Moral Equality, Bioethics, and the Child

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Beschreibung

Presenting real life cases from clinical practice, this book claims that children can be conceived of as moral equals without ignoring the fact that they still are children and in need of strong family relationships. Drawing upon recent advances in childhood studies and its key feature, the ¿agentic child¿, it uncovers the ideology of adultism which has seeped into much what has been written about childhood ethics. However, this book also critically examines those positions that do accord moral equality to children but on grounds not strong enough to support their claim. It lays the groundwork for a theory of moral equality by assessing the concepts of parenthood, family, best interest, paternalism, and, above all, autonomy and trust which are so important in envisioning what we owe the child. It does not only show how children ¿ like adults ¿ should be considered moral agents from infancy but also how ethical theories addressing adults can significantly profit from recognizing this. The analysis takes into account contributions from European as well as American scholars and makes use of a wide range of ethical, psychological, cultural, and social-scientific research.

Über den Autor

Claudia Wiesemann is head of the department of Medical Ethics and History of Medicine at Goettingen University, Germany, and member of the German National Ethics Council. She studied medicine and philosophy and has been doing research in bioethics for more than 20 years. She directed several international research projects within the European Research Framework Program. Claudia Wiesemann is editor of the Journal "Ethik in der Medizin" and member of the International Network on Ethics of Family. Her interests are childhood ethics as well as the ethics of reproductive medicine and family.

Zusammenfassung

Presents a plausible theory of the moral equality of the child and discusses highly controversial bioethical cases

Draws upon recent advances in childhood studies and its key feature, the 'agentic child', which, strangely enough, has been largely ignored in bioethics so far

Uses an international approach borrowing what is best from national cultures and legislation

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Moral equality, bioethics, and the child.- Introduction.- The debate about moral equality.- Part 2: The theoretical framework of a moral-equality approach.- Natality.- Trust.- Family.- Autonomy.- Part 3: A moral-equality approach to childhood and other situations of dependency.- The dialectic of trust and autonomy.- Basic concepts for clinical practice.- Bibliographical references.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Philosophie
Jahrhundert:	Antike
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Inhalt:	ix 155 S.
ISBN-13:	9783319324005
ISBN-10:	3319324004
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	978-3-319-32400-5
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Wiesemann, Claudia
Auflage:	1st ed. 2016
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing Springer International Publishing AG International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Maße:	241 x 160 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	Claudia Wiesemann
Erscheinungsdatum:	26.08.2016
Gewicht:	0,424 kg

Artikel-ID: 103792886