Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers: Essays on Wittgenstein, Medicine, and Bioethics

by Carl Elliott

Slow Cures and Bad Philosophers uses insights from the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein to rethink bioethics. Although Wittgenstein produced little formal writing on ethics, this volume shows that, in fact, ethical issues permeate the entirety of his work. The scholars whom Carl Elliott has assembled in this volume pay particular attention to Wittgenstein's concern with the thick context of moral problems, his suspicion of theory, and his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822326469
• ISBN13: 9780822326465
• Release Date: June 2001
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 9.3"