A theory of bioethics /

This volume offers a carefully argued, compelling theory of bioethics while eliciting practical implications for a wide array of issues including medical assistance-in-dying, the right to health care, abortion, animal research, and the definition of death. The authors' dual-value theory feature...

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Main Authors: DeGrazia, David (Author), Millum, Joseph (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This volume offers a carefully argued, compelling theory of bioethics while eliciting practical implications for a wide array of issues including medical assistance-in-dying, the right to health care, abortion, animal research, and the definition of death. The authors' dual-value theory features mid-level principles, a distinctive model of moral status, a subjective account of well-being, and a cosmopolitan view of global justice. In addition to ethical theory, the book investigates the nature of harm and autonomous action, personal identity theory, and the 'non-identity problem' associated with many procreative decisions. Readers new to particular topics will benefit from helpful introductions, specialists will appreciate in-depth theoretical explorations and a novel take on various practical issues, and all readers will benefit from the book's original synoptic vision of bioethics. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 316 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781009026710
1009026712
DOI:10.1017/9781009026710