Alastair V. Campbell

The Body in Bioethics

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Recent debates about uses and abuses of the human body in medicine have highlighted the need for a thorough discussion of the ethics of the uses of bodies, both living and dead. Thorough and comprehensive, this volume explores different views of the significance of the human body and contrasting those which regard it as a commodity or personal possession with those which stress its moral value as integral to the personal identity of individuals. The Body in Bioethics addresses a number of key questions including:Should it be legal to sell human organs for transplantation? Are public displays of plastinated bodies or public autopsies morally j… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-135-39300-7
EAN: 9781135393007
Produktnummer: 18427797
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
Seitenangabe: 168 S.
Plattform: PDF
Masse: 1'202 KB
Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor

Alastair V. Campbell is Professor Emeritus of Ethics in Medicine at the University of Bristol. He is founding editor of the Journal of Medical Ethics, a past President of the International Association of Bioethics and the author of ten books and numerous articles in the field. He is currently Chen Su Lan Centennial Chair in Medical Ethics at the National University of Singapore.