Human dignity in bioethics and law / Charles Foster.

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Foster, Charles, 1962-

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; Portland, Oregon : Hart, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 183 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781847318350
1847318355
1280125470
9781280125478
9781847318602
1847318606
9781472565662
1472565665
9786613529336
6613529338

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Human dignity in bioethics and law.DDC classification:

341.48 22

LOC classification:

K3249 .F67 2011eb

NLM classification:

2011 K-341
WB 33.1

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Contents:

Beginnings -- A short history of dignity -- Defining and dissecting dignity -- "Dignity is useless" -- What do non-philosophers and non-lawyers mean by dignity? -- Taking stock of the view from the academy and the ward -- Dignity in the courtroom : general overview -- Consent, confidentiality, privacy, medical research and resources -- Human enhancement and cloning technologies -- Reproductive choide and the unborn -- The end of life -- The use and abuse of body parts.

Summary: Dignity is often denounced as hopelessly amorphous or incurably theological: as feel-good philosophical window-dressing, or as the name given to whatever principles give you the answer that you think is right. This is wrong, says Charles Foster: dignity is not only an essential principle in bioethics and law; it is really the only principle. In this ambitious, paradigm-shattering but highly readable book, he argues that dignity is the only sustainable Theory of Everything in bioethics. For most problems in contemporary bioethics, existing principles such as autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficen.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Dignity is often denounced as hopelessly amorphous or incurably theological: as feel-good philosophical window-dressing, or as the name given to whatever principles give you the answer that you think is right. This is wrong, says Charles Foster: dignity is not only an essential principle in bioethics and law; it is really the only principle. In this ambitious, paradigm-shattering but highly readable book, he argues that dignity is the only sustainable Theory of Everything in bioethics. For most problems in contemporary bioethics, existing principles such as autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficen.

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