The Abuse of Casuistry: A History of Moral Reasoning - Brossura

Jonsen, Albert R. R.; Toulmin, Stephen

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ISBN 10: 0520069609 ISBN 13: 9780520069602

Casa editrice: University of California Press, 1990

Riassunto

In this engaging study, the authors put casuistry into its historical context, tracing the origin of moral reasoning in antiquity, its peak during the sixteenth and early seventeenth century, and its subsequent fall into disrepute from the mid-seventeenth century.

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L'autore:

Albert R. Jonsen is Professor of Ethics in Medicine and Chairman, Department of Medical Humanities, University of Washington School of Medicine. Stephen Toulmin is Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities at Northwestern University.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

"The book will lead to a reinterpretation of the history of western morals. . . . It's an excellent book."—Baruch A. Brody, Baylor College of Medicine

Su questa edizione

• Editore: University of California Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0520069609
• ISBN 13: 9780520069602
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 430