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Title
Applying nonideal theory to bioethics : living and dying in a nonideal world / Elizabeth Victor, Laura K. Guidry-Grimes, editors.
ISBN
9783030725037 (electronic bk.)
3030725030 (electronic bk.)
9783030725020
3030725022
Published
Cham : Springer, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-030-72503-7 doi
Call Number
QH332 .A66 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
174.2
Summary
This book offers new essays exploring concepts and applications of nonideal theory in bioethics. Nonideal theory refers to an analytic approach to moral and political philosophy (especially in relation to justice), according to which we should not assume that there will be perfect compliance with principles, that there will be favorable circumstances for just institutions and right action, or that reasoners are capable of being impartial. Nonideal theory takes the world as it actually is, in all of its imperfections. Bioethicists have called for greater attention to how nonideal theory can serve as a guide in the messy realities they face daily. Although many bioethicists implicitly assume nonideal theory in their work, there is the need for more explicit engagement with this theoretical outlook. A nonideal approach to bioethics would start by examining the sociopolitical realities of healthcare and the embeddedness of moral actors in those realities. How are bioethicists to navigate systemic injustices when completing research, giving guidance for patient care, and contributing to medical and public health policies? When there are no good options and when moral agents are enmeshed in their sociopolitical viewpoints, how should moral theorizing proceed? What do bioethical issues and principles look like from the perspective of historically marginalized persons? These are just a few of the questions that motivate nonideal theory within bioethics. This book begins in Part I with an overview of the foundational tenets of nonideal theory, what nonideal theory can offer bioethics, and why it may be preferable to ideal theory in addressing moral dilemmas in the clinic and beyond. In Part II, authors discuss applications of nonideal theory in many areas of bioethics, including reflections on environmental harms, racism and minority health, healthcare injustices during incarceration and detention, and other vulnerabilities experienced by patients from clinical and public health perspectives. The chapters within each section demonstrate the breadth in scope that nonideal theory encompasses, bringing together diverse theorists and approaches into one collection.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed August 16, 2021).
Series
Philosophy and medicine ; v. 139.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9783030725020
Part 1. Nonidealized Methodologies
Chapter 1. Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
Chapter 2. Decolonial and/or Postcolonial Approaches to Bioethics
Chapter 3. Queer Approaches to Bioethics
Chapter 4. Narrative Methodology as a Nonideal Approach to Bioethics
Part 2. Nonidealized Applications to Bioethical Research & Practice
Chapter 5. Epistemology and Knowing in Bioethics
Chapter 6. Conceptualizing Concepts of Autonomy, Rationality, Risk/Benefit
Chapter 7. Clinical Ethics Consultation and Moral Stress/Hazard
Part 3. Policy Implications of Nonidealized Theory in Bioethics
Chapter 8. U.S. Policy
Chapter 9. Specific Other Policy Analysis/Recommendations
Part 4. Global Bioethics Through a Nonidealized Lens
Chapter 10. Justice and Fairness in Global Research and Medical Practices
Chapter 11. Priorities in Global Research and Medical Practices
Chapter 12. Topical Issues.
