Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers - Elliott, Carl (editor)
Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics
KORTE INHOUD
Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers uses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics. Although Wittgenstein produced little formal writing on ethics, this volume shows that, in fact, ethical issues permeate the entirety of his work. The scholars whom Carl Elliott has assembled in this volume pay particular attention to Wittgenstein’s concern with the thick context of moral problems, his suspicion of theory, and his belief in description as the real aim of philosophy. Their aim is not to examine Wittgenstein’s personal moral convictions but rather to explore how a deep engagement with his work can illuminate some of the problems that medicine and biological science present.
As Elliott explains in his introduction, Wittgenstein’s philosophy runs against the grain of most contemporary bioethics scholarship, which all too often ignores the context in which moral problems are situated and pays little attention to narrative, ethnography, and clinical case studies in rendering bioethical judg...
As Elliott explains in his introduction, Wittgenstein’s philosophy runs against the grain of most contemporary bioethics scholarship, which all too often ignores the context in which moral problems are situated and pays little attention to narrative, ethnography, and clinical case studies in rendering bioethical judg...
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2001 Uitgever: Duke University Press 197 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0822326469 ISBN-13: 9780822326465Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Paperback, 197pp. Notes. 1523x1,7cm. In fine condition. [Auteur: Elliott, Carl (editor)] [Uitgever: Duke University Press: Durham, 2001] [Titel: Slow Cures and bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, medicine, and bioethics]
