Author: Hugo Adam Bedau
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: moral, casuistry, exercises, three, mortal, choices, making
Number of Pages: 136
Published: 1997-01-09
List price: $45.00
ISBN-10: 0195108787
ISBN-13: 9780195108781

In this provocative study, Bedau demonstrates the usefulness of "casuistry," or "the method of cases" in arriving at moral decisions. He examines well-known cases, including the aftermath of the sinking of the William Brown in 1841, that compel us to consider questions about who ought to survive when not all can. By doing so, we learn something about how we actually reason concerning such life and death situations, as well as about how we ought to reason if we wish both to be consistent and to properly respect human life. Bedau’s elegant book will be a valuable resource for students, ph

Authors:Mark J. Cherry, Ana Smith Iltis,
Publisher: Springer
Keywords: political, theory, philosophy, medicine, realities, economic, casuistry, moral, arguments, pluralistic
Number of Pages: 260
Published: 2007-09-24
List price: $135.00
ISBN-10: 1402062591
ISBN-13: 9781402062599

Baruch A. Brody has been one of the most important voices in bioethics over the last several decades, asking new and challenging questions about a range of problems, examining recalcitrant issues in novel ways, always with the goal of offering practical solutions to complex problems. This volume presents a sustained philosophical analysis of Brody’s contributions to biomedical ethics. The essays in this volume compass epistemological, methodological, and topical contributions to bioethics, including both application and criticism of Brody’s normative moral theory – pluralistic casuistry

Authors:James F. Keenan, James F. Keenan, Thomas A. Shannon,
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Keywords: moral, arguments, traditions, context, casuistry
Number of Pages: 231
Published: 1995-09
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0878405860
ISBN-13: 9780878405862