Ebook: The Philosophical Diseases of Medicine and their Cure: Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine, Vol. 1: Foundations
Author: Josef Seifert (auth.)
- Tags: Medicine/Public Health general, Philosophy, Social Sciences general, Life Sciences general, Theories of Law Philosophy of Law Legal History, Philosophy of Medicine
- Series: Philosophy and Medicine 82
- Year: 2004
- Publisher: Springer Netherlands
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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This book deals with the essential philosophical/ethical dimension that concerns the ends and goods entrusted to medicine. It shows that medicine cannot be reduced to its scientific and technical aspects and that the constitutive philosophical aspects of medicine presently are in a state of crisis.
Medicine, besides being a scientifically based art of diagnosing and curing infirmities of many kinds, also possesses an essential philosophical and ethical dimension. It turns into anti-medicine if it no longer stands in the service of those goods and ends that are entrusted to it. Their nature is in no way known by natural science but can be clarified by philosophy. Consequently, medicine suffers from philosophical diseases of different degrees of gravity if its theory and practice are based on errors about its proper ends. The cure from the life-threatening philosophical diseases of medicine lies in a critique of philosophical mistakes that influence the theory and practice of medicine and in an understanding and practical implementation of those ethically relevant goods that constitute its true ends. At a time when these goods are by no means universally recognized or embodied in laws of medicine, some basic philosophical understanding of them and of the foundations of medical ethics is urgently required. The purpose of this volume is to provide this largely neglected part of general and medical education.
This book deals with the essential philosophical/ethical dimension that concerns the ends and goods entrusted to medicine. It shows that medicine cannot be reduced to its scientific and technical aspects and that the constitutive philosophical aspects of medicine presently are in a state of crisis.
Medicine, besides being a scientifically based art of diagnosing and curing infirmities of many kinds, also possesses an essential philosophical and ethical dimension. It turns into anti-medicine if it no longer stands in the service of those goods and ends that are entrusted to it. Their nature is in no way known by natural science but can be clarified by philosophy. Consequently, medicine suffers from philosophical diseases of different degrees of gravity if its theory and practice are based on errors about its proper ends. The cure from the life-threatening philosophical diseases of medicine lies in a critique of philosophical mistakes that influence the theory and practice of medicine and in an understanding and practical implementation of those ethically relevant goods that constitute its true ends. At a time when these goods are by no means universally recognized or embodied in laws of medicine, some basic philosophical understanding of them and of the foundations of medical ethics is urgently required. The purpose of this volume is to provide this largely neglected part of general and medical education.
This book deals with the essential philosophical/ethical dimension that concerns the ends and goods entrusted to medicine. It shows that medicine cannot be reduced to its scientific and technical aspects and that the constitutive philosophical aspects of medicine presently are in a state of crisis.
Medicine, besides being a scientifically based art of diagnosing and curing infirmities of many kinds, also possesses an essential philosophical and ethical dimension. It turns into anti-medicine if it no longer stands in the service of those goods and ends that are entrusted to it. Their nature is in no way known by natural science but can be clarified by philosophy. Consequently, medicine suffers from philosophical diseases of different degrees of gravity if its theory and practice are based on errors about its proper ends. The cure from the life-threatening philosophical diseases of medicine lies in a critique of philosophical mistakes that influence the theory and practice of medicine and in an understanding and practical implementation of those ethically relevant goods that constitute its true ends. At a time when these goods are by no means universally recognized or embodied in laws of medicine, some basic philosophical understanding of them and of the foundations of medical ethics is urgently required. The purpose of this volume is to provide this largely neglected part of general and medical education.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi
The Nature and the Seven Goals of Medicine as Objects of a Dramatic Free Choice of the Physician Today....Pages 1-87
The Dignity of the Human Person as a ‘Universal of Medical Ethics’....Pages 89-138
From the Morally Relevant Goals of Medicine to Medical Ethics....Pages 139-185
The Freedom of Choice for or Against the Basic Goods and Ends of Medicine....Pages 187-236
Rational Justification of an Objective and Publicly Acceptable Bioethics....Pages 237-304
Are there Absolute Moral Obligations Towards Finite Goods? A Critique of ‘Teleological Ethics’ and of the Destruction of Bioethics Through Consequentialism....Pages 305-348
Epilogue....Pages 349-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-405
This book deals with the essential philosophical/ethical dimension that concerns the ends and goods entrusted to medicine. It shows that medicine cannot be reduced to its scientific and technical aspects and that the constitutive philosophical aspects of medicine presently are in a state of crisis.
Medicine, besides being a scientifically based art of diagnosing and curing infirmities of many kinds, also possesses an essential philosophical and ethical dimension. It turns into anti-medicine if it no longer stands in the service of those goods and ends that are entrusted to it. Their nature is in no way known by natural science but can be clarified by philosophy. Consequently, medicine suffers from philosophical diseases of different degrees of gravity if its theory and practice are based on errors about its proper ends. The cure from the life-threatening philosophical diseases of medicine lies in a critique of philosophical mistakes that influence the theory and practice of medicine and in an understanding and practical implementation of those ethically relevant goods that constitute its true ends. At a time when these goods are by no means universally recognized or embodied in laws of medicine, some basic philosophical understanding of them and of the foundations of medical ethics is urgently required. The purpose of this volume is to provide this largely neglected part of general and medical education.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xxxvi
The Nature and the Seven Goals of Medicine as Objects of a Dramatic Free Choice of the Physician Today....Pages 1-87
The Dignity of the Human Person as a ‘Universal of Medical Ethics’....Pages 89-138
From the Morally Relevant Goals of Medicine to Medical Ethics....Pages 139-185
The Freedom of Choice for or Against the Basic Goods and Ends of Medicine....Pages 187-236
Rational Justification of an Objective and Publicly Acceptable Bioethics....Pages 237-304
Are there Absolute Moral Obligations Towards Finite Goods? A Critique of ‘Teleological Ethics’ and of the Destruction of Bioethics Through Consequentialism....Pages 305-348
Epilogue....Pages 349-353
Back Matter....Pages 355-405
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