This wide-ranging collection of essays by one of the foremost medical ethicists in the United States explores the claim that justification in ethics, whether of matters of theory or practice, involves achieving coherence or "reflective equilibrium" (as Rawls has called it) between our moral and nonmoral beliefs. Among the practical issues addressed in the volume are the design of health care institutions, the distribution of goods between the old and the young, and fairness in hiring and firing.
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This wide-ranging collection of essays by one of the foremost medical ethicists in the U.S. explores the claim that justification in ethics, whether of matters of theory or practice, involves achieving coherence or "reflective equilibrium" (as Rawls has called it) between our moral and non-moral beliefs.
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New York, Plasticity Thesis, Complex View, Journal of Philosophy, Norman Daniels, John Rawls, Cranky Victim, Oxford University Press, United States, Harvard University Press, Cambridge University Press, Public Affairs, Later Selves, Simple View, Abandoned Mother, Requirement of Equal Concern, Ronald Dworkin, Basic Books, Unhappy Husband, Bernard Williams, Reading Rawls, Shy Bipolar, Social Unity, Interest Theory, Richard Brandt New!
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- A Theory of Justice by John Rawls on 28 pages
- Just Health Care (Studies in Philosophy and Health Policy) by Norman Daniels on 9 pages
- Political Liberalism: Expanded Edition (Columbia Classics in Philosophy) by John Rawls on 6 pages
- A Theory of the Good and the Right by Richard B. Brandt on 5 pages
- Utilitarianism and Beyond by Amartya Sen on 5 pages
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- After Politics: The Rejection of Politics in Contemporary Liberal Philosophy by Glen Newey in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Medical Benefit and the Human Lottery: An Egalitarian Approach to Patient Selection (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine) by Duff R. Waring in Back Matter
- Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective by Dorothy C. Wertz on page 305
- Ethical Dimensions of Health Policy by Marion Danis on page 333
- Americans with Disabilities by Leslie Francis on page 266
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