[PDF] Autonomy And Self Respect eBook

Author : Thomas E. Hill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,75 MB
Release : 1991-07-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780521397728

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This stimulating collection of essays in ethics eschews the simple exposition and refinement of abstract theories. Rather, the author focuses on everyday moral issues, often neglected by philosophers, and explores the deeper theoretical questions which they raise. Such issues are: Is it wrong to tell a lie to protect someone from a painful truth? Should one commit a lesser evil to prevent another from doing something worse? Can one be both autonomous and compassionate? Other topics discussed are servility, weakness of will, suicide, obligations to oneself, snobbery, and environmental concerns. A feature of the collection is the contrast of Kantian and utilitarian answers to these problems. The essays are crisply and lucidly written and will appeal to both teachers and students of philosophy.

Author : Robin S. Dillon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 32,61 MB
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1135769915

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This is the first anthology to bring together a selection of the most important contemporary philosophical essays on the nature and moral significance of self-respect. Representing a diversity of views, the essays illustrate the complexity of self-respect and explore its connections to such topics as personhood, dignity, rights, character, autonomy, integrity, identity, shame, justice, oppression and empowerment. The book demonstrates that self-respect is a formidable concern which goes to the very heart of both moral theory and moral life. Contributors: Bernard Boxill, Stephen L. Darwall, John Deigh, Robin S. Dillon, Thomas E. Hill, Jr., Aurel Kolnai, Stephen J. Massey, Diana T. Meyers, Michelle M. Moody-Adams, John Rawls, Gabriele Taylor, Elizabeth Telfer, Laurence L. Thomas.

Author : Sarah Conly
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 26,10 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Education
ISBN : 1107024846

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Argues that laws that enforce what is good for the individual's well-being, or hinder what is bad, are morally justified.

Author : Hurst Hannum
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 29,74 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780812215724

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The content of autonomy

Author : Sheila A.M. McLean
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 16,1 MB
Release : 2009-09-10
Category : Law
ISBN : 1135219052

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The notion that consent based on the concept of autonomy, underpins a good or beneficent medical intervention is deeply rooted in the jurisprudence of most countries throughout the world. Autonomy, Consent and the Law examines these notions in the UK, Australia and the US, and critiques the way in which autonomy and consent are treated in bioethics and law.

Author : John Christman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 2009-09-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1139482610

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It is both an ideal and an assumption of traditional conceptions of justice for liberal democracies that citizens are autonomous, self-governing persons. Yet standard accounts of the self and of self-government at work in such theories are hotly disputed and often roundly criticized in most of their guises. John Christman offers a sustained critical analysis of both the idea of the 'self' and of autonomy as these ideas function in political theory, offering interpretations of these ideas which avoid such disputes and withstand such criticisms. Christman's model of individual autonomy takes into account the socially constructed nature of persons and their complex cultural and social identities, and he shows how this model can provide a foundation for principles of justice for complex democracies marked by radical difference among citizens. His book will interest a wide range of readers in philosophy, politics, and the social sciences.

Author : Natalie Stoljar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 11,41 MB
Release : 2021-09-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1000469557

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This book draws connections and explores important questions at the intersection of the debates about relational autonomy and relational equality. Although these two research areas share several common assumptions and concerns, their connections have not been systematically explored. The essays in this volume address theoretical questions at the intersection of relational theories of autonomy and equality and also consider how these theoretical considerations play out in real-world contexts. Several chapters explore possible conceptual links between relational autonomy and equality by considering the role of values—such as agency, non-domination, and self-respect—to which both relational autonomy theorists and relational egalitarians are committed. Others reflect on how debates about autonomy and equality can clarify our thinking about oppression based on race and gender, and how such oppression affects interpersonal relationships. Autonomy and Equality: Relational Approaches is the first book to specifically address the relationship between these two research areas. It will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in social and political philosophy, moral philosophy, and feminist philosophy.

Author : James F. Childress
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 40,40 MB
Release : 2021-11-25
Category : Medical
ISBN : 3030809919

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This book explores, in rich and rigorous ways, the possibilities and limitations of “thick” (concepts of) autonomy in light of contemporary debates in philosophy, ethics, and bioethics. Many standard ethical theories and practices, particularly in domains such as biomedical ethics, incorporate minimal, formal, procedural concepts of personal autonomy and autonomous decisions and actions. Over the last three decades, concerns about the problems and limitations of these “thin” concepts have led to the formulation of “thick” concepts that highlight the mental, corporeal, biographical and social conditions of what it means to be a human person and that enrich concepts of autonomy, with direct implications for the ethical requirement to respect autonomy. The chapters in this book offer a wide range of perspectives on both the elements of and the relations (both positive and negative) between “thin” and “thick” concepts of autonomy as well as their relative roles and importance in ethics and bioethics. This book offers valuable and illuminating examinations of autonomy and respect for autonomy, relevant for audiences in philosophy, ethics, and bioethics.

Author : Oliver Sensen
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 1107004861

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This book explores the central importance Kant's concept of autonomy for contemporary moral thought and modern philosophy.

Author : Stefano Bacin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 39,19 MB
Release : 2019
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1107182859

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A thorough study of why Kant developed the concept of autonomy, one of his central legacies for contemporary moral thought.