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dc.contributor.advisor | Boetzkes, Elisabeth | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Parks, Jennifer A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-18T16:39:18Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-18T16:39:18Z | - |
dc.date.created | 2010-07-21 | en_US |
dc.date.issued | 1996-08 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | opendissertations/2700 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 3725 | en_US |
dc.identifier.other | 1404329 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11375/7421 | - |
dc.description.abstract | <p>In this thesis I argue that the received view of autonomy is insufficient for both biomedical ethics and feminist theory. I begin with an examination of the received view of autonomy; I then indicate the way in which this view of autonomy has been applied to health care ethics. A feminist relational approach to autonomy is explored: I argue that such an approach has many strengths in that it gives us a more accurate picture of the self-in-relationships and that it recognizes many social and structural conditions that may impede an individual’s attempts to be autonomous.</p> <p>This feminist relational approach to autonomy, once defined, is applied to the medical/social practices of cosmetic surgery and contract motherhood. I do this to show the practical implications of this contextual approach to autonomy.</p> | en_US |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.subject | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.title | On the Call for a Feminist Notion of Autonomy in Biomedical Ethics | en_US |
dc.type | thesis | en_US |
dc.contributor.department | Philosophy | en_US |
dc.description.degree | Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Open Access Dissertations and Theses |
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