Neurological disorders, affective bioethics, and the nervous system: reconsidering the Schiavo case from a materialist perspective

Published: Apr 6, 2019
Abstract
This article proposes a novel approach to bioethics, referred to as “affective bioethics”, which draws on traditions in anthropology, science and technology studies, disability studies, and Spinozist materialism. By focusing on the case of Michael and Terri Schiavo, in which Terri’s personhood and subjectivity are challenged by dominant forms of neurological reductivism in the USA, this article suggests that approaching her condition as a set of...
Paper Details
Title
Neurological disorders, affective bioethics, and the nervous system: reconsidering the Schiavo case from a materialist perspective
Published Date
Apr 6, 2019
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