Human identity and bioethics / / David DeGrazia [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: DeGrazia David
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 300 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 179/.7
• Soggetto topico: Identity (Philosophical concept); Identification; Human beings; Bioethics
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Human persons: numerical identity and essence -- Human persons: narrative identity and self-creation -- Identity, what we are, and the definition of death -- Advance directives, dementia, and the someone else problem -- Enhancement technologies and self-creation -- Prenatal identity: genetic interventions, reproductive choices.
• Sommario/riassunto: When philosophers address personal identity, they usually explore numerical identity: what are the criteria for a person's continuing existence? When non-philosophers address personal identity, they often have in mind narrative identity: Which characteristics of a particular person are salient to her self-conception? This book develops accounts of both senses of identity, arguing that both are normatively important, and is unique in its exploration of a range of issues in bioethics through the lens of identity. Defending a biological view of our numerical identity and a framework for understanding narrative identity, DeGrazia investigates various issues for which considerations of identity prove critical: the definition of death; the authority of advance directives in cases of severe dementia; the use of enhancement technologies; prenatal genetic interventions; and certain types of reproductive choices. He demonstrates the power of personal identity theory to illuminate issues in bioethics as they bring philosophical theory to life.
• Altri titoli varianti: Human Identity & Bioethics
• Titolo autorizzato: Human identity and bioethics
• ISBN: 1-107-14670-4; 1-280-45811-9; 0-511-61448-9; 0-511-18161-2; 0-511-12577-1; 0-511-19844-2; 0-511-29934-6; 0-511-12491-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806104703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II