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Moral Theory and Moral Judgments in Medical Ethics

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Baruch A. Brody

    1. Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Houston, USA

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Part of the book series: Philosophy and Medicine (PHME, volume 32)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Introduction — Moral Theory and Moral Judgments in Biomedical Ethics

    1. Introduction — Moral Theory and Moral Judgments in Biomedical Ethics

      • Baruch A. Brody
      Pages 1-12

  4. Natural Right Casuistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55
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    2. Moral Rights and Causal Casuistry

      • Eric Mack
      Pages 57-74

    3. Death by Omission

      • Bart K. Gruzalski
      Pages 75-85

    4. Coffee and Casuistry: It Doesn’t Matter Who Caused What

      • Michael P. Levine
      Pages 87-98

  5. Marx’s Theory: Deriving Moral Implications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
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    2. Marxism and Moral Judgment

      • Allen Buchanan
      Pages 101-118

    3. Marx, Moral Judgment, and Medical Ethics: Commentary on Buchanan

      • Mary B. Mahowald
      Pages 119-131

  6. Christian Casuistry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Reconciling the Practice of Reason: Casuistry in a Christian Context

      • Stanley Hauerwas
      Pages 135-155

    3. Christianity in a Social Context: Practical Reasoning and Forgiveness

      • Laurence Thomas
      Pages 157-168

  7. From Theory to Praxis

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
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    2. The Relation of Moral Theory to Moral Judgments: A Kantian Review

      • Alan Donagan
      Pages 171-192

    3. Justification in Ethics

      • Carson Strong
      Pages 193-211
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principles. A second solution to this problem is to develop a scale for weighing the significance of the conflicting principles in a given case and for concluding which action should be adopted because it is supported by the weightier considerations in that case. Such a solution seems more realistic than the lexical ordering approach, but the development of such a scale is a problematic task. Still other, more complex solutions are possible. Which is the best solution to this problem of conflicting principles of bioethics? We need a moral theory to answer that question. This is the first reason for concluding that the principles of bioethics are not the true foundations of justified judgment in bioethics. What is the problem of the unclear scope and implications of the principles of bioethics and how can an appeal to moral theory help deal with that problem? The scope of a bioethical principle is the range of cases in which it applies. The implications of a bioethical principle are the conclusions to be derived from that principle in those cases in which it applies. It is clear from a review of the discussions in bioethics that there are major unclarities about the scope and implications of each of the principles. Consider, for example, the principle of autonomy.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Center for Ethics, Medicine, and Public Issues, Houston, USA

    Baruch A. Brody

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Moral Theory and Moral Judgments in Medical Ethics

  • Editors: Baruch A. Brody

  • Series Title: Philosophy and Medicine

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-2715-5

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1988

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-55608-060-9Published: 30 September 1988

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-7723-1Published: 06 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-2715-5Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0376-7418

  • Series E-ISSN: 2215-0080

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VI, 232

  • Topics: Ethics

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