The Edge of Life Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics

The Edge of Life Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics / by Christopher Kaczor.

The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics resituates bioethics in fundamental outlook by challenging both the dominant Kantian and utilitarian approaches to evaluating how new technologies apply to human life. Drawing on an analysis of the dignity of the human person, both as an age...

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Main Author: Kaczor, Christopher (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Catholic Studies in Bioethics, 85
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Medicine.
Medicine—Philosophy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
Online Access:Click to view e-book
Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
Electronic access restricted to members of the Holy Cross Community.
Table of Contents:
  • When Does a Human Being Become a Person?
  • All Human Beings are Persons
  • How is the Dignity of the Person as Agent Recognized?
  • An Ethical Assessment of Bush’s Guidelines for Stem Cell Research
  • Moral Absolutism and Ectopic Pregnancy
  • Could Artificial Wombs End the Abortion Debate?
  • Solomon’s Dilemma
  • Capital Punishment and the Catholic Tradition.

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