Search results

Feminist ethics and medical ethics are critical of contemporary moral theory in several similar respects. There is a shared sense of frustration with, the level of abstraction and generality that characterizes traditional philosophic work in ethics and a common commitment to including contextual details and allowing room for the personal aspects of relationships in ethical analysis. This paper explores the ways in which context is appealed to in feminist and medical ethics, the sort of details that should be included in the recommended narrative approaches to ethical problems, and the difference it makes to our ethical deliberations if we add an explicitly feminist political analysis to our discussion of context. It is claimed that an analysis of gender is needed for feminist medical ethics and that this requires a certain degree of generality, i. e. a political understanding of context.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Series Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Christine E. Gudorf (1996), 'Gender and Culture in the Globalization of Bioethics', Saint Louis University Public Law Review, 15, pp. 331-51. -- Chapter 2: Bonnie Kettel (1996), 'Women, Health and the Environment', Social Science & -- Medicine, 42, pp. 1367-79. -- Chapter 3: Rebecca J. Cook (1993), 'International Human Rights and Women's Reproductive Health', Studies in Family Planning, 24, pp. 73-86. -- Chapter 4: George F. Brown and Ellen H. Moskowitz (1997), 'Moral and Policy Issues in Long-Acting Contraception', Annual Review of Public Health, 18, pp. 379-400. -- Chapter 5: Catriona Mackenzie (1992), 'Abortion and Embodiment', Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 70, pp. 136-55. -- Chapter 6: Abby Lippman (1991), 'Prenatal Genetic Testing and Screening: Constructing Needs and Reinforcing Inequities', American Journal of Law and Medicine, 17, pp. 15-50. -- Chapter 7: Robert H. Blank (1993), 'Maternal-Fetal Relationship: The Courts and Social Policy', The Journal of Legal Medicine, 14, pp. 73-92. -- Chapter 8: Linda LeMoncheck (1996), 'Philosophy, Gender Politics, and In Vitro Fertilization: A Feminist Ethic of Reproductive Healthcare', The Journal of Clinical Ethics, 7, pp. 160-76. -- Chapter 9: Elizabeth S. Anderson (1990), 'Is Women's Labor a Commodity?', Philosophy & -- Public Affairs, 19, pp. 71-92. -- Chapter 10: Judith Mosoff (1995), 'Motherhood, Madness, and Law', University of Toronto Law Journal, 45, pp. 107-42. -- Chapter 11: Alice Domurat Dreger (1998), '''Ambiguous Sex" - or Ambivalent Medicine? Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Intersexuality', Hastings Center Report, 28, pp. 24-35.

chapter 1 Christine E. Gudorf (1996), 'Gender and Culture in the Globalization of Bioethics', Saint Louis University Public Law Review , 15, pp. 331-51 -- chapter 2 Bonnie Kettel (1996), 'Women, Health and the Environment', Social Science & Medicine, 42, pp. 1367-79 -- chapter 3 Rebecca J. Cook (1993), 'International Human Rights and Women's Reproductive Health', Studies in Family Planning, 24, pp. 73-86 -- chapter 4 George F. Brown and Ellen H. Moskowitz (1997), 'Moral and Policy Issues in Long-Acting Contraception', Annual Review o f Public Health, 18, pp. 379-400 -- chapter 5 Catriona Mackenzie (1992), 'Abortion and Embodiment\\ Australasian Journal o f Philosophy, 70, pp. 136-55 -- chapter 6 Abby Lippman (1991), 'Prenatal Genetic Testing and Screening: Constructing Needs and Reinforcing Inequities', American Journal o f Law and Medicine, 17, pp. 15-50 -- chapter 7 Robert H. Blank (1993), 'Maternal-Fetal Relationship: The Courts and Social Policy', The Journal o f Legal Medicine, 14, pp. 73-92 -- chapter 8 Linda LeMoncheck (1996), 'Philosophy, Gender Politics, and In Vitro Fertilization: A Feminist Ethic of Reproductive Healthcare', The Journal o f Clinical Ethics, 7, pp. 160-76 -- chapter 9 Elizabeth S. Anderson (1990), 'Is Women's Labor a Commodity?', Philosophy & Public Affairs, 19, pp. 71-92 -- chapter 10 Judith Mosoff (1995), 'Motherhood, Madness, and Law', University o f Toronto Law Journal, 45, pp. 107-42 -- chapter 11 Alice Domurat Dreger (1998), ' "Ambiguous Sex" - or Ambivalent Medicine? Ethical Issues in the Treatment of Intersexuality', Hastings Center Report, 28, pp. 24-35 -- chapter 12 Karen L. Baird (1999), 'The New NIH and FDA Medical Research Policies: Targeting Gender, Promoting Justice', Journal o f Health Politics, Policy and Law , 24, pp. 531-65 -- chapter 13 Kirsti Malterud (1999), 'The (Gendered) Construction of Diagnosis Interpretation of Medical Signs in Women Patients', Theoretical Medicine and Bioethics, 20, pp. 275-86 -- chapter 14 Lisa S. Parker (1995), 'Breast Cancer Genetic Screening and Critical Bioethics' Gaze', The Journal o f Medicine and Philosophy, 20, pp. 313-37 -- chapter 16 Kathleen Marie Dixon (1994), 'Oppressive Limits: Callahan's Foundation M yth', The Journal o f Medicine and Philosophy, 19, pp. 613-37 -- chapter 17 Kathryn Pauly Morgan (1991), 'Women and the Knife: Cosmetic Surgery and the Colonization of Women's Bodies', Hypatia, 6, pp. 25-53 -- chapter 18 Susan Wendell (1989), 'Toward a Feminist Theory of Disability', Hypatia, 4, pp. 104-24 -- chapter 19 Nancy S. Jecker (1993), 'Privacy Beliefs and the Violent Family: Extending the Ethical Argument for Physician Intervention', JAMA , 269, pp. 776-80 -- chapter 20 Sally Zierler and Nancy Krieger (1997), 'Refraining Women's Risk: Social Inequalities and HIV Infection', Annual Review o f Public Health, 18, pp. 401-36.

David Braybrooke is one of the most important figures in North American philosophy. His work in political philosophy is both prolific and significant and he has made a number of contributions to the philosophical corpus with books on topics as diverse as utilitarianism, natural law, and moral objectives. Engaged Philosophy is a collection of original essays written in honour of Braybrooke by some of his colleagues and students at Halifax?s Dalhousie University.The collection covers ideas and themes introduced by Braybrooke in his work and a wide range of Braybrooke?s interests, ranging from various topics in moral philosophy to issues in the philosophy of social science. It is divided into two main parts: ?Practical Engagement,? which explores some of the practical implications of Braybrooke?s work, and ?Theoretical Engagement,? which explores some of the theoretical issues at the heart of his work. Engaged Philosophy is an invaluable collection for anyone who has engaged with Braybrooke?s writings or is interested in the future directions North American philosophy might take.Contributors:Nathan BrettBryson BrownSteven BurnsRichard CampbellSue CampbellMichael HymersEdna KeebleDuncan MacIntoshMeredith RalstonPeter SchotchSusan SherwinSharon SutherlandTom Vinci

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction: Minding Bodies -- PART I: BECOMING EMBODIED SUBJECTS -- 1 Emotional Metamorphoses: The Role of in Becoming a Subject -- 2 Racial Grief and Melancholic Agency -- 3 A Knowing That Resided in My Bones: Sensuous Embodiment and Trans Social Movement -- 4 The Phrenological Impulse and the Morphology of Character -- 5 Personal Identity, Narrative Integration, and Embodiment -- 6 Bodily Limits to Autonomy: Emotion, Attitude, and Self-Defense -- PART II: EMBODIED RELATIONS, POLITICAL CONTEXTS -- 7 Relational Existence and Termination of Lives: When Embodiment Precludes Agency -- 8 A Body No Longer of One's Own -- 9 Premature (M)Othering: Levinasian Ethics and the Politics of Fetal Ultrasound Imaging -- 10 Inside the Frame of the Past: Memory, Diversity, and Solidarity -- 11 Collective Memory or Knowledge of the Past: "Covering Reality with Flowers" -- 12 Agency and Empowerment: Embodied Realities in a Globalized World -- List of Contributors -- Index