Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1610 g
Reihe: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Bioethics and the Limits of Human Existence
Buch, Englisch, Band 39, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 1610 g
Reihe: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
ISBN: 978-1-4020-6762-4
Verlag: Springer
This volume explores the different dimensions of how the contingency of life, and especially human life, is relevant for ethical discussions and the normative frameworks in bioethics. It explores the relevance of the notion contingency, needs and desires for moral argumentation and bioethics. The volume discusses those notions in a philosophical perspective. Additionally, the volume is a contribution to a deeper reflection on basic philosophical assumptions of bioethics.
Zielgruppe
Research
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Bioethik, Tierethik
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Bioethik, Tierethik
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ethik, Moralphilosophie
- Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
- Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Biodiversität
Weitere Infos & Material
Contingency of Life and the Ethical.- The Value of Natural Contingency.- Between Natural Necessity and Ethical Contingency.- Of Poststructuralist Ethics and Nomadic Subjects.- Genetics, a Practical Anthropology.- Science, Religion, and Contingency.- Ethical Theories and the Limits of Life Sciences.- Bioethics and the Normative Concept of Human Selfhood.- Human Cognitive Vulnerability and the Moral Status of the Human Embryo and Foetus.- Needs and the Metaphysics of Rights.- The Authority of Desire in Medicine.- Procreative Needs and Rights.- Needs, Capacities and Morality.- Moral Judgement and Moral Reasoning.- Philosophical Reflection on Bioethics and Limits.- Cases of Limits.- Finite Lives and Unlimited Medical Aspirations.- Reproductive Choice: Whose Rights? Whose Freedom?.- Assisted Reproduction and the Changing of the Human Body.- On the Limits of Liberal Bioethics.- The Human Embryo as Clinical Tool.- The Naked Emperor.- Abilities and Disabilities.- Disability: Suffering, Social Oppression, or Complex Predicament?.- Disability and Moral Philosophy: Difference Should Count.- Neuro-Prosthetics, the Extended Mind, and Respect for Persons with Disability.- Others’ Views: Intercultural Perspectives.- Normative Relations: East Asian on Biomedicine and Bioethics.- Limits of Human Existence According to China’s Bioethics.- There is the World, and there is the Map of the World.- Reflections on Human Dignity and the Israeli Cloning Debate.- Conceiving of Human Life.- Globalization and the Dynamic Role of Human Rights in Relation to a Common Perspective for Life Sciences.
