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A Dignified Ending
Each year, more than one million people and their loved-ones arrive at a decision to cease attempts at curative medical treatments and shift to hospice care, while one-in-five …
The End of Epistemology as We Know It
In The End of Epistemology As We Know It Brian Talbot explores various ways in which epistemic norms could matter, and shows how epistemic norms as standardly understood fall short …
Transcending Postmodernism
Contemporary philosophy is torn between a reliance on the pragmatic meanings of designated objects and a foundation based on formal theory. This book shows that philosophical …
Aerzte Und Pflegende, Die Keine Organe Spenden Wollen
Gibt es AErzte und Pflegende im Intensivbereich, die ihre Organe nicht spenden wollen? Stehen praxisbezogene Faktoren mit der Ablehnung einer Organspende im Zusammenhang? Die …
Intellectual Dependability
Intellectual Dependability is the first research monograph devoted to addressing the question of what it is to be an intellectually dependable person-the sort of person on whom …
Freedom and the End of Reason
In Freedom and the End of Reason, Richard L. Velkley offers an influential interpretation of the central issue of Kant's philosophy and an evaluation of its position within modern …
Morality's Critics and Defenders
In this engaging and accessible dialogue, four students offer contrasting arguments on the nature and scope of morality. While specific social policy issues, such as animal rights …
Medical Ethics and Meaning at End of Life
End-of-life issues, including fear of dying, have been recognized as a factor hindering psychosocial functioning in elderly populations. As people age, many focus with increasing …
Patient-Centred Ethics and Communication at the End of Life
This book provides the best information available on the ways priorities are currently set for health care around the world. It describes the methods now used in the six countries …
Mastery, Dependence, and the Ethics of Authority
Over the last few decades, skepticism about political and moral experts has grown into a serious social problem, undermining the functioning of liberal democratic regimes. Indeed, …
Ethics at the End of Life
The 14 chapters in Ethics at the End of Life: New Issues and Arguments, all published here for the first time, focus on recent thinking in this important area, helping initiate …
On Love, Confession, Surrender and the Moral Self
The Reading Augustine series presents concise, personal readings of St. Augustine of Hippo from leading philosophers and religious scholars. Ian Clausen's On Love, Confession, …