connections. Medical Science. Medicalized Ethics. Notes. Epilogue. Index.