Mental Capacity in Relationship - Decision-Making, Dialogue, and Autonomy

An interdisciplinary text that investigates mental capacity and considers how relationships can affect an individual's ability to make decisions.

List of contents

1. Problems with mental capacity; 2. Mental capacity, legal capacity, and relational rights; 3. Relational autonomy and the promotion of decisional capacity; 4. Procedural reasoning and the social space of reasons in capacity assessments; 5. Ethical duties of support and intervention; 6. Hermeneutic competence and the dialogical conditions of capacity; 7. Rethinking capacity.

About the author

Camillia Kong is a lecturer in philosophy at the University of Kent and research associate at the Ethox Centre, University of Oxford. Her research interests include philosophical issues surrounding mental disorder, mental capacity, and the ethics of psychiatry. She was awarded funding for research into this book from the British Academy.

Summary

This interdisciplinary book for philosophers, legal scholars, and medico-legal practitioners offers a unique relational account of mental capacity through critical analysis of concepts such as autonomy and rationality. It explores how relationships, and specific relational, dialogical practices, can enable or disable the decision-making of individuals with impairments.

Product details

• Authors: Camillia Kong, Camillia (University of Kent Kong, Kong Camillia
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781316615706
• ISBN: 978-1-316-61570-6
• No. of pages: 275
• Series: Cambridge Bioethics and Law; Cambridge Bioethics and Law
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General, PHILOSOPHY / Mind & Body, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, LAW / Mental Health, Philosophy of Mind, MATHEMATICS / Game Theory, LAW / Medical Law & Legislation, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services, LAW / Health, Ethics & moral philosophy, Family & relationships, Care of the mentally ill, Ethics and moral philosophy, Care of people with mental health issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Medical & healthcare law, Medical and healthcare law, Mental Health Law, Decision theory: general, Public Health & Safety Law, Public health and safety law