Human dignity in bioethics and biolaw / [electronic resource]
Beyleveld, Deryck.
Brownsword, Roger.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
2001.
While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, this text give such appeals defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-276) and index.
While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, this text give such appeals defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
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Medical ethics.
Bioethics.
Dignity.
Medical ethics
Bioethics
Dignity
Commerce
Jurisprudence
Ethics, Clinical
Intellectual Property
Plants
Principle-Based Ethics
Morals
Dehumanization
Biological Science Disciplines
Withholding Treatment
Persons
Genetic Techniques
Organization and Administration
Genome
Ethics
Organism Forms
Art
Social Responsibility
Social Control, Formal
Social Sciences
Euthanasia
Technology
Animal Population Groups
Culture
History
Humanities
Psychological Phenomena and Processes
Reproductive Techniques
Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation
Ethics, Professional
Technology, Industry, and Agriculture
Sociology
Investigative Techniques
Eukaryota
Social Behavior
Natural Science Disciplines
Terminal Care
Health Services Administration
Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena
Health Care Economics and Organizations
Psychiatry and Psychology
Patient Care
Named Groups
Anthropology, Cultural
Animals
Organisms
Psychology, Social
Genetic Structures
Behavior
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
Health Care
Technology, Industry, Agriculture
Therapeutics
Anthropology
Health Services
Genetic Phenomena
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms
Disciplines and Occupations
Phenomena and Processes
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services
Ethics, Medical
Personal Autonomy
Ethical Theory
Biotechnology
Commodification
Euthanasia, Passive
Human Body
Cloning, Organism
Genetic Engineering
Ownership
Freedom
Human Rights
Genome, Human
Humanism
Virtues
Contracts
Internationality
Bioethical Issues
Bioethics
Eugenics
Chimera
Biomedical Technology
Tissue Donors
Moral Obligations
Patents as Topic
Philosophy
Medicine
Health & Biological Sciences
Medical Ethics & Philosophy