Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life

This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context.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...

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Other Authors: Rĩkk,̃ Juha. (Editor), Varelius, Jukka. (Editor)
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Series:Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics, 10
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