The Triple Helix: The Soul of Bioethics
Lisa Bellantoni
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Description for The Triple Helix: The Soul of Bioethics
Hardcover. Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HPQ; MBDC; PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.
Lisa Bellantoni argues that contemporary bioethics divides into two logically incommensurable positions: a cult of rights, which identifies the worth of human life with our autonomy, and a cult of life, which identifies human worth with the possession of a soul, and thereby, of human dignity.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Number of Pages
230
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230300996
SKU
V9780230300996
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About Lisa Bellantoni
LISA BELLANTONI is an Associate Professor of Philosophy at Albright College, USA. Her research focuses on bioethics, neuroethics and emerging technologies. Her first book, Moral Progress, examined how societies advance morally. Her current work focuses on the use of technology to make society not only materially but morally better.
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