Human dignity and bioethics : essays commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics.

Other author President's Council on Bioethics (U.S.)
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington, D.C. : The President's Council on Bioethics, [2008]
Descriptionxix, 555 pages : digital, PDF file.
Supplemental Contenthttps://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS105992
Subjects

Contents Bioethics and the question of human dignity / Adam Schulman -- Human dignity and respect for persons : a historical perspective on public bioethics / F. Daniel Davis -- How to protect human dignity from science / Daniel C. Dennett -- Human dignity and the mystery of the human soul / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Kraynak / Daniel C. Dennett -- Commentary on Dennett / Robert P. Kraynak -- Commentary on Dennett / Alfonso Gómez-Lobo -- Human dignity from a neurophilosophical perspective / Patricia S. Churchland -- Commentary on Churchland / Gilbert Meilaender -- Human uniqueness and human dignity : persons in nature and the nature of persons / Holmes Rolston III -- Human dignity and the future of man / Charles Rubin -- Dignity and enhancement / Nick Bostrom -- Commentary on Bostrom / Charles Rubin -- Human dignity and public discourse / Richard John Neuhaus -- Modern and American dignity / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Human dignity : exploring and explicating the Council's vision / Gilbert Meilaender -- Commentary on Meilaender and Dennett / Peter Augustine Lawler -- Commentary on Meilaender and Lawler / Diana Schaub -- Defending human dignity / Leon R. Kass -- Kant's concept of human dignity as a resource for bioethics / Susan M. Shell -- Human dignity and political entitlements / Martha Nussbaum -- Commentary on Nussbaum, Shell, and Kass / Diana Schaub -- The irreducibly religious character of human dignity / David Gelernter -- The nature and basis of human dignity / Patrick Lee and Robert P. George -- Two arguments from human dignity / Paul Weithman -- Dignity and bioethics : history, theory, and selected applications / Daniel P. Sulmasy -- Human dignity and the seriously ill patient / Rebecca Dresser -- The lived experience of human dignity / Edmund D. Pellegrino.
General noteTitle from title screen (viewed on Dec. 2, 2008).
General note"March 2008."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other formsAlso issued in print.
Technical detailsMode of access: Internet via The President's Council on Bioethics web site. Address as of 12/2/08: http://www.bioethics.gov/reports/human%5fdignity/human%5fdignity%5fand%5fbioethics.pdf ; current access available via PURL.
Issued in other formHuman dignity and bioethics
GPO item number0851-J-16 (online)
Govt. docs number PR 43.8:B 52/D 56