Susan Sherwin
Biographic Data
| ID | 268761 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Susan Sherwin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Susan |
| FAMILY NAME | Sherwin |
| SIGNATURE | SHERWIN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Dalhousie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Whither Bioethics Now? The Promise of Relational Theory
This article reflects on the work of feminist bioethicists over the past ten years, reviewing how effective feminists have been in using relational theory to reorient bioethics and where we hope it will go from here. Feminist bioethicists have made significant achievements using relational theory to shape the notion of autonomy, bringing to light the relevance of patients' social circumstances and where they are situated within systems of privile…
Remembering Sue Campbell
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Feminismo y bioética
A relational perspective on autonomy for older adults residing in nursing homes
AIM: To review critically the traditional concept of autonomy, propose an alternative relational interpretation of autonomy, and discuss how this would operate in identifying and addressing ethical issues that arise in the context of nursing home care for older adults. BACKGROUND: Respect for patient autonomy has been the cornerstone of clinical bioethics for several decades. Important though this principle is, there is debate on how to interpret…
Re-visioning Public Health Ethics
Embodiment and Agency
Themes of embodiment and agency have long been central to feminist philosophical thought and have increasingly led feminists to extend their theorizing to encompass a range of identities shaped by processes of gender, race, class, disability, and sexuality. The intersection of these themes, however, has often been limited to analyzing how specific modes of socialized embodiment can be impediments to agency or autonomy. Embodiment and Agency is di…
Embodiment and Agency
"A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory"--Provided by publisher.
A Relational Account of Public Health Ethics
Recently, there has been a growing interest in public health and public health ethics. Much of this interest has been tied to efforts to draw up national and international plans to deal with a global pandemic. It is common for these plans to state the importance of drawing upon a well-developed ethics framework and we argue that this framework should reflect the values and insights of feminist relational theory. More specifically, we argue that p…
Whither bioethics? How feminism can help reorient bioethics
This paper argues that the various approaches to ethics that bioethicists rely on are not adequate to provide effective moral guidance in how to avoid a series of looming human catastrophes (associated with such threats as environmental degradation, war, extreme poverty, and pandemics). It proposes development of a new approach to ethics, dubbed public ethics, that simultaneously investigates moral responsibilities at multiple levels of human org…
Les approches féministes en bioéthique
Les approches féministes en bioéthique permettent de mettre l'accent sur des réalités souvent laissées pour compte dans les discussions officielles. Une sensibilité particulière aux situations d'oppression et aux inégalités sociales ouvre la voie à des préoccupations qui élargissent les champs d'intérêt de la bioéthique et en questionnent les prises de position tant dans le domaine médical que social. La bioéthique féministe cherche à offrir des …
Etiska reflexioner kring bioteknik och kvinnors hälsa
The aim of this paper is to reflect on the distinct challenges and opportunities biotechnology poses to women's health. I begin with a brief exploration of some of the reasons to be concerned about many biotechnologies. I then propose some conceptual tools that can help us decide how to evaluate some of the ethical dimensions of different forms of biotechnology. I conclude with reflections on the question of who bears responsibility for the regul…
The Ethics of Babymaking
A Feminist Medical Ethics
how our need to control things (and people), our sometime urge to lord it over others, our inclination, even, to boost ourselves at the expense of those who are down on their luck, our occasional wish (to push matters further) to get a kick or two out of those who are suffering long and hard, all have a bearing on how we behave-the thoughts we have, the things we say, the decisions we make. In a bold, candid, lucid manner this book challenges the…
Abortion Through a Feminist Ethics Lens
Abortion has long been a central issue in the arena of applied ethics, but, the distinctive analysis of feminist ethics is generally overlooked in most philosophic discussions. Authors and readers commonly presume a familiarity with the feminist position and equate it with liberal defences of women's right to choose abortion, but, in fact, feminist ethics yields a different analysis of the moral questions surrounding abortion than that usually of…
Feminist and Medical Ethics
Feminist ethics and medical ethics are critical of contemporary moral theory in several similar respects. There is a shared sense of frustration with, the level of abstraction and generality that characterizes traditional philosophic work in ethics and a common commitment to including contextual details and allowing room for the personal aspects of relationships in ethical analysis. This paper explores the ways in which context is appealed to in …
Concluding remarks
Consideration of women's health leads us to examine the whole scope of the political agenda so that the appropriate links can be made. Concerns with health take us far beyond the health care delivery system, and we must be mindful of the broad perspective necessary to our goal of increasing women's control over matters affecting our health. Feminism is a movement to free women from all aspects of oppression, whatever form it takes: sexism, racism…
Philosophy and Social Issues
Medical Ethics Anthologies
Re-visioning Public Health Ethics
Feminist and Medical Ethics
Feminist ethics and medical ethics are critical of contemporary moral theory in several similar respects. There is a shared sense of frustration with, the level of abstraction and generality that characterizes traditional philosophic work in ethics and a common commitment to including contextual details and allowing room for the personal aspects of relationships in ethical analysis. This paper explores the ways in which context is appealed to in …
Abortion Through a Feminist Ethics Lens
Abortion has long been a central issue in the arena of applied ethics, but, the distinctive analysis of feminist ethics is generally overlooked in most philosophic discussions. Authors and readers commonly presume a familiarity with the feminist position and equate it with liberal defences of women's right to choose abortion, but, in fact, feminist ethics yields a different analysis of the moral questions surrounding abortion than that usually of…
Medical Ethics Anthologies
Philosophy and Social Issues
Concluding remarks
Consideration of women's health leads us to examine the whole scope of the political agenda so that the appropriate links can be made. Concerns with health take us far beyond the health care delivery system, and we must be mindful of the broad perspective necessary to our goal of increasing women's control over matters affecting our health. Feminism is a movement to free women from all aspects of oppression, whatever form it takes: sexism, racism…
Feminist and Medical Ethics
Feminist ethics and medical ethics are critical of contemporary moral theory in several similar respects. There is a shared sense of frustration with, the level of abstraction and generality that characterizes traditional philosophic work in ethics and a common commitment to including contextual details and allowing room for the personal aspects of relationships in ethical analysis. This paper explores the ways in which context is appealed to in …
Abortion Through a Feminist Ethics Lens
Abortion has long been a central issue in the arena of applied ethics, but, the distinctive analysis of feminist ethics is generally overlooked in most philosophic discussions. Authors and readers commonly presume a familiarity with the feminist position and equate it with liberal defences of women's right to choose abortion, but, in fact, feminist ethics yields a different analysis of the moral questions surrounding abortion than that usually of…
A Feminist Medical Ethics
how our need to control things (and people), our sometime urge to lord it over others, our inclination, even, to boost ourselves at the expense of those who are down on their luck, our occasional wish (to push matters further) to get a kick or two out of those who are suffering long and hard, all have a bearing on how we behave-the thoughts we have, the things we say, the decisions we make. In a bold, candid, lucid manner this book challenges the…
The Ethics of Babymaking
Etiska reflexioner kring bioteknik och kvinnors hälsa
The aim of this paper is to reflect on the distinct challenges and opportunities biotechnology poses to women's health. I begin with a brief exploration of some of the reasons to be concerned about many biotechnologies. I then propose some conceptual tools that can help us decide how to evaluate some of the ethical dimensions of different forms of biotechnology. I conclude with reflections on the question of who bears responsibility for the regul…
Les approches féministes en bioéthique
Les approches féministes en bioéthique permettent de mettre l'accent sur des réalités souvent laissées pour compte dans les discussions officielles. Une sensibilité particulière aux situations d'oppression et aux inégalités sociales ouvre la voie à des préoccupations qui élargissent les champs d'intérêt de la bioéthique et en questionnent les prises de position tant dans le domaine médical que social. La bioéthique féministe cherche à offrir des …
A Relational Account of Public Health Ethics
Recently, there has been a growing interest in public health and public health ethics. Much of this interest has been tied to efforts to draw up national and international plans to deal with a global pandemic. It is common for these plans to state the importance of drawing upon a well-developed ethics framework and we argue that this framework should reflect the values and insights of feminist relational theory. More specifically, we argue that p…
Whither bioethics? How feminism can help reorient bioethics
This paper argues that the various approaches to ethics that bioethicists rely on are not adequate to provide effective moral guidance in how to avoid a series of looming human catastrophes (associated with such threats as environmental degradation, war, extreme poverty, and pandemics). It proposes development of a new approach to ethics, dubbed public ethics, that simultaneously investigates moral responsibilities at multiple levels of human org…
Embodiment and Agency
Themes of embodiment and agency have long been central to feminist philosophical thought and have increasingly led feminists to extend their theorizing to encompass a range of identities shaped by processes of gender, race, class, disability, and sexuality. The intersection of these themes, however, has often been limited to analyzing how specific modes of socialized embodiment can be impediments to agency or autonomy. Embodiment and Agency is di…
Embodiment and Agency
"A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory"--Provided by publisher.
Re-visioning Public Health Ethics
A relational perspective on autonomy for older adults residing in nursing homes
AIM: To review critically the traditional concept of autonomy, propose an alternative relational interpretation of autonomy, and discuss how this would operate in identifying and addressing ethical issues that arise in the context of nursing home care for older adults. BACKGROUND: Respect for patient autonomy has been the cornerstone of clinical bioethics for several decades. Important though this principle is, there is debate on how to interpret…
Remembering Sue Campbell
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Feminismo y bioética
Whither Bioethics Now? The Promise of Relational Theory
This article reflects on the work of feminist bioethicists over the past ten years, reviewing how effective feminists have been in using relational theory to reorient bioethics and where we hope it will go from here. Feminist bioethicists have made significant achievements using relational theory to shape the notion of autonomy, bringing to light the relevance of patients' social circumstances and where they are situated within systems of privile…
Sociology (12 works) · Ethics in medical practice (10 works) · Political science (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Engineering ethics (5 works) · Environmental ethics (5 works) · Epistemology (5 works)