Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers – Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethi…
Slow Cures and Bad PhilosophersEssays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics\nAuthor(s): Carl Elliott\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822326465, 978-0822326465\nSynopsis\nSlow Cures and Bad Philosophers uses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics. Although Wittgenstein produced little formal writing on ethics, this volume shows that, in fact, ethical issues permeate the entirety of his work. The scholars whom Carl Elliott has assembled in this volume pay particular attention to Wittgensteins concern with the thick context of moral problems, his suspicion of theory, and his belief in description as the real aim of philosophy. Their aim is not to examine Wittgensteins personal moral convictions but rather to explore how a deep engagement with his work can illuminate some of the problems that medicine and biological science present.\nAs Elliott explains in his introductiy
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