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Human Dignity, Human Rights, and Responsibility : the New Language of Global Bioethics and Biolaw /

"'Human dignity' has been enshrined in international agreements and national constitutions as a fundamental human right. The World Medical Association calls on physicians to respect human dignity and to discharge their duties with dignity. And yet human dignity is a term--like love, h...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barilan, Yechiel Michael, 1966- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2012.
Colección:Basic bioethics.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Hermeneutics and history of human dignity
  • Reconstructing human dignity as a moral value
  • Human rights or natural moral rights
  • Moral status
  • Responsibility beyond human rights
  • A synthetic summary.