Adaptation and Autonomy: Adaptive Preferences in Enhancing and Ending Life

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• 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
• Subjects: Philosophy (General).; Ethics.; Science > Philosophy.; Medical ethics.; Philosophy.; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.; Philosophy of Science.
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This volume gathers together previously unpublished articles focusing on the relationship between preference adaptation and autonomy in connection with human enhancement and in the end-of-life context.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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and Extended Lives
• Adaptation, Autonomy, and Authority
• <U+001c>It Won<U+0019>t Be as Bad as You Think: Autonomy and Adaptation to Disability
• Autonomy and End of Life Decisions: A Paradox
• Gendered Adaptive Preferences, Autonomy, and End of Life Decisions
• Sour Clinical Trials: Autonomy and Adaptive Preferences in Experimental Medicine.