| Human Dignity in Bioethics and Biolaw Contributor(s): Beyleveld, David (Author), Brownsword, Roger (Author) |
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ISBN: 0198268262 ISBN-13: 9780198268260 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2002 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Medical | Ethics - Law | Jurisprudence - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General |
| Dewey: 174.2 |
| LCCN: 2001052071 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.46" W x 9.5" (1.39 lbs) 298 pages |
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| Publisher 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. |