Title: The triple helix : the soul of bioethics /
Authors: Bellantoni, Lisa, 1969-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Bioethics; Bioethics
Abstract: Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.
Contents: The wages of grief -- Getting too personal? -- Where do bioethicists come from? -- Invasion of the body snatchers -- Are we good enough? -- Engineering bioethics -- Who do bioethicists think they are? -- A culture of living -- The triple helix : time, love, and memory.