Overview

The demand for consensus arises due to its absence. For each opinion held there will be another to counter it, and for each approach to problem solving an alternative will be suggested. Focusing on the bioethical problems surrounding new technical interventions in human reproduction, 15 authors try to examine the meaning, importance and feasibility of consensus. The very different perspectives from the philosophers, physicians, lawyers, theologians, politicians and sociologists contributing to this topic reflect on the difficulties and complexity of moral decision-making, offer views on the problem of why decision-making does not take place more harmoniously and asks if there can be any hope of a solution in a world where the discipline of contemporary ethics is characterized by a vast diversity, or chaos, of heterogenous theories and concurring approaches. This book is intended for philosophers, physicians, ethicists and everyone involved in moral decision-making, to shape his or her understanding of this process and to help him or her to reflect on the concept of consensus.

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Author:   K. Bayertz ,  H. Tristram Engelhardt
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   1994 ed.
Volume:   46
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   1.220kg
ISBN:  

9780792326151

ISBN 10:   0792326156
Pages:   253
Publication Date:   31 May 1994
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Moral Consensus as a Social and Philosophical Problem.- One / Philosophical Foundations.- Consensus: How Much Can We Hope for? A Conceptual Exploration Illustrated by Recent Debates Regarding the Use of Human Reproductive Technologies.- The Concept of Moral Consensus. Philosophical Reflections.- Consensus Formation for Bioethical Problems (Comments on Bayertz).- Consensus, Pluralism and Procedural Ethics (Comments on Bayertz, Engelhardt).- New Reproductive Technologies: Ethical Conflict and the Problem of Consensus (Comments on Bayertz, Engelhardt)..- Two / Consensus In Law And Politics.- Problems Involved in Achieving a Policy Consensus on Issues Related to Reproductive Medicine.- Moral Consensus and the Law (Comments on Bayertz, Engelhardt).- Coming to Consensus: An Ethical Problem in Law and Politics — Illustrated by the Example of Reproductive Technologies (Comments on Bayertz).- The Empirical Limits of Consensus: Can Theory and Practice be Reconciled? (Comments on Bayertz, Engelhardt, Moreno).- Three / Microinstitutions Of Consensus-Formation.- Consensus by Committee: Philosophical and Social Aspects of Ethics Committees.- Consensus in Ethics and Public Policy: The Deliberations of the U.S. Human Fetal Tissue Transplantation Research Panel.- Consensus by Default. The Transition from the Social Technology of Eugenics to the “Technological-FIX” of Human Genetics.- Beyond Consensus About Principles: Decision-Making by a Genetics Advisory Board in Reproductive Medicine (Comments on Bayertz, Moreno).- “… and that is why I would like as few people to be involved as possible…” Observations on the Possibilities Offered by Consensus Achievement Within the Field of the Human Reproductive Technologies (Comments on Bayertz, Engelhardt, Moreno).- A SkepticalPostscript: Some Concluding Reflections on Consensus.- Notes on Contributors.

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