The Difference that Difference Makes: Bioethics and the Challenge of "Disability" Export

@article{citeulike:32165, abstract = {Two rival paradigms permeate bioethics. One generally favors eugenics, euthanasia, assisted suicide and other methods for those with severely restricting physical and cognitive attributes. The other typically opposes these and favors instead ample support for "persons of difference" and their caring families or loved ones. In an attempt to understand the relation between these two paradigms, this article analyzes a publicly reported debate between proponents of both paradigms, bioethicist Peter Singer and lawyer Harriet McBryde Johnson. At issue, the article concludes, are two distinct axiomatic sets of values resulting in not simply different styles of rhetoric but different vocabularies, in effect two different languages of ethics. 10.1080/03605310490882975}, author = {Koch, Tom}, citeulike-article-id = {32165}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03605310490882975}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/6/697.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://jmp.oxfordjournals.org/content/29/6/697.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tandf/jmep/2004/00000029/00000006/art00006}, citeulike-linkout-4 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15590517}, citeulike-linkout-5 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=15590517}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1080/03605310490882975}, issn = {0360-5310}, journal = {J Med Philos}, keywords = {anti-aging, bioethics, disability}, month = {January}, number = {6}, pages = {697--716}, posted-at = {2005-01-07 19:56:18}, publisher = {Taylor and Francis Ltd}, title = {The Difference that Difference Makes: Bioethics and the Challenge of "Disability"}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03605310490882975}, volume = {29}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:32165 L3 - citeulike-article-id:32165 N2 - Two rival paradigms permeate bioethics. One generally favors eugenics, euthanasia, assisted suicide and other methods for those with severely restricting physical and cognitive attributes. The other typically opposes these and favors instead ample support for "persons of difference" and their caring families or loved ones. In an attempt to understand the relation between these two paradigms, this article analyzes a publicly reported debate between proponents of both paradigms, bioethicist Peter Singer and lawyer Harriet McBryde Johnson. At issue, the article concludes, are two distinct axiomatic sets of values resulting in not simply different styles of rhetoric but different vocabularies, in effect two different languages of ethics. 10.1080/03605310490882975 IS - 6 JF - J Med Philos SN - 0360-5310 EP - 716 TI - The Difference that Difference Makes: Bioethics and the Challenge of "Disability" PB - Taylor and Francis Ltd VL - 29 SP - 697 KW - anti-aging KW - bioethics KW - disability AU - Koch, Tom PY - 2004/01/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03605310490882975 ER -