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Whose Body Is It Anyway?: Justice and the Integrity of the Person

By Cecile Fabre

Book information

Year
2006
ISBN
0199289999, 9780199289998, 9781435624023
Open Library ID
OL17197247M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1324167 bytes)
Pages
256\247
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

If there is one thing that is beyond the reach of others, it is our body in particular, and our person in general. Our legal and political tradition is such that we have the right to deny others access to our person and body, even though doing so would harm those who need personal services from us, or body parts. But are these rights as watertight as they seem? C?cile Fabre's controversial and original book teases out the unexplored implications that arguments for distributive justice have for the rights we have over ourselves, by looking at topical issues such as good Samaritanism, organ confiscation, organ sales, prostitution, and surrogate motherhood.

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