Human dignity and bioethics [[electronic resource] ] : essays commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C. : , : The President's Council on Bioethics, , [2008]
• Descrizione fisica: xix, 555 pages : digital, PDF file
• Soggetto topico: Dignity; Bioethics; Natural law; Humanism; Human rights; Soul; Sick
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Dec. 2, 2008).; "March 2008."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Bioethics and the question of human dignity / Adam Schulman -- Human dignity and respect for persons : a historical perspective on public bioethics / F. Daniel Davis -- How to protect human dignity from science / Daniel C. Dennett -- Human dignity and the mystery of the human soul / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Kraynak / Daniel C. Dennett -- Commentary on Dennett / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Dennett / Alfonso Gómez-Lobo -- Human dignity from a neurophilosophical perspective / Patricia S. Churchland -- Commentary on Churchland / Gilbert Meilaender -- Human uniqueness and human dignity : persons in nature and the nature of persons / Holmes Rolston III -- Human dignity and the future of man / Charles Rubin -- Dignity and enhancement / Nick Bostrom -- Commentary on Bostrom / Charles Rubin -- Human dignity and public discourse / Richard John Neuhaus -- Modern and American dignity / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Human dignity : exploring and explicating the Council's vision / Gilbert Meilaender -- Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Commentary on Meilaender and Lawler / Diana Schaub -- Defending human dignity / Leon R. Kass -- Kant's concept of human dignity as a resource for bioethics / Susan M. Shell -- Human dignity and political entitlements / Martha Nussbaum -- Commentary on Nussbaum, Shell, and Kass / Diana Schaub -- The irreducibly religious character of human dignity / David Gelernter -- The nature and basis of human dignity / Patrick Lee and Robert P. George -- Two arguments from human dignity / Paul Weithman -- Dignity and bioethics : history, theory, and selected applications / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Human dignity and the seriously ill patient / Rebecca Dresser -- The lived experience of human dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino.
• Altri titoli varianti: Human Dignity and Bioethics
• Titolo autorizzato: Human dignity and bioethics
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910698502703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II