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Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems
Case Studies in Decision Making in Intensive Care
Häftad, 1987
402 kr
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A well-organized, thoughtful, and logical discussion of a difficult ethical issue frequently encountered by clinicians. Journal of the American Medical Association Walton has made a successful attempt to write about medical concerns without ever leaving the layperson to flounder in confusion. …
Ethics of Withdrawal of Life-Support Systems
Case Studies on Decision Making in Intensive Care
Inbunden, 1983
717 kr
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Arguer's Position
A Pragmatic Study of Ad Hominem Attack, Criticism, Refutation, and Fallacy
Inbunden, 1985
1072 kr
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Douglas N. Walton considers the question of whether the conventions of informal conversation can be articulated more precisely than they are at present. Specifically, he addresses the problem of the fallacy of ad hominem argumentation as it occurs in natural settings. Can rules be formulated to …
Physician-Patient Decision-Making
A Study in Medical Ethics
Inbunden, 1985
1104 kr
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Walton offers a comprehensive, flexible model for physician-patient decision making, the first such tool designed to be applied at the level of each particular case. Based on Aristotelian practical reasoning, it develops a method of reasonable dialogue, a question- and-answer process of interaction …
Question-Reply Argumentation
Inbunden, 1989
1072 kr
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Walton's book is a study of several fallacies in informal logic. Focusing on question-answer dialogues, and committed to a pragmatic rather than a semantic approach, he attempts to generate criteria for evaluating good and bad questions and answers. The book contains a discussion of such …
Begging the Question
Circular Reasoning as a Tactic of Argumentation
Inbunden, 1991
1072 kr
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This book offers a new theory of begging the question as an informal fallacy, within a pragmatic framework of reasoned dialogue as a normative theory of critical argumentation. The fallacy of begging the question is analyzed as a systematic tactic to evade fulfillment of a legitimate burden of …
Courage
A Philosophical Investigation
Häftad, 1986
500 kr
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A Philosophical Investigation by Douglas N. Walton offers an in-depth exploration of courage as both a philosophical and practical virtue. This seminal work examines courage through historical, ethical, and practical lenses, providing a thorough analysis of its role in moral reasoning and human …
Courage
A Philosophical Investigation
E-bok, 1986
336 kr
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A Philosophical Investigation by Douglas N. Walton offers an in-depth exploration of courage as both a philosophical and practical virtue. This seminal work examines courage through historical, ethical, and practical lenses, providing a thorough analysis of its role in moral reasoning and human …
Courage
A Philosophical Investigation
Inbunden, 1986
1156 kr
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A Philosophical Investigation by Douglas N. Walton offers an in-depth exploration of courage as both a philosophical and practical virtue. This seminal work examines courage through historical, ethical, and practical lenses, providing a thorough analysis of its role in moral reasoning and human …
Ad Hominem Arguments
Häftad, 2009
387 kr
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Presents a normative framework for identifying and evaluating ad hominem or personal attack arguments.
Brain Death
Ethical Considerations
Häftad, 1980
175 kr
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The traditional equation of the death of a person with irreversible cessation of cardiorespiratory function-the absence of heartbeat, pulse, or respiration-is being replaced by modern medicine with a definition of death in terms of irreversible destruction of function-brain death. In this book, the …
