<span>Disorders of Consciousness (DoCs) raise difficult and complex questions about the value of life for persons with impaired consciousness, the rights of persons unable to make medical decisions, and our social, medical, and ethical obligations to patients whose personhood has frequently been<br>
The Ethics of Risk: Ethical Analysis in an Uncertain World
โ Scribed by Sven Ove Hansson (auth.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2013
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 174
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-3
Front Matter....Pages 5-5
The Uncertainties We Face....Pages 7-20
Difficulties for Moral Theories....Pages 21-43
Back to Basics....Pages 44-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Reflecting on the Future....Pages 61-73
Thinking in Uncertain Terms....Pages 74-93
Front Matter....Pages 95-95
Fair Exchanges of Risk....Pages 97-110
Moral Excuses under Scrutiny....Pages 111-126
Back Matter....Pages 127-172
โฆ Subjects
Ethics; Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Risk Management; Economics, general
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