Elements of African bioethics in a western frame /

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For millennia, Africans have lived on the African continent, in close contact with the diversities of nature: floral, faunal and human; and in so doing they have developed cultures, values, attitudes and perspectives to the problems, ethical and otherwise, that have arisen from the existential press...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tangwa, Godfrey B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Mankon, Bamenda [Cameroon] : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2010.
Temas:
Medical ethics.
Philosophy, African.
Bioethics.
Manners and customs.
Cross-cultural studies.
Bioethical Issues
Cultural Characteristics
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Ethics, Medical
Bioethics
Éthique médicale.
Philosophie africaine.
Bioéthique.
Mœurs et coutumes.
Études transculturelles.
customs (social concepts)
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Manners and customs
Cross-cultural studies
Medical ethics
Philosophy, African
Africa.
Africa
Afrique.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For millennia, Africans have lived on the African continent, in close contact with the diversities of nature: floral, faunal and human; and in so doing they have developed cultures, values, attitudes and perspectives to the problems, ethical and otherwise, that have arisen from the existential pressures of their situation. The problem, however, is that such values and perspectives do not necessarily form coherent ethical theories. Theory-making is a second order activity requiring a certain amount of leisure and comfort which the existential conditions of life on the African continent have not.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (i, 204 pages)
ISBN:9789956579853
9956579858
9956578568
9789956578566

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