Slow cures and bad philosophers [electronic resource] : essays on Wittgenstein, medicine, and bioethics / edited by Carl Elliott.

Contributor(s): Elliott, Carl, 1961- | ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2001Description: x, 197 pSubject(s): Wittgenstein, Ludwig, 1889-1951 | Medical ethics -- Philosophy | Bioethics -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: R725.5 | .S58 2001Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : Treating bioethics / Carl Elliott -- Religion, superstition, and medicine / James C. Edwards -- Patient multiplicity, medical rituals, and good dying : some Wittgensteinian oberservations [sic] / Larry Churchill -- "Unlike calculating rules"? Clinical judgment, formalized decision making, and Wittgenstein / James Lindemann Nelson -- Wittgenstein's startling claim : consciousness and the persistent vegetative state / Grant Gillett -- Attitudes, souls, and persons : children with severe neurological impairment / Carl Elliott -- Why Wittgenstein's philosophy should not prevent us from taking animals seriously / David DeGrazia -- Injustice and animals / Cora Diamond -- Bioethics, wisdom, and expertise / Paul Johnston -- Wittgensteinian lessons on moral particularism / Margaret Olivia Little -- Wittgenstein : personality, philosophy, ethics / Knut Erik Tranoy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : Treating bioethics / Carl Elliott -- Religion, superstition, and medicine / James C. Edwards -- Patient multiplicity, medical rituals, and good dying : some Wittgensteinian oberservations [sic] / Larry Churchill -- "Unlike calculating rules"? Clinical judgment, formalized decision making, and Wittgenstein / James Lindemann Nelson -- Wittgenstein's startling claim : consciousness and the persistent vegetative state / Grant Gillett -- Attitudes, souls, and persons : children with severe neurological impairment / Carl Elliott -- Why Wittgenstein's philosophy should not prevent us from taking animals seriously / David DeGrazia -- Injustice and animals / Cora Diamond -- Bioethics, wisdom, and expertise / Paul Johnston -- Wittgensteinian lessons on moral particularism / Margaret Olivia Little -- Wittgenstein : personality, philosophy, ethics / Knut Erik Tranoy.

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