5337 Phone: 982-4227 pal8g@virginia.edu Texts 1) Great Cases in Bioethics‚ compiled & edited by Paul A. Lombardo (2005) [available at the law school copy center] 2) Limits: The Role of Law in Bioethical Decisionmaking‚ by Roger B. Dworkin (Indiana‚ 1996) & Strangers at the Bedside: A History of How Law and Bioethics Transformed the Practice of Medicine‚ by David J. Rothman (Harper-Collins‚ 1991). [These are available for background material.--on reserve at the Law Library & the Center
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1. VAGUENESS. In other words what exactly does Mill mean when he uses the word Harm? It’s notable that no definition of ’Harm’ is to be found in‚ On Liberty‚ granted Mill gives us some exemptions‚ but no more than that and accordingly Mill’s use of the word ’Harm’ is often considered imprecise. It’s this very lack preciseness (vagueness) that prompts us to wonder if there could be a point at which acts of offence become acts of Harm. Without an adequate definition of Harm it becomes difficult to
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The ability for a patient to deny life saving medical treatment relies on two necessary conditions being meet. Firstly‚ the patient must be competent. Secondly‚ a paternalistic model cannot be used for the patient’s treatment. This places almost all of the power of decision away from the patient‚ thus limiting the right of patient autonomy. If the necessary conditions are met‚ the sufficient conditions of patient’s refusal of life saving treatments must be an impairment of their quality of life along
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patient to choose certain treatments based off the physician’s interpretation of the patient’s established values. Emanuel and Emanuel believe that this education and establishment of the patient’s core values does not fall into the category of paternalism‚ and the deliberative model is built as a way “to persuade the patient of the worthiness of certain values‚ not to impose those values paternalistically” (Emanuel‚ 2225). However‚ is a doctor’s purpose in the medical field to diagnose a person’s
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understand the ethical theories of nursing one must first know what the core ethical principles and theories in nursing are. The ethical principles of nursing are Autonomy‚ Beneficence‚ Fidelity‚ Informed consent‚ Integrity‚ Justice‚ Nonmaleficence‚ Paternalism‚ Veracity‚ as well as Privacy and confidentiality. Some ethical theories that influence nursing practice are Consequentialism‚ Deontology‚ Ethical Relativism‚ Utilitarianism theory‚ Teleology‚ Virtue ethics‚ and Justice and equity. To a layperson
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CONSERVATISM QUESTIONS – A2 (UNIT 4) Short Answers 1. How do traditional conservatives and the New Right differ in their views of society? (Jan 02) Traditional conservatives believe in an organic society‚ arguing that society is best understood as a living entity rather than an artefact or machine. Amongst the implications of this view are that social change should be resisted unless it is ’natural’; that traditional institutions should be preserved because of their role in sustaining the social
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LAW AND POLITICS “TENTATIVE” COURSE SCHEDULE SPRING 2013 Readings: (M) Murphy and selected internet and electronic readings Some journal articles will need to be accessed through the UVU Library Journal database. If the below links to internet sources do not work‚ you should first search Google for alternative links. If you are still unsuccessful‚ then contact Dr. Griffin. This schedule is only “tentative” and subject to change by verbal or written notification – stay tuned! _________________
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Cited: Dworkin‚ S.‚ & Wachs‚ F. (2000). The Morality/Manhood Paradox. In J. McKay (Ed.)‚ Masculinities‚ gender relations‚ and sport Gramsci‚ A. (1971). Selections from the Prison Notebooks. Hoare‚ Q. & Nowell Smith‚ J. (Trans Howe‚ P. D.‚ & Jones‚
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regulation and legislation to providing child welfare‚ housing and other financial assistance programs to the people that it governs. Reasons for government intervention may include citizen protection‚ promoting social responsibility or paternalism‚ which happens when government attempts to manage the needs or control the conduct of individuals. Government intervention has its price‚ not only the financial costs of the intervention‚ but may include losses of individual freedoms and unintended
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All Men are Liars: Is Democracy Meaningless? 1 by Gerry Mackie St. John’s College University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3JP United Kingdom gerry.mackie@sjc.ox.ac.uk April 18‚ 1997 Forthcoming in Jon Elster‚ ed.‚ Deliberative Democracy 2 I. Introdu ction. One current of thought within the rational choice approach to the study of politics asserts that democratic voting and democratic discussion are each‚ generally‚ inaccurate and meaningless. 2 I will call an emphasis on these descriptive
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