TY  - BOOK
AU  - Napier, Stephen
AB  - Uncertain Bioethics makes a significant and distinctive contribution to the bioethics literature by culling the insights from contemporary moral psychology to highlight the epistemic pitfalls and distorting influences on our apprehension of value. Stephen Napier also incorporates research from epistemology addressing pragmatic encroachment and the significance of peer disagreement to justify what he refers to as epistemic diffidence when one is considering harming or killing human beings. Napier extends these developments to the traditional bioethical notion of dignity and argues that beliefs subject to epistemic diffidence should not be acted upon. He proceeds to apply this framework to traditional and developing issues in bioethics including abortion, stem cell research, euthanasia, decision-making for patients in a minimally conscious state, and risky research on competent human subjects.
DO  - 10.4324/9781351244510
ID  - OAPEN ID: 1005812
ID  - OAPEN ID: OCN: 1135852158
ID  - OAPEN ID: http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24319
KW  - Philosophy
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L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24319/1/1005812.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24319/1/1005812.pdf
L1  - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/24319/1/1005812.pdf
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LA  - English
LK  - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/37402
PB  - Taylor & Francis
PY  - 2019
SN  - 9781351244503
SN  - 9781351244510
SN  - 9780815372981
SN  - 9781032090993
TI  - Uncertain Bioethics : Moral Risk and Human Dignity
ER  - 
