The concept of human dignity is increasingly invoked in bioethical debate and, indeed, in international instruments concerned with biotechnology and biomedicine. While some commentators consider appeals to human dignity to be little more than rhetoric and not worthy of serious consideration, the authors of this groundbreaking new study give such appeals distinct and defensible meaning through an application of the moral theory of Alan Gewirth.
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`... timely new work ... a valuable addition to the growing literature on bioethics and biolaw. Its arguments concerning the importance of agency to human dignity deserve attention.' Modern Law Review, March 2003
`... the book steps flawlessly through thematic constructs ... the treatment of use of genetic material is a welcome departure from the purely philosophical and makes compelling reading.' Bio-Science Law Review, Vol. 5 Issue 2, 2001/2
`... the book steps flawlessly through thematic constructs ... the treatment of use of genetic material is a welcome departure from the purely philosophical and makes compelling reading.' Bio-Science Law Review, Vol. 5 Issue 2, 2001/2
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Deryck Beyleveld is Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Sheffield and Director of the Sheffield Institute of Biotechnological Law and Ethics. Roger Brownsword is Professor of Law and head of the Department of Law at the University of Sheffield
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It is not surprising that the revolution in the biosciences, particularly in the new human genetics, has raised concerns that human rights should be respected. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
somatic gene manipulation, precautionary reasoning, dialectically necessary argument, generic rights, intermittent agents, ostensible agent, partial agents, new bioethics, intrinsic moral status, generic needs, homo phaenomenon, rational defensibility, removed body parts, intrinsic human dignity, radical agnosticism, modern bioscience, will conception, undignified circumstances, human gene sequences, dignified conduct, commercial property rights, violate human dignity, donor child, immortality exist, ostensible agency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Universal Declaration, Lord Hoffmann, Court of Appeal, Formula of Universal Law, Explanatory Report, Formula of the End, Human Rights Act, Principle of Proportionality, European Convention, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Opposition Division, Supreme Court, Tony Bland, United Kingdom, Council of Europe's Convention, John Harris, Justice Brennan, Nuffield Council, Anthony Bland, Contracting States, Diane Blood, John Moore, Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions, Lord Mustill, Ronald Dworkin New!
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It is not surprising that the revolution in the biosciences, particularly in the new human genetics, has raised concerns that human rights should be respected. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
somatic gene manipulation, precautionary reasoning, dialectically necessary argument, generic rights, intermittent agents, ostensible agent, partial agents, new bioethics, intrinsic moral status, generic needs, homo phaenomenon, rational defensibility, removed body parts, intrinsic human dignity, radical agnosticism, modern bioscience, will conception, undignified circumstances, human gene sequences, dignified conduct, commercial property rights, violate human dignity, donor child, immortality exist, ostensible agency Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Universal Declaration, Lord Hoffmann, Court of Appeal, Formula of Universal Law, Explanatory Report, Formula of the End, Human Rights Act, Principle of Proportionality, European Convention, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Opposition Division, Supreme Court, Tony Bland, United Kingdom, Council of Europe's Convention, John Harris, Justice Brennan, Nuffield Council, Anthony Bland, Contracting States, Diane Blood, John Moore, Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions, Lord Mustill, Ronald Dworkin New!
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- Kant: The Metaphysics of Morals (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by Immanuel Kant on 9 pages
- RC Series Bundle: The Moral Law: Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals (Routledge Classics) by Immanuel Kant on 7 pages
- Ethics and Law: Instructors Manual to 4r.e. by Susan Jacob on 6 pages
- Human Rights: Essays on Justification and Applications by Alan Gewirth on 4 pages
- Law As a Moral Judgment by Deryck Beyleveld on 4 pages
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- Das Genetische Wissen Und Die Zukunft Des Menschen (German Edition) by Herausgegeben Von Ludger Honnefelder on 5 pages
- Making Medical Decisions for the Profoundly Mentally Disabled (Basic Bioethics) by Norman L. Cantor on 4 pages
- Ethics, Law And Society by Jennifer Gunning in Front Matter, page 80, and page 208
- Embryo Research in Pluralistic Europe (Ethics of Science and Technology Assessment) by D. Solter in Back Matter
- Cross-Cultural Issues in Bioethics: The Example of Human Cloning (At the Interface/Probing the Boundaries 27) by Heiner Roetz on page 134
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