Fragmentation and Consensus: Communitarian and Casuist Bioethics

by Mark G. Kuczewski

Book Overview

Both 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.

Mark 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878407545
• ISBN13: 9780878407545
• Release Date: June 1999
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

A compelling and comprehensive analysis.

Kuczewski brilliantly presents and analyzes these two competing views of bioethics--communitarianism and casuistry. With thoughtful historical and ethical arguments, he deftly demonstrates that the communitarian and casuist agree more than they disagree. His final chapter moves the reader beyond the ethics wars, providing a clear and elegant view of what might be called "casuarianism" (if that weren't such an awful word).