Applying Nonideal Theory to Bioethics: Living and Dying in a Nonideal World
In: Philosophy and Medicine Ser. v.139
Intro -- Contents -- About the Contributors -- Part I: Nonideal Theory -- Chapter 1: Introduction to Nonideal Theory and Its Contribution to Bioethics -- 1.1 History and Background: Ideal and Nonideal Theory -- 1.2 The Nonideal Approach to Bioethics -- 1.3 The Future of Nonideal Approach to Bioethics -- 1.4 Nonideal Theory and Bioethics in the Time of COVID-19 -- 1.5 Contents of the Volume -- References -- Chapter 2: Ideal and Nonideal Theories: The Challenges of Decision-Making in an Imperfect World -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Ideal and NonIdeal Theories -- 2.2.1 Conceptual Distinctions -- 2.2.2 Ideal Versus NonIdeal -- 2.2.3 Good and Bad Idealizations -- 2.2.4 Different Views of Ideal Theory -- 2.2.5 The Decision-Making Process: Requirements and Deliberation -- 2.3 Ideal and Nonideal in Bioethics -- 2.3.1 Case 1: Conscientious Objection and Abortion -- 2.3.2 Case 2: Research with Pregnant Women -- 2.4 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3: The Positioning of Moral Agents and Its Relationship to Nonideal Bioethics -- 3.1 Bioethics Methodology and Moral Positioning -- 3.1.1 Strongly Idealized Methodology -- 3.1.2 Strengths and Limitations of Several Popular Approaches to Method in Bioethics -- 3.1.2.1 Pluralistic Principlism -- 3.1.2.2 Non-Particularist Casuistry -- 3.1.2.3 Morality as a Public System -- 3.1.2.4 Idealizing Assumptions About the Common Morality and Moral Principles -- 3.2 Naturalized Moral Epistemology and the Common Morality -- 3.2.1 Naturalized Common Morality I: Shared Ecological Predicaments -- 3.2.2 Naturalized Common Morality II: Shared Evaluative Spaces -- 3.2.3 Naturalized Common Morality III: External Coherence -- 3.3 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4: Critical Theoretical Methodology for Nonideal Contributions to Bioethics -- 4.1 Nonideal Theory and the Paradox of Ideal Theory's "Realism".