{"product_id":"physicians-at-war-the-dual-loyalties-challenge-9781402069116","title":"Physicians at War: The Dual-Loyalties Challenge","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Fritz Allhoff\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Ethics \u0026amp; Moral Philosophy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Back Cover\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThere are a range of ethical issues that confront physicians in times of war, as well\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eas some of the uses of physicians during wars. This book presents a theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eapparatus which undergirds those debates, namely by casting physicians as\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebeing confronted with dual-loyalties during times of war. While this theoretical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eapparatus has already been developed in other contexts, it has not been specifically\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ebrought to bear on the ethical conflicts that attain in wars. Arguably, wars thrust\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ephysicians into ethical conflicts insofar as these wars create a tension between a\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ephysicianâ (TM)s obligation to heal and an obligation to serve some other good (e.g., \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003emilitary chain of command, national security, the greater good, etc.). Alternatively, \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ewe can debate whether this conception is appropriate. For example, one could\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eargue that that non-medical duties cannot attach to physicians (e.g., due to nonoverlapping\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003espheres of justice), thus abrogating the dual-loyalty challenge. Or else\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eone could argue that these medically-trained personnel do not act qua physicians\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eat all (but rather partisan advocates) and therefore duties that would otherwise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eattach to physicians do not attach here.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the first part of this book, these issues are debated. In the second part of\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethe book, the dual-loyalities frame is used to explore various substantive debates\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ethat obtain when the military makes use of physicians. Physician involvement\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ein torture is a heated topic, and certainly the most visible element of the debate.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlso, however, we could use the dual-loyalties framework to explore issues in\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eother arenas, such as: development of chemical and biological weapons, medical\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eneutrality\/battlefield triage, and so on. In each of these cases, the same tensions\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003earguably exist: physicians have duties both to their patients and â oeelsewhere⠝\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e(which, depending on the details of the view, could be any of the above-mentioned\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eends).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45275358167191,"sku":"9781402069116","price":10283.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781402069116.webp?v=1769282683","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/physicians-at-war-the-dual-loyalties-challenge-9781402069116","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}