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Record Nr.

UNINA9910404159603321

Autore

Pugh Jonathan

Titolo

Autonomy, rationality, and contemporary bioethics / / Jonathan Pugh [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2020

ISBN

0-19-189939-9

0-19-189074-X

0-19-189940-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages)

Collana

Oxford philosophical monographs

Oxford scholarship online

Disciplina

174.2

Soggetti

Bioethics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Four Distinctions Concerning Rationality -- Rationality and Decisional Autonomy -- Controlling Influences -- Coercion -- The Practical Dimension of Autonomy -- Informed Consent, Autonomy, and Beliefs -- Rational Autonomy and Decision-Making Capacity -- Rational Decision-Making Capacity in End of Life Decision-Making -- The Prudential Value of Autonomy

Sommario/riassunto

What should we do when autonomy and rationality seem to be in conflict in medical decision-making, as when there seems no good reason for a patient's wishes? Jonathan Pugh offers a new framework for thinking about the concept of autonomy, grounded in an understanding of the different roles that rational beliefs and rational desires have to play.