| Description |
viii, 396 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Philosophy and medicine ; v. 60 |
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Philosophy and medicine ; v. 60
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| Contents |
Persons and Their Bodies: Rights, Responsibilities, and the Sale of Organs / Mark J. Cherry -- Sect. 1. Bodies and Persons: Ontological Questions. Body and Soul in Greek Philosophy / R. J. Hankinson. A Millian Perspective on the Relationship Between Persons and Their Bodies / Wendy Donner. What Does it Mean to be SomeBody? Phenomenological Reflections and Ethical Quandaries / S. Kay Toombs. An Orthodox Christian View of Persons and Bodies / Allyne L. Smith, Jr. -- Sect. 2. Natural Law and Natural Rights. Personal Responsibility and Freedom in Health Care: A Contemporary Natural Law Perspective / Joseph Boyle. The Alienability of Lockean Natural Rights / Eric Mack. Inalienable Rights in the Moral and Political Philosophy of John Locke: A Reappraisal / George Khushf -- Sect. 3. Metaphysical Quandaries and Moral Questions. The Integrity of Body: Kantian Moral Constraints on the Physical Self / Thomas A. Powers |
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Whose Body? What Body? The Metaphysics of Organ Transplantation / Drew Leder. The Impact of Biomedical Developments on the Legal Theory of the Mind-Body Relationship / Christian Byk -- Sect. 4. The Body for Profit: Organ Sales and Moral Theory. The Body for Fun, Beneficence, and Profit: A Variation on a Post-Modern Theme / H. Tristram Engelhardt, Jr. Despair, Desire, and Decision: A Fugal Response to Engelhardt / Donna C. Kline. The Sale of Organs and Obligations to One's Body: Inferences from the History of Ethics / Thomas J. Bole III -- Sect. 5. Persons and their Bodies: Key Arguments and Contemporary Critiques. The Integrity of the Body: Critical Remarks on a Persistent Theme in Bioethics / Gerald McKenny. The Commercialization of Human Body Parts: Public Policy Considerations / Stephen Wear, Jack Freer and Bogda Koczwara |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Philosophy and medicine no:60 0376-7418 |
| Subject |
Human body -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Medical ethics.
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Sale of organs, tissues, etc. -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| Author |
Cherry, Mark J.
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| LC no. |
99025030 |
| ISBN |
0792357019 (hb : alk. paper) |
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