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Bioethics in Cultural Contexts
. Ed(S): Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University Of Basel); Duwell, Marcus; Mieth, Dietmar
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Paperback. Editor(s): Rehmann-Sutter, Christoph (University of Basel); Duwell, Marcus; Mieth, Dietmar. Series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine. Num Pages: 393 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSAD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 629.
CHRISTOPH REHMANN-SUTTER, MARCUS DÜWELL, DIETMAR MIETH When we placed “finitude”, “limits of human existence” as a motto over a round of discussion on biomedicine and bioethics (which led to this collection of essays) we did not know how far this would lead us into methodological quandaries. However, we felt intuitively that an interdisciplinary approach including social and cultural sciences would have an advantage over a solely disciplinary (philosophical or theological) analysis. Bioethics, if it is to have adequate discriminatory power, should include sensitivity to the cultural contexts of biomedicine, and also to the cultural contexts of bioethics itself. Context awareness, ... Read more
CHRISTOPH REHMANN-SUTTER, MARCUS DÜWELL, DIETMAR MIETH When we placed “finitude”, “limits of human existence” as a motto over a round of discussion on biomedicine and bioethics (which led to this collection of essays) we did not know how far this would lead us into methodological quandaries. However, we felt intuitively that an interdisciplinary approach including social and cultural sciences would have an advantage over a solely disciplinary (philosophical or theological) analysis. Bioethics, if it is to have adequate discriminatory power, should include sensitivity to the cultural contexts of biomedicine, and also to the cultural contexts of bioethics itself. Context awareness, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
393
Condition
New
Series
International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine
Number of Pages
386
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789048170821
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V9789048170821
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