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Persons and Their Bodies
Mark J. . Ed(S): Cherry
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Description for Persons and Their Bodies
Hardback. Features essays compassing the views of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Locke, as well as such methodological approaches as the phenomenology of the body, natural law theory, and legal theory. This book explores the theoretical, normative, and historical foundations for alternative policies for procurement and transplantation of human organs. Editor(s): Cherry, Mark J. Series: Philosophy and Medicine. Num Pages: 408 pages, biography. BIC Classification: HP; MBDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 29. Weight in Grams: 778.
Debate regarding organ sales is largely innocent of the history of thought on the matter. This volume seeks to remedy this shortcoming. Positions for or against a market in human organs are nested within moral intuitions, ontological or political theoretical premises, or understandings of special moral concerns, such as permissible uses of the body, which have a long history of analysis. The essays compass the views of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Mill and Christianity, as well as particular methodological approaches, such as the phenomenology of the body, natural law ... Read more
Debate regarding organ sales is largely innocent of the history of thought on the matter. This volume seeks to remedy this shortcoming. Positions for or against a market in human organs are nested within moral intuitions, ontological or political theoretical premises, or understandings of special moral concerns, such as permissible uses of the body, which have a long history of analysis. The essays compass the views of Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Kant, Hegel, Mill and Christianity, as well as particular methodological approaches, such as the phenomenology of the body, natural law ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Philosophy and Medicine
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792357018
SKU
V9780792357018
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99-15
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