Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval: A Case for Constructive Pluralism

Second Revised and Expanded Edition
2. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-90-04-40956-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 172, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 569 g

Reihe: Value Inquiry Book Series / Values in Bioethics

In this revised edition of Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval: A Case for Constructive Pluralism, Charles Hinkley elaborates on his moral philosophy of constructive pluralism and updates the literature on organ retrieval strategies. Hinkley challenges a deeply entrenched moral triad: 1) moral values are comparable; 2) the weighing metaphor helps us conceptualize decisions regarding conflicting values; and 3) there is a single best discoverable response to a moral decision. This book offers an alternative—cases of incomparability, a constructing or making metaphor, and multiple permissible responses to some moral questions. Constructive pluralism has important implications for organ transplantation, health, and ethics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hinkley II, Charles C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Medizinische Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Medizinische Ethik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Part I: A Philosophical Framework

1. Dilemmas, Conflicts, and Residue

2. Medical Ethics and Its Limitations

3. Pluralism, Incommensurability, and Weighing

Part II: Conflicts of Organ Retrieval

4. Transplant Recipients’ Quality of Life

5. Can We Wrong the Dead?

6. Defining Death

7. The Selling of Organs

8. Xenografts

9. Stem Cell Research

Part III: A Philosophical Response

10. The Regulative Principle

11. Constructive Pluralism

Conclusion

Bibliography

About the Author

Über Autor(innen)

Charles Hinkley, M.A., Ph.D, currently serves as Dean of Academic Success at Northwest Vista College in San Antonio, Texas. His interests include moral philosophy, applied sociology, and alternative approaches to education.