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Autonomy, rationality, and contemporary bioethics

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In this book, I bring recent philosophical work on the nature of rationality to bear on the question of how we should understand autonomy in contemporary bioethics. In doing so, I develop a new framework for thinking about the concept, one that is grounded in an understanding of the different roles that rational beliefs and rational desires have to play in personal autonomy. Furthermore, the account outlined here allows for a deeper understanding of different form of controlling influence, and the relationship between our freedom to act, and our capacity to decide autonomously. I contrast my rationalist with other prominent accounts of autonomy in bioethics, and outline the revisionary implications it has for various practical questions in bioethics in which autonomy is a salient concern, including questions about the nature of informed consent and decision-making capacity.

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174.2 JON a

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United Kingdom : Oxford University Press., 2020

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ix ; 287p. : ill.

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English

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9780198858584

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174.2

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Autonomy (Philosophy)
Rationalism

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by Jonathan Pugh

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