Personal Identity as a Principle of Biomedical Ethics

Personal Identity as a Principle of Biomedical Ethics by Michael Quante.

This book brings together the debate concerning personal identity (in metaphysics) and central topics in biomedical ethics (conception of birth and death; autonomy, living wills and paternalism). Based on a metaphysical account of personal identity in the sense of persistence and conditions for huma...

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Main Author: Quante, Michael (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
Edition:1st ed. 2017.
Series:Philosophy and Medicine, 126
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Metaphysics.
Ethics.
Medical ethics.
Biology—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:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Human persistence
  • Chapter 3: The beginning of life
  • Chapter 4: Death
  • Chapter 5: Personality and autonomy
  • Chapter 6: Dying autonomously
  • Chapter 7: Extended autonomy
  • Chapter 8: Medical paternalism
  • Chapter 9: The interlacing of persistence and personality.

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