| To Relieve the Human Condition: Bioethics, Technology, and the Body Contributor(s): McKenny, Gerald P. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0791434745 ISBN-13: 9780791434741 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 1997 Annotation: This book argues that standard forms of bioethics support the technological utopian quest of medicine: to eliminate suffering and bring the body under the rule of our choices and desires. This quest raises urgent ethical questions rarely addressed in the dominant approaches to bioethics. McKenny puts forth an alternative agenda, arguing that the task of bioethics is to explore the moral significance of the body as it is expressed in the discourse and practice of moral and religious traditions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Science | Philosophy & Social Aspects - Religion | Christian Theology - General |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 96-45998 |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.88" W x 8.97" (0.86 lbs) 279 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: CHOICE 1998 Outstanding Academic Books This book argues that standard forms of bioethics support the technological utopian quest of medicine: to eliminate suffering and bring the body under the rule of our choices and desires. This quest raises urgent ethical questions rarely addressed in the dominant approaches to bioethics. McKenny puts forth an alternative agenda, arguing that the task of bioethics is to explore the moral significance of the body as it is expressed in the discourse and practice of moral and religious traditions. |