Human Dignity in Bioethics: From Worldviews to the Public Square

By Stephen Dilley

Book Overview

This volume brings together a collection of essays that rigorously examine the concept of human dignity from its metaphysical foundations to its polemical deployment in bioethical controversies. It explores the source and meaning of human dignity, examines the legitimacy of the concept of dignity in documents by international political bodies, and looks at the rhetoric of human dignity in specific controversies: embryonic stem cell research, abortion, human-animal chimeras, euthanasia and palliative care, psychotropic drugs, and assisted reproductive technologies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415659310
• ISBN13: 9780415659314
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.0"