Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life (2013) (Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics #10)

By: Jukka Varelius and Juha Räikkä

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Synopsis: This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context. The value of individual autonomy is a cornerstone of liberal societies. While there are different conceptions of the notion, it is arguable that on any plausible understanding of individual autonomy an autonomous agent needs to take into account the conditions that circumscribe its actions. Yet it has also been suggested that allowing one’s options to affect one’s preferences threatens autonomy. While this phenomenon has received some attention in other areas of moral philosophy, it has seldom been considered in bioethics. This book combines for the first time the topics of preference adaptation, individual autonomy, and choosing to die or to enhance human capacities in a unique and comprehensive volume, filling an important knowledge gap in the contemporary bioethics literature.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783642383762
Related ISBNs:: 9783642383755
Publisher:: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Date of Addition:: 07/15/22
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Adult content:: No
Language:: English
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Categories:: Nonfiction, Science, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics, Medicine, Philosophy
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Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Juha Räikkä
Edited by:: Jukka Varelius