Uncertain bioethics human dignity and moral risk

Bioethics is a field of inquiry and as such is fundamentally an epistemic discipline. Knowing how we make moral judgments can bring into relief why certain arguments on various bioethical issues appear plausible to one side and obviously false to the other. Uncertain Bioethics makes a significant an...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Napier, Stephen E., author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, New York ; London : Routledge 2019.
Colección:Routledge annals of bioethics ; 19.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009817337206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Foundational Matters: The Perception of Value, Persons, and Human Worth
  • Chapter 2. Moral Inquiry and the Apprehension of Value
  • Chapter 3. Epistemic Justification, Peer Disagreement, and Practical Interest
  • Chapter 4. Persons and Human Beings
  • Chapter 5. Human Dignity
  • Part II. Dignity as the Beginning and End of Life
  • Chapter 6. Abortion
  • Chapter 7. Human Embryonic Destructive Stem Cell Research
  • Chapter 8. Euthanasia
  • Part III. Balancing Dignity and Autonomy
  • Chapter 9. Decision-Making for Patients with Suppressed Consciousness
  • Chapter 10. Decision-Making for Patients with Apparent Competency
  • Chapter 11. Risky Research on Competent Adults: Justice and Autonomy
  • Chapter 12: Conclusion.