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Human dignity in bioethics and biolaw

By Roger Brownsword , Deryck Beyleveld

Book information

Publisher
Oxford University Press
Year
2001
ISBN
0198268262, 9780198268260
Open Library ID
OL17038647M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
15 MB (16024327 bytes)
Edition
1st Edition
Pages
149\149
Orientation
no
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

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.

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