{"product_id":"fragmentation-and-consensus-mark-g-kuczewski-9780878407545","title":"Fragmentation and Consensus: Communitarian and Casuist Bioethics","description":"\u003cp\u003eBoth communitarianism and casuistry have sought to restore ethics as a practical science--the former by incorporating various traditions into a shared definition of the common good, the latter by considering the circumstances of each situation through critical reasoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMark G. Kuczewski analyzes the origins and methods of these two approaches and forges from them a new unified approach. This approach takes the communitarian notion of the person as its starting point but also relies upon the narrative and analogical tools of case-based reasoning. He separates out the rhetoric that is incongruent with the Aristotelian aspirations of each method to show that the two are complementary, and that consensus can emerge from fragmentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe then applies his resulting method to three major problems in bioethics: the difficulties that the issue of personal identity poses for advance directives, the role of the family in medical decision making, and the refusal of treatment because of religious beliefs. He analyzes the need to assume a communitarian notion of the person as a starting point for the application of casuistic insights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCombining theoretical, practical, and scholarly insights, this book will be of interest to philosophers, political and social scientists, and bioethicists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark G. Kuczewski\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0878407545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780878407545\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Georgetown University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/29\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.08w x 0.53d","brand":"Mark G. Kuczewski","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44055939940607,"sku":"9780878407545","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ea26811d-672d-40b7-a378-fafa5451b93f.jpg?v=1685038643","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/fragmentation-and-consensus-mark-g-kuczewski-9780878407545","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}