This book explains the meaning of the most important and ubiquitous concepts and tools in bioethical argumentation (principles, values, dignity, rights, duties, forethought, prudence) and assesses the methodological usefulness of the main clinical decision-making and argumentation methods.
The first part of the book deals with the most developed or promising approaches to bioethical argumentation, that is, those based on principles, values and human rights. The authors then continue to address the contributions and shortcomings of these approaches and suggest further development with substantive and procedural elements and concepts from practical philosophy, normative systems theory, action theory, human rights and legal argumentation. In addition, it presents new models for biomedical and health decision-making.