Ethics of Uncertainty - Johnson, L. Syd M (Associate Professor of Bioethics and Humanities,
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This is the first book-length, empirically-informed philosophical treatment of disorders of consciousness. The book puts forward a compelling ethical approach focused on uncertainty, epistemic and ethical risk, and justice. Bioethicist L. Syd M Johnson rejects longstanding ethical dogmas about the significance of consciousness for moral standing and personhood, and provides a new approach to medical decision making in the presence of uncertainty. With applications to medical decisions and beyond, this ethical approach enables surrogate decision makers facing fraught and risky choices to fulfill their obligations as moral and epistemic agents.…mehr

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This is the first book-length, empirically-informed philosophical treatment of disorders of consciousness. The book puts forward a compelling ethical approach focused on uncertainty, epistemic and ethical risk, and justice. Bioethicist L. Syd M Johnson rejects longstanding ethical dogmas about the significance of consciousness for moral standing and personhood, and provides a new approach to medical decision making in the presence of uncertainty. With applications to medical decisions and beyond, this ethical approach enables surrogate decision makers facing fraught and risky choices to fulfill their obligations as moral and epistemic agents.
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L. Syd M Johnson, Ph.D, is a philosopher, bioethicist, and neuroethicist. She is Associate Professor at SUNY Upstate Medical University, in the Center for Bioethics and Humanities. Dr. Johnson is an ethics consultant at Upstate University Hospital, and a member of the NIH BRAIN Initiative Neuroethics Working Group. Her research focuses on ethical issues related to brain injuries, including disorders of consciousness, brain death, and sport-related neurotrauma; animal ethics; and research ethics.