The Edge of Life: Human Dignity and Contemporary Bioethics
Author:   Christopher Kaczor
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   85
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9789048168101


Pages:   155
Publication Date:   28 October 2010
Format:   Paperback
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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. Should conjoined twins be split, if the division will end the life of the weaker twin? Was Bush's stem cell research decision morally acceptable? Are the 'quality of life' and 'sanctity of life' ethics irreconcilably incompatible? Accessible to both scholars and students, The Edge of Life focuses particularly on the controversial issues surrounding the beginning and ending of human life, tackling some of the toughest practical questions of bioethics including new reproductive technologies (artificial wombs), stem cell research, abortion and physician assisted suicide, as well as many of its vexing theoretical disputes.

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Author:   Christopher Kaczor
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2005
Volume:   85
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 0.80cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9789048168101


ISBN 10:   9048168104
Pages:   155
Publication Date:   28 October 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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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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From the reviews: Kaczor addresses a number of today's key bioethical issues, in light of 'the dignity of the person, both as an agent and as a patient' ... . Kaczor's focus not only on human dignity, but also, and more specifically, on human action ... . In general and in most particulars, The Edge of Life is an insightful and welcome contribution ... . (Kevin E. Miller, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Autumn, 2008)


From the reviews: Kaczor addresses a number of today's key bioethical issues, in light of 'the dignity of the person, both as an agent and as a patient' ! . Kaczor's focus not only on human dignity, but also, and more specifically, on human action ! . In general and in most particulars, The Edge of Life is an insightful and welcome contribution ! . (Kevin E. Miller, The National Catholic Bioethics Quarterly, Autumn, 2008)


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