Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval : : A Case for Constructive Pluralism / / Charles C. Hinkley II.

• Superior document: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 172
• VerfasserIn: Hinkley, Charles C., II,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden;, Boston : : Brill | Rodopi,, 2020.
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Edition: Second revised and expanded edition.
• Language: English
• Series: Value Inquiry Book Series ; 172.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (281 pages).

In this revised edition of Moral Conflicts of Organ Retrieval: A Case for Constructive Pluralism, Charles Hinkley elaborates on his moral philosophy of constructive pluralism and updates the literature on organ retrieval strategies. Hinkley challenges a deeply entrenched moral triad: 1) moral values are comparable; 2) the weighing metaphor helps us conceptualize decisions regarding conflicting values; and 3) there is a single best discoverable response to a moral decision. This book offers an alternative—cases of incomparability, a constructing or making metaphor, and multiple permissible responses to some moral questions. Constructive pluralism has important implications for organ transplantation, health, and ethics.

Table of Contents

Front Matter -- Copyright Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- A Philosophical Framework -- Dilemmas, Conflicts, and Residue -- Medical Ethics and Its Limitations -- Pluralism, Incommensurability, and Weighing -- Conflicts of Organ Retrieval -- Transplant Recipients’ Quality of Life -- Can We Wrong the Dead? -- Defining Death -- The Selling of Organs -- Xenografts -- Stem Cell Research -- A Philosophical Response -- The Regulative Principle -- Constructive Pluralism -- Conclusion -- Back Matter -- Bibliography -- Author Index.