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Bioethics and the human goods : an introduction to natural law bioethics /

In this concise and accessible introductory text, Gómez-Lobo and Keown introduce a "human goods" approach to bioethics as an alternative to the dominant principle-based method in the field (best illustrated by Beauchamp and Childress, Principles of Biomedical Ethics, OUP). Following Aristo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gómez-Lobo, Alfonso, 1940-2011 (Author), Keown, John (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2015]
Subjects:
Bioethics.
Natural law.
Table of Contents:
  • Bioethical thinking
  • Principles
  • The ethical divide
  • The ontological divide
  • Potentiality and genetics
  • Beginning of life issues
  • End-of-life issues
  • Issues in transplantation
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A. The status of the human embryo / personal statement of Professor George, joined by Dr. Gómez-Lobo
  • Appendix B. The determination of death / personal statement of Dr. Gómez-Lobo.