Human dignity and bioethics
Subtitle: essays commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics
By: edited by Edmund D. Pellegrino.
Contributors: Pellegrino, Edmund D., 1920-; President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Series: Notre Dame studies in medical ethics
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Notre Dame, IN
Language: eng
Number of pages: 572
ISBN-13: 9780268038922
Subjects: Bioethics; Dignity
Description: "This collection of essays, commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics, explores a fundamental concept crucial to today's discourse in law and ethics in general and in bioethics in particular. Since its formation in 2001, the council has frequently used the term “human dignity” in its discussions and reports. In this volume scholars from the fields of philosophy, medicine and medical ethics, law, political science, and public policy address the issue of what the concept of “human dignity” entails and its proper role in bioethical controversies. Human Dignity and Bioethics is an attempt to clarify a controversial concept, one that is a critical component in the decisions of policymakers."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.