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Autore: | DeGrazia David |
Titolo: | Human identity and bioethics / / David DeGrazia [[electronic resource]] |
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.: | 9910784444403321 |
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