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Classifying Madness examines the conceptual foundations of the D.S.M., the main classification of mental disorders used by psychiatrists world-wide. It will be of interest to both mental health professionals and to philosophers interested in classification in science. The D.S.M. has become extremely controversial, and the possibility that there may be philosophical difficulties with it has become a commonplace in the mental health literature. Classifying Madness offers mental health professionals an opportunity to explore suspicions that there might be conceptual problems with the D.S.M. For philosophers, this book aims to contribute to debates in the philosophy of science concerning natural kinds, the theory-ladenness of classification, and the effect of sociological factors in science. These issues are normally approached via a consideration of the natural sciences and, as will be seen, approaching them via a consideration of psychiatry helps shed new light on old problems.

Mental illness --- Psychiatric diagnosis --- Psychodiagnostics --- Psychology, Pathological --- Nosology --- Classification --- Diagnosis --- Diagnosis. --- Medical ethics --- Philosophy --- Bioethics --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- Science --- Medicine. --- Social sciences --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Philosophy of Science. --- History of Medicine. --- Philosophy of the Social Sciences. --- Philosophy. --- Medicine --- Medical logic --- Social philosophy --- Social theory --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Normal science --- Philosophy of science --- Health Workforce --- Medicine—Philosophy. --- Philosophy and science. --- Medicine—History. --- Philosophy and social sciences. --- Social sciences and philosophy --- Science and philosophy

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The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics resituates bioethics in fundamental outlook by challenging both the dominant Kantian and utilitarian approaches to evaluating how new technologies apply to human life. Drawing on an analysis of the dignity of the human person, both as an agent and as the recipient of action, The Edge of Life presents a "theoretical" approach to the problems of contemporary bioethics and applies this approach to various disputed questions. Should conjoined twins be split, if the division will end the life of the weaker twin? Was Bush's stem cell research decision morally acceptable? Are the 'quality of life' and 'sanctity of life' ethics irreconcilably incompatible? Accessible to both scholars and students, The Edge of Life focuses particularly on the controversial issues surrounding the beginning and ending of human life, tackling some of the toughest practical questions of bioethics including new reproductive technologies (artificial wombs), stem cell research, abortion and physician assisted suicide, as well as many of its vexing theoretical disputes.

Bioethics --- Human rights. --- Dignity. --- Religious aspects --- Catholic Church. --- Human dignity --- Values --- Basic rights --- Civil rights (International law) --- Human rights --- Rights, Human --- Rights of man --- Human security --- Transitional justice --- Truth commissions --- Law and legislation --- Catholic Church --- Dignity --- Ethics. --- Medical ethics. --- Medicine. --- Medicine-Philosophy. --- Theory of Medicine/Bioethics. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Philosophy of Medicine. --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Biomedical ethics --- Clinical ethics --- Ethics, Medical --- Health care ethics --- Medical care --- Medicine --- Professional ethics --- Nursing ethics --- Social medicine --- Deontology --- Ethics, Primitive --- Ethology --- Moral philosophy --- Morality --- Morals --- Philosophy, Moral --- Science, Moral --- Philosophy --- Moral and ethical aspects --- Health Workforce --- Medicine—Philosophy.