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Moral Laboratories is an engaging ethnography and a groundbreaking foray into the anthropology of morality. It takes us on a journey into the lives of African American families caring for children with serious chronic medical conditions, and it foregrounds the uncertainty that affects their struggle...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mattingly, Cheryl, 1951-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2014.
Temas:
Chronically ill children > Medical care > Moral and ethical aspects > California > Los Angeles County.
Children with disabilities > Medical care > Moral and ethical aspects > California > Los Angeles County.
African American families > California > Los Angeles County.
Medical anthropology > California > Los Angeles County.
Medical ethics > California > Los Angeles County.
Children.
Children with disabilities.
Chronic Disease > ethnology
Morals
Black or African American > ethnology
Child
Disabled Children
Enfants malades chroniques > Soins médicaux > Aspect moral > Californie > Los Angeles (Comté)
Enfants handicapés > Soins médicaux > Aspect moral > Californie > Los Angeles (Comté)
Familles noires américaines > Californie > Los Angeles (Comté)
Éthique médicale > Californie > Los Angeles (Comté)
Enfants.
Enfants handicapés.
children (people by age group)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
MEDICAL > Health Care Delivery.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Children with disabilities
Children
African American families
Medical anthropology
Medical ethics
Los Angeles
California > Los Angeles County
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; PART ONE: FIRST PERSON VIRTUE ETHICS; 1. Experimental Soccer and the Good Life; 2. First Person Virtue Ethics and the Anthropology of Morality; PART TWO: MORAL BECOMING AND THE EVERYDAY; 3. Home Experiments: Scenes from the Moral Ordinary; 4. Luck, Friendship, and the Narrative Self; 5. Moral Tragedy: The Perils of a Superstrong Black Mother; 6. The Flight of the Blue Balloons: Narrative Suspense and the Play of Possible Selves; PART THREE: MORAL PLURALISM AS CULTURAL POSSIBILITY; 7. Rival Moral Traditions and the Miracle Baby.
  • 8. Dueling Confessions: Revolution in the First Person9. Tragedy, Possibility, and Philosophical Anthropology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

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