The International Network on Feminist Approaches to Bioethics
(FAB)
Newsletter
Volume 14, Issue 1
"In an interview first published in the French geography journal Hèrodote, Foucault welcomes geographers to make use of his work to investigate the "conflicts of power which traverse [the domain of geography], to confront them and construct the instruments that will enable [geographers]..." To read this review, click HERE
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Autonomy and Trust in Bioethics, by Onora O'Neill. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. ISBN cloth: 0521815401; paper: 0521894530
"In this series of lectures, Onora O'Neill argues that while bioethicists continue to emphasize respect for individual autonomy, public trust in the areas of medicine, science, and biotechnology continues to erode. Why? She believes there is an inherent tension between the conception of individual autonomy used in bioethics and the concept of trust. On her view, a reliance ..."
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The Perversion of Autonomy: Coercion and Constraints in a Liberal Society, by Willard Gaylin and Bruce Jennings. Revised and Expanded Edition. Georgetown University Press, 2003. ISBN: 0878409068; LC: 2002013910
"What is the meaning of freedom if we are fundamentally bound to each other? And what costs are we, as ostensibly free individuals, willing to incur by virtue of our membership in a society ..."
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Reconceiving Pregnancy and Childcare: Ethics, Experience, and Reproductive Labor. By Amy Mullin. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005. Cloth: 9780521844383; Paper ISBN: 9780521605861.
"In Reconceiving Pregnancy and Childcare: Ethics, Experience, and Reproductive Labor, Amy Mullin argues that pregnancy and childrearing are "social activities that involve simultaneously physical, intellectual, emotional, and moral work from those who undertake ..." To read this review, click HERE