Righting Health Policy
Bioethics, Political Philosophy, and the Normative Justification of Health Law and Policy
Seiten
2022
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8995-6 (ISBN)
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-8995-6 (ISBN)
In Righting Health Policy, MacDougall argues that bioethics has not developed the tools best suited for justifying health law and policy. Using Kant’s practical philosophy as an example, he explores the promise of political philosophy for making normatively justified recommendations about health law and policy.
In Righting Health Policy: Bioethics, Political Philosophy, and the Normative Justification of Health Law and Policy, D. Robert MacDougall argues that bioethics does not have adequate tools for justifying its normative recommendations for law and policy. Bioethics’ tools are mostly theories about what we owe each other. But justifying laws and policies requires more; at a minimum, it requires explaining the basis on which we may control or influence others to do what they are supposed to do, which lies within the realm of political and not moral philosophy.
MacDougall develops an interpretation of Kant’s moral and political philosophy and uses this account to show the importance of political philosophy for bioethics. He argues that a theory of political legitimacy is necessary for distinguishing between what is morally required and what is legally enforceable. MacDougall also argues that in some cases, an account of political authority is necessary for settling the content of not only our legal rights and duties but also our moral ones. The Kantian account shows why the content of physicians’ duties—legal and moral—to inform patients prior to treatment remain indeterminate outside of a state with authority to conclusively settle what counts as valid consent.
In Righting Health Policy: Bioethics, Political Philosophy, and the Normative Justification of Health Law and Policy, D. Robert MacDougall argues that bioethics does not have adequate tools for justifying its normative recommendations for law and policy. Bioethics’ tools are mostly theories about what we owe each other. But justifying laws and policies requires more; at a minimum, it requires explaining the basis on which we may control or influence others to do what they are supposed to do, which lies within the realm of political and not moral philosophy.
MacDougall develops an interpretation of Kant’s moral and political philosophy and uses this account to show the importance of political philosophy for bioethics. He argues that a theory of political legitimacy is necessary for distinguishing between what is morally required and what is legally enforceable. MacDougall also argues that in some cases, an account of political authority is necessary for settling the content of not only our legal rights and duties but also our moral ones. The Kantian account shows why the content of physicians’ duties—legal and moral—to inform patients prior to treatment remain indeterminate outside of a state with authority to conclusively settle what counts as valid consent.
D. Robert MacDougall is associate professor of philosophy at New York City College of Technology (CUNY).
Chapter 1: The Political Tasks of Bioethics
Chapter 2: Bioethics and Its Political Philosophy Problem
Chapter 3: Bioethicists on Kant and the Legalization of Organ Markets
Chapter 4: Kantian Moral Theory and the Problem of Political Legitimacy
Chapter 5: Rights as the Basis for Political Legitimacy
Chapter 6: Government Authority and Morally Justifiable Coercion
Chapter 7: Kidney Markets and the Limits of Legitimacy
Chapter 8: Legal Standards of Informed Consent and the Authority of the State
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.02.2022 |
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| Reihe/Serie | Revolutionary Bioethics |
| Verlagsort | Lanham, MD |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 163 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Ethik |
| Medizin / Pharmazie ► Gesundheitswesen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-8995-2 / 1498589952 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-8995-6 / 9781498589956 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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