Human dignity in bioethics and biolaw / Deryck Beyleveld, Roger Brownsword.
"The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in bioethical debate and, indeed, in international instruments concerned with biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, t...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | "The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in bioethical debate and, indeed, in international instruments concerned with biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, the authors of this groundbreaking new study give such appeals distinct and defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | ix, 288 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0198268262 9780198268260 |