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Author Kaczor, Christopher, 1969-

Title The edge of life : human dignity and contemporary bioethics / by Christopher Kaczor
Published Dordrecht : Springer, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (vii, 155 pages)
Series Philosophy and medicine ; 85. Catholic studies in bioethics ; 4
Philosophy and medicine ; v. 85.
Philosophy and medicine. Catholic studies in bioethics ; v. 4
Contents Introduction -- When does a human being become a person? -- All human beings are persons -- How is the dignity of the person as agent recognized? Distinguishing intention from foresight -- 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: should conjointed twins Jodie and Mary have been separated? -- Capital punishment and the Catholic tradition: contradiction, circumstantial application, or development of doctrine?
Summary "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 agent and as the recipient of action, The Edge of Life presents a "theoretical" approach to the problems of contemporary bioethics and applies this approach to various disputed questions."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-155)
Notes UofL: 3 simultaneous users
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Subject Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Human rights.
Dignity.
Bioethics.
Medicine -- Philosophy.
Medicine -- Religious aspects.
Beginning of Human Life -- ethics
Bioethical Issues
Catholicism
Personhood
Philosophy, Medical
Religion and Medicine
Right to Die -- ethics
Human Rights
Bioethics
PHILOSOPHY -- Ethics & Moral Philosophy.
Medicine.
medicine -- Medical ethics.
Philosophy.
Ethics.
Medicine/Public Health, general.
Philosophy of Medicine.
Theory of Medicine/Bioethics.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Medicine -- Religious aspects
Medicine -- Philosophy
Bioethics
Bioethics -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church
Dignity
Human rights
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005296446
ISBN 1402031556
9781402031557
1402031564
9781402031564
9786610283385
6610283389