{"product_id":"advance-directives-and-personal-identity","title":"Advance directives and personal identity","description":"Advance directives are instructions given by patients specifying what\nactions ought to be taken for their health in the event that they are\nno longer capable to make decisions due to illness or incapacity.\nThis book takes as its point of departure one of the most commonly\ndiscussed medical-ethical argument against granting advance directives\nmoral authority: the Objection from Personal Identity. The\nadherers of this objection basically asserts that when there is lack of\npsychological continuity between the person who formulated the advance\ndirective and the later patient to whom it supposedly applies,\nthis seriously threatens the directive's moral authority. Whereas most\nphilosophers in the advance directives debate argue that the Objection\nfrom Personal Identity fails, the arguments in this book suggest\nthat it is an argument we should take seriously. Lack of psychological\ncontinuity between the author and the later patient, it is concluded,\ndoes threaten the moral authority of an advance directive.","brand":"Stockholm University","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32444322775140,"sku":"9789187235023","price":7.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/suomalainen-test.myshopify.com\/products\/advance-directives-and-personal-identity","provider":"Suomalainen Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}