Examining the quality of life: Notes on Philip Kitcher’s writings on bioethics

Johannes Drerup; Thomas Müller; Alexa Nossek

doi:10.1515/9783110324884.147

Examining the quality of life: Notes on Philip Kitcher’s writings on bioethics

Johannes Drerup, Thomas Müller, Alexa Nossek

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In his writings on bioethics Philip Kitcher develops a conception of the quality of life. He uses this conception to defend the moral legitimacy of prenatal testing, abortion and liberal eugenics. In this paper, Kitcher's conception of the quality of life is reconstructed and critically analyzed with special focus on his conception of a life theme. It is concluded that some of the key concepts in his conception are in need of further modification and specification.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Philip Kitcher
Subtitle of host publication	Pragmatic Naturalism
Publisher	Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Pages	147-160
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Electronic)	9783110324884
ISBN (Print)	9783110324518
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110324884.147
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2013
Externally published	Yes

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Autonomy
Bioethics
Perfectionism
Quality of life

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