Book Review Choosing Life, Choosing Death: the Tyranny of Autonomy in Medical Ethics and Law
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As the title suggests, this book is concerned with challenging the hegemony of autonomy. This is not the first such attack, nor is it likely to be the last. As a challenge to what may fairly be described as the dominant view in Anglo-American bioethics and law, it is a predictable, but necessary part of the cycle of debate, creation and criticism of the way in which society approaches the relationships between individuals and between the individual and his or her community.
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