LEADER 03002nam 22006015 450 001 9910409994403321 005 20250609110121.0 010 $a9783030465193 010 $a3030465195 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-46519-3 035 $a(CKB)4100000011273852 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6214893 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-46519-3 035 $a(Perlego)3481703 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6214854 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000011273852 100 $a20200530d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 13$aAn African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics $eA Reflection on Abortion and Euthanasia /$fby Motsamai Molefe 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Macmillan,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (145 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aIncludes index. 311 0 $a9783030465186 311 0 $a3030465187 327 $aChapter 1: Introduction: Personhood, Dignity and (African) Bioethics -- Chapter 2: Personhood, Morality and Dignity in African Philosophy -- Chapter 3: Personhood and Abortion in African Philosophy -- Chapter 4: Personhood and Euthanasia in African Philosophy. . 330 $aThis book articulates an African conception of dignity in light of the salient axiological category of personhood in African cultures. The idea of personhood embodies a moral system for evaluating human lives exuding with virtue or ones that are morally excellent. This book argues that this idea of personhood embodies an under-explored conception of dignity, which accounts for it in terms of our capacity for the virtue of sympathy. It then proceeds to apply this personhood-based conception of dignity to bioethical questions, specifically, those of abortion and euthanasia. Regarding abortion, it concludes that it is impermissible since foetuses possess partial moral status. Regarding euthanasia, it argues that it is permissible for reasons revolving around avoiding the reversing of personhood. It also, though, minimally, touches on the questions regarding the mentally disabled and animals, to which it assigns lower moral status. 606 $aPhilosophy, Modern 606 $aBioethics 606 $aEthics 606 $aPhilosophical Traditions 606 $aBioethics 606 $aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics 615 0$aPhilosophy, Modern. 615 0$aBioethics. 615 0$aEthics. 615 14$aPhilosophical Traditions. 615 24$aBioethics. 615 24$aMoral Philosophy and Applied Ethics. 676 $a174.2 676 $a100 700 $aMolefe$b Motsamai$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0909046 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910409994403321 996 $aAn African Ethics of Personhood and Bioethics$92068858 997 $aUNINA