Personal Autonomy - New Essays on Personal Autonomy Its Role in Contemporary Moral

Informationen zum Autor James Stacey Taylor is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at The College of New Jersey. Klappentext Was the first volume to bring together essays addressing the theoretical foundations of concept of autonomy. Zusammenfassung Autonomy has become one of the central concepts in contemporary moral philosophy and has generated much debate over its nature and value. This 2003 volume brings together essays that address the theoretical foundations of the concept of autonomy! as well as essays that investigate the relationship between autonomy and moral responsibility! freedom! political philosophy! and medical ethics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction James Stacey Taylor; Part I. Theoretical Approaches to Personal Autonomy: 1. Planning agency, autonomous agency Michael Bratman; 2. Autonomy without free will Bernard Berofsky; 3. Autonomy and the paradox of self-creation Robert Noggle; 4. Agnostic autonomism Alfred Mele; 5. Feminist intuitions and the normative substance of autonomy Paul Benson; 6. Autonomy and personal integration Laura Waddell Ekstrom; 7. Responsibility, applied ethics, and complex autonomy theories Normy Arpaly; Part II. Autonomy, Freedom and Moral Responsibility: 8. Autonomy and free agency Marina A. L. Oshana; 9. The relationship between autonomous and morally responsible agency Michael McKenna; 10. Alternative possibilities and personal autonomy Ishtiyaque Haji; 11. Freedom within reason Susan Wolf; Part III. The Expanding Role of Personal Autonomy: 12. Procedural autonomy and liberal legitimacy John Christman; 13. The concept of autonomy in bioethics: an unwarranted fall from grace Thomas May; 14. Who deserves autonomy and whose autonomy deserves respect? Tom L. Beauchamp; 15. Autonomy, diminished life, and the threshold for use R. G. Frey.

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• Authors: James Stacey Taylor, James Stacey (Louisiana State University) Taylor
• Assisted by: James Stacey Taylor (Editor), James Stacey (Louisiana State University) Taylor (Editor), Taylor James Stacey (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.08.2008
• EAN: 9780521732345
• ISBN: 978-0-521-73234-5
• No. of pages: 362
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Essays, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of Western philosophy