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Moral Acquaintances: Methodology in Bioethics
Rev Kevin S.j. Wildes
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Description for Moral Acquaintances: Methodology in Bioethics
Paperback. The author of this text argues that the methodological issues in bioethics mirrors the experience of moral pluralism in a secular society. The different methods that have been used in the field reflect the different moral views found in a pluralistic society. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
From decisions about the end of life to choices about the creation of life and, more recently, to questions concerning the cost and accessibility of health care, bioethics is a field of vigorous and sometimes rancorous public debate. Indeed the moral controversies and dilemmas of medicine and health care often propel bioethics into newspaper headlines and television talk shows.
From decisions about the end of life to choices about the creation of life and, more recently, to questions concerning the cost and accessibility of health care, bioethics is a field of vigorous and sometimes rancorous public debate. Indeed the moral controversies and dilemmas of medicine and health care often propel bioethics into newspaper headlines and television talk shows.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Notre Dame IN, United States
ISBN
9780268034528
SKU
V9780268034528
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About Rev Kevin S.j. Wildes
Kevin Wm. Wildes, S.J. is Associate Director of the Kennedy Institute of Ethics and Assistant Professor of Philosophy and of Medicine at Georgetown University. He is the editor of Choosing Life: A Dialogue on Evangelium Vitae (1997) and Infertility: A Crossroad of Faith, Medicine, and Technology (1996).
Reviews for Moral Acquaintances: Methodology in Bioethics
“...Wildes is to be commended for his insistence that procedural ethics is ‘thicker’ than many of its proponents and critics suggest...” —Second Opinion, May 2001 Number 7 “Wildes (Georgetown Univ.) offers a concise, topical book concerning the paradigms involved in bioethics methodology. He takes the unique perspective that there are many methodological issues in bioethics but we can come to ... Read more