Synopses & Reviews
The current development of biomedical ethics is a source of radical critique not only in the clinic, but also in the classroom. This volume argues that today's moral education is too abstract to be effective and would benefit from the adoption of the practical approach which is typical of biomedical ethics—thinking with cases. In presenting this approach, Radest explores various issues of moral epistemology and advocates the urgency of realism and decision in ethics. The use of a rich and complex literature drawn from biomedical ethics, pedagogy, and philosophy serves to stimulate the reader to think through the moral complexity and ambivalence of modern experience.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-195) and index.
About the Author
HOWARD B. RADEST is Adjunct Professor of Philosophy at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort, as well as Ethics Consultant to Hilton Head Hospital and Chair of its Medical Ethics Committee.
Table of Contents
Preface
Doing and Undoing Ethics
Science and Story
Whose Story Is It?
White Coats and Business Suits
Making Moral Sense
Being and Denial
Back to the Beginning
Postscript: Moral Education
Bibliography
Index